There is Nothing Like Looking, If You Want to Find Free Fiction

In a hole in the ground there lived a bookworm. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of snakes and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to read or sit down on: it was a bookworm-hole, and that means free fiction. 

Fiction

• At HiLobrow: "King Goshawk - Part 32" by Eimar O'Duffy. Science Fiction.
"Having shaken off his guide, Cuanduine passed out of the city and came presently to a grove not far off, wherein an army of workmen had just finished erecting a hugh pyre of logs over tar-barrels. A hundred and fifty feet square it was at the base, and forty feet high, and it was overtopped by an earthen ramp over a mile in length. Just as Cuanduine arrived torches were put to the tar, and flames two hundred feet high shot up into the sky."

• At Nightmare Magazine: "Dear Owner of This 1972 Ford Crew Cab Pickup" by Desirina Boskovich. Horror.
"It’s me again. Remember me? In the beginning I left a note stuck to your windshield. You are parked outside my bedroom window, it said. Please stop revving your truck at 3 a.m., or find somewhere else to park." Text and Audio.

• At Tor.com: "In the Sight of Akresa" by Ray Wood. Fantasy.
"Claire’s lover has no tongue. A slave liberated from a heathen temple, Aya cannot tell the story of her stolen voice, or of her and Claire’s unfolding love. She cannot speak her pain, her joy, or her sorrow. And if she sees that which eludes the blind goddess of justice, she cannot bear witness. 'In the Sight of Akresa' is a tragic fantasy romance from debut author Ray Wood."



Flash Fiction

• At Daily Science Fiction: "A Note to Parents Regarding the Beginning and End of Time Diorama Presentations for Ms. Miller's Third Grade Class." by Rebecca Schwarz. Science Fiction. 
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Pompeii" by Merklinger. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction

• At Beam Me Up: "Beam Me Up # 417 News, Music + pt1 Doubling Down On Dublee – Michael Juby" 
part one of Michael Jube’s "Doubling Down on Dublee."

• At LibriVox: "The Fall of the Niebelungs" translated by Margaret Armour. Epic. Fantasy. Mythology.

"My husband is stark and bold. When that he slew the dragon on the mountain, he bathed him in its blood; wherefore no weapon can pierce him. Nevertheless, when he rideth in battle, and spears fly from the hands of heroes, I tremble lest I lose him. Alack! for Siegfried's sake how oft have I been heavy of my cheer! And now, dear cousin, I will trust thee with the secret, and tell thee, that thou mayst prove thy faith, where my husband may be wounded. For that I know thee honourable, I do this. When the hot blood flowed from the wound of the dragon, and Siegfried bathed therein, there fell atween his shoulders the broad leaf of a lime tree. There one might stab him, and thence is my care and dole."


Gaming

• At WotC: "D&D Basic Rules." Fantasy.
"The Basic Rules for Dungeons & Dragons is a PDF (over 100 pages, in fact) that covers the core of the game. It runs from levels 1 to 20 and covers the cleric, fighter, rogue, and wizard, presenting what we view as the essential subclass for each. It also provides the dwarf, elf, halfling, and human as race options; in addition, the rules contain 120 spells, 5 backgrounds, and character sheets." A good way to look at the upcoming fifth addition, but not really a complete game.  With no monsters, you would have to fudge quite a bit to actually play. It's been out awhile but free is free.

Ooh, Yeah. Kickstart Free Fiction; Hope It Never Stops

Two good books were there online, and I—

I took the one less expensive,

And that has made all the difference.

Fiction

• At Author's Site: "The Rat Hunter: Part One and Two" by Bruce Heard. Fantasy.
“Have the Second Eunuch’s remains removed with all the respect and care due his rank, and prepared for burial among the stars. Take proper steps to ensure his soul is put to rest. I shall inform the Captain and the Head Mystic of the Temple.”

• At Daily Science Fiction: "Jump, and I'll Catch You" by Michelle Ann King. Science Fiction.
 "There meant the place where our new friends lived. When people talked about them, you could hear something extra in the words. Like they were names: Our New Friends. Anton was trying to look forward to it, because it was good to make new friends, but he sometimes got nervous when there were a lot of new things, different things, to take in."

• At HiLobrow: "King Goshawk: Part 31" by Eimar O'Duffy. Science Fiction.
"Progressa was a holy woman in her time, by whose intercession the world was redeemed from the greatest plague that ever threatened it: namely, a plague of babies. In those days all who came together in love (unless man or maid were blessed with the precious gift of sterility) would commonly reproduce their kind: which was a grave inconvenience both in marriage and out of it."

• At Project Gutenberg: The Mabinogion translated by Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Mythology. Fantasy.
"The next morning they heard an exceeding great clamour, which was caused by the coming of the giant with the two youths.  And the Earl was anxious both to protect his Castle and to release his two sons.  Then Owain put on his armour and went forth to encounter the giant, and the lion followed him.  And when the giant saw that Owain was armed, he rushed towards him and attacked him."

• At Tor.com: "The Colonel" by Peter Watts.Science Fiction
"Colonel Moore is in trouble. His wife has retreated into a virtual heaven and his son remains missing after joining an extrasolar mission to track down an alien race. He is presently tasked by his superiors with the threat assessment of hived human intelligences, one of which successfully attacks a compound under his watch. Now, one of the strongest hive minds in the world approaches Keaton with an offer that could completely change his world."

• At Tor.com: "A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Proposed Trade-Offs for the Overhaul of the Barricade" by John Chu. Science Fiction.
 "Generation after generation, engineers have maintained the barricade, a shield that protects civilization against Turbulence, this strange force that destroys both minds and machines. As Turbulence grows ever more intense and the barricade begins to fail, can Ritter live up to the demands of his father, an engineer the equal of any hero in the Five Great Classical Novels, as they struggle to prevent this civilization from falling like every civilization has before it?"




Flash Fiction

• At Beware the Hairy Mango: "Square Feet" by Matthew Sanborn Smith. Audio Flash.
• At Daily Science Fiction: "Kitty Is Alive, Kitty Is Dead" by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks. Science Fiction.
• At Daily Science Fiction: "The Trip" by Christine M Layton. Science Fiction.
• At Daily Science Fiction: "Ten Wretched Things About Influenza Siderius" by Rachael K. Jones/ Science Fiction.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Con" by S. P. Mahoney. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction

• At PodCastle: "Saving Bacon" by Ann Leckie, read by Alasdair Stuart. Fantasy.
"The continuation of the race is of course the first and highest priority of those privileged to be born into the ancient family of Vachash-Troer, and I, Slale Vachash-Troer, am so privileged. As a male, I am unable to perpetuate the family name, but one still likes to promote connections to other families of similarly distinguished ancestry, connections that, so I’m told, increase the wealth and influence of our noble line."

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Free Fiction

Good morning!  There's some good text science fiction for you this morning, as well as good audio fiction in a variety of genres.  And there's some  interesting stuff in the "other genres" section, including some pulp fiction from which this post's art comes. More to come today.  Hat tip to the honorable Sir Regan Wolfrom of SF Signal for a couple good of links.





Fiction
• At Escape Pod: "Immersion" by Aliette de Bodard. Science Fiction.
     "You stand in front of the mirror–it shifts and trembles, reflecting only what you want to see–eyes that feel too wide, skin that feels too pale, an odd, distant smell wafting from the compartment’s ambient system that is neither incense nor garlic, but something else, something elusive that you once knew."

• At Omni Reboot: "The Landline" by Bruce Sterling. Science Fiction.
     "The teenage kids hanging out at my machine shop didn’t know why I wanted a telephone. A plug-in phone, with wires hanging out of it, was a joke to them. They’d never seen a fax machine in their lives."

• At Omni Reboot: "I Arise Again" by Rudy Rucker. Science Fiction.
     "At night, alone in my burrow, I’d rub my feelers over the emerging good reviews. My quill would stiffen, my ink-sac would fill. I wrote more beatnik SF novels."

• Flash Fiction at 365 Tomorrows: "Boundary’s Edge" by T.P. Keating. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction
• At Escape Pod: "Immersion" by Aliette de Bodard. Science Fiction.
     "You stand in front of the mirror–it shifts and trembles, reflecting only what you want to see–eyes that feel too wide, skin that feels too pale, an odd, distant smell wafting from the compartment’s ambient system that is neither incense nor garlic, but something else, something elusive that you once knew."

• At Pseudopod: "Prisoner of Peace" by David Tallerman. Horror.
      "For all that, I can see every brick in the wall, and every crack in every brick. I think somehow that if I only looked hard enough I could even see into those cracks, and scrutinize their furthest depths."

• At Radio Drama Revival: "Dreaming Fire" and "The Lighted Bridge" by Kristin Cato. Fantasy.
     "A prehistoric woman falls into ice, then unexpectedly wakes up in a French museum thousands of years later."

• At WMG Publishing: "Time, Expressed as an Entrée" by Robert T. Jeschonek. Science Fiction.
       “to play with the nature of time itself, exploring the perception of time versus the reality of it.”

Other Genres

• Fiction at the New Yorker: "Meet the President!" by Zadie Smith.
• Fiction at Online Pulps: "Klump to the Rescue" by Joe Archibald (1943), "Emperor Blackmail" by Steve Fisher (1937), and "New Year's Decision" by Johnston McCulley (1949). Pulp, Noir, Humor, Western.
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Up the Hill" by Heather Morris.
• Mythology at Project Gutenberg: The Golden Bough (Third Edition, Vol. 11 of 12). by James Frazier.

Celebrating the Birth . . . Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892)
     Tennyson was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during the reign of Queen Victoria, but here he is remembered for being one of the great fantasy poets of the 19th century. Among his great fantasy works are the Arthurian based "Idylls of the King" and "The Lady of Shalott" as well "Ulysses" and many more lesser poems. [Art "The Lady of Shalott" by Waterhouse]

As Tennyson's poems are all public domain and popular, they are very easy to find everywhere. I'll just recommend searching LibriVox and Project Gutenberg for audio and text versions .



Ulysses
It little profits that an idle king,
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
I cannot rest from travel: I will drink
Life to the lees: all times I have enjoy'd
Greatly, have suffer'd greatly, both with those
That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when
Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades 
Vext the dim sea: I am become a name;
For always roaming with a hungry heart
Much have I seen and known; cities of men
And manners, climates, councils, governments, 
Myself not least, but honour'd of them all;
And drunk delight of battle with my peers,
Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy.
I am a part of all that I have met;
Yet all experience is an arch wherethro'
Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades
For ever and for ever when I move.
How dull it is to pause, to make an end, 
To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use!
As tho' to breathe were life. Life piled on life
Were all too little, and of one to me
Little remains: but every hour is saved
From that eternal silence, something more,
A bringer of new things; and vile it were
For some three suns to store and hoard myself,
And this gray spirit yearning in desire
To follow knowledge, like a sinking star,
Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.

This is my son, mine own Telemachus, 
To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle ­
Well-loved of me, discerning to fulfil
This labour, by slow prudence to make mild
A rugged people, and thro' soft degrees
Subdue them to the useful and the good.
Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere
Of common duties, decent not to fail
In offices of tenderness, and pay
Meet adoration to my household gods,
When I am gone. He works his work, I mine.
There lies the port: the vessel puffs her sail:
There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners,
Souls that have toil'd and wrought, and thought with me ­
That ever with a frolic welcome took
The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed
Free hearts, free foreheads ­ you and I are old;
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;
Death closes all; but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:
The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep
Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends,
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western stars, until I die.
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down:
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, 
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Celebrating the Birth . . . Gary Gygax

Ernest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008)
      Best known as the creator/co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Gygax also created Chainmail, Boothill (with Brian Blume), Dangerous Journeys, and Lejendary Adventure.  He wrote several fantasy novels associated with these games, including the Gord the Rogue series. He also created the first and in my opinion, best D&D game setting The World of Greyhawk.  

Unfortunately there is no freely available fiction by him so here is a monster in a format I'm sure he would recognize.


Rusalka

FREQUENCY: Rare
NO. APPEARING: 1
ARMOR CLASS: 0
MOVE: 12" //12"
HIT DICE: 6
% IN LAIR: 95%
TREASURE TYPE: Nil
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-4
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
SPECIAL DEFENSES:  + 1 or better
weapon to hit.
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Very
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Evil
SIZE: M
PSlONlC ABILITY: Nil
     Attack/Defense Modes: Nil

Appearing as extremely pale women with glowing green eyes, these restless undead haunt the banks of many rivers and small lakes. A rusalka is created when a young maiden commits suicide in or near a small body of water or an unmarried, pregnant woman drowns in one.  Seeking company in  their unlife, they attempt to charm men and children to join them in the shallows of the water.  They can cast charm person at will and the touch of a rusalka drains the victim of one energy level.  Victims drained of all levels drown, but do not rise as any form of undead, leaving the frustrated ruslaka to try again.  They are said to tickle men to death, but this is likely a polite euphemism.

Rusalki are at their most dangerous in early June, when they leave the water and climb nearby trees, occasionally gathering in small groups of 2-8.

I Know It's Only Free Fiction But I Like It, Like It, Yes, I Do

More good free fiction including, a classic by Philip Wylie, a poem by Jane Yolen, and audio stories by Mary Robinette Kowal and William Hope Hodgson.  Likely More to Come Tonight (including e-books). Until then, be sure to visit all six"Free SF Sites" linked in the right hand column.

[Art for Drabblecast, linked below]




Fiction
• At Baen: "Seven Miles" by T.C. McCarthy. Science Fiction.
     "Come." He adjusted the incinerator straps, flicked off the safety, and angled his body so that he could squeeze out the narrow portal. Ludmilla followed, her tail between her legs. "It's clear, Ludy, another day of work. Up!" The sound of his voice made her tail go straight, wagging, and she moved to lead the way." Also available as part of the free e-book Free Stories 2013.

• At Baen: "The Lamplighter Legacy" by Patrick O'Sullivan. Science Fiction.
     "The astronaut gripped Ernesto's wrist. 'Look, kid, you want to put the phone down and look around?' He had to shout to be heard over the helicopter's deafening noise. 'This is a once in a lifetime experience.'"

• At HiLobrow: "The Devolutionist - part 18" by Homer Eon Flint. Occult. Science Fiction.
     "Mona leaped to the controls. She turned the craft about automatically and started toward Hafen. Then she glanced over the side. What she saw brought her heart to her throat." From Argosy All-Story Weekly, July 1921.

• At Project Gutenberg: "Gladiator" by Philip Wylie. (1930) Science Fiction. [via Free Speculative Fiction Online]
     "The chief obstacle to Mrs. Danner's placid dominion of her hearth was Professor Danner's laboratory, which occupied a room on the first floor of the house. It was the one impregnable redoubt in her domestic stronghold. Neither threat nor entreaty would drive him and what she termed his 'stinking, unchristian, unhealthy dinguses' from that room."

Now Posted: Aphelion Issue 174, Volume 17 June 2013. Science Fiction. Fantasy.

• "The Plague Merchants" by Kurt Heinrich Hyatt
     "A beer-swilling android and an attractive, uptight virologist try to save the Kloakan people."
• "Forever" by Kat Dysart
        "Kira wanted to get past that door hidden beneath the cellar more than anything.
• "Dimensional Shift" by E.S. Strout
        "Lt. Lori Colquitt disappeared into the unknown, but in the end, she found herself."
• "Soul Mates" by D.C. Plump
        "Two fallen angels fight vampires in a dark, urban fantasy with weapons and their love for each other."
• "The Demon Whitefish" by Jordan Moureau
       "The fate of the village rested in the fisherman's widow and a nobleman's servant."
• "The Pool" by Lester Curtis
      "A fable of sorts, exploring who we really are."
• "Escape of the Fire Demon" by Mike Phillips
      "Summoning a demon turns out to be a burning problem for an inexperienced wizard."
• "Heaven Falls" by Craig Wesson
     "Zach survived the war in the trenches by hearing the girl in the tower sing and dreaming of the princess from the sky."
• "The Seventh Folding of Willow Sprite" by Marjorie Kaye
      "The internet can do a lot: bring people together, find us love, and just maybe scare the heck out of us."
• "No Further" by Matthew Acheson
     "The dead were coming and all that was left of the Legion would face them, once and for all."• "Good Night, Timmy" by Rick Grehan
     "Timmy can’t talk, and he does not have any friends. However, that is about to change, thanks to an extra-terrestrial artifact."

Flash Fiction
• At Chilling Tales For Dark Nights: "Faces" by Christina Cross. Horror. Audio.
• At Daily Science Fiction: "Dark, Beautiful Force" by Jessica May Lin. Superhero.
• At Flashes in the Dark: "Like Fallen Pieces of an Old Picket Fence" by Van Hall. Horror.
• At Nature: "Buzz Off" by John Grant. Science Fiction.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Party for Two" by Kevin Richards. Science Fiction.
At Goblin Fruit: Fantasy Poems.

• April by Nita Sembrowich
• Sheshnaag by Shweta Narayan
• Lexicon by Kristin Gulotta
• The Hooligan by C.S.E. Cooney
• Tea With Witches by Kate Chadbourne
• Zucchini by Penny Stirling
• Save Our Soulsickened by Adriana Tosun
• Caul by Jane Yolen
• The Ferryman by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
• Sunk by Yumi Dineen Shiroma
• If Wurrunna Had Seen the Mardi Gras by Michele Bannister

At Aphelion: Poetry.

• After I Traded My Voice Box by April Salzano
• Bullet Train by Richard Tornello
• I Dream of Rings by A. J. Huffman
• Lawthorn Cemetery by Jay Hill
• Practical Joke by Robin B. Lipinski
• The Fires by Dominic Lennard
• The Uncertainty of the Certainties by Mark Edgemon
• Party of Four by Rob Wynne and Jeffrey Williams

Audio Fiction
• At Author's Site: "Swallow" by Mateo Hellion. Horror.
      "In the dark corners of the earth, there are certain objects that carry curses with them.  They come in many forms.  In this particular story, an old chest is the object of interest.  When certain words are inscribed on this chest and then recited in its presence, strange things happen.  And when the chest happens ..." Also in MP3 download Here (scroll down to the 16th).

• At DrabbleCast:  "Doubleheader XIII" Fantasy.
     "Locked In" and "Clockwork Chickadee" by Mary Robinette Kowal.
     "Samuel sat on the balcony, enjoying the fading light of day. When the ventilator pushed air into his lungs, he savored the salt brine from the sea. He pretended that he had control over breath, but it was much a fantasy as adjusting his wheelchair."

• At PodCastle: "The Copperroof War" by Megan Arkenberg. Fantasy.
     "It began in the south wing, near the long cold Hall of Empires and the chambers of the Duke of Cloud. Helene, the Duchess, woke at midnight to the metal sound of marching in the corridor, and farther away, the hollow ring of drums."

• At SFFaudio: "The Voice In The Night" by William Hope Hodgson. Horror.
     " With there being no wind, we had steadied the tiller, and I was the only man on deck.  The crew, consisting of two men and a boy, were sleeping forrard in their den;  while Will — my friend, and the master of our little craft — was aft in his bunk on the port side of the little cabin."

Other Genres

• Fiction at Project Gutenberg: The Folk-Tales of the Magyars by Various. 1889. Mythology.
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Forever Berries" by Oonah V Joslin.

Saturday Freebies

A small batch of free fiction today, including few stealthily stolen from SF Signal's fanatical finder of free fiction, Reagan Wolfrom. And be sure to check out SFFaudio, Best science Fiction stories, Variety SF, Free SF Reader, and the rest of the sites in the blogroll for more free fantasy, science fiction, and horror links and posts.








Fiction
• At Baen: "By the Book" by Charles E. Gannon. Science Fiction.
     The ship's youngest rating, Brian Lewis, sighed so heavily that the inside of his faceplate fogged for a moment. “So, that's it, Skipper. We're locked out.”

• Now Posted: Bourbon Penn #7: Speculative Fiction.

"The Ant Singer" by Benjamin Parzybok
     "Though as he approached, he sighed resignedly about the state of those letters, faded with age as they were. Alex put his cup of coffee on the ground and rattled the key in the tired and stubborn lock on his door, and the lock reminded him of his locksmith."
"Electric Prayer Wheel" by James Freetly
     "I was smacking Annabelle's jelly flip-flop against the wooden handrail, loosening the caked-on dirt. I began muttering the words to "Spirit in the Sky" as the sunshine drew beads of sweat out of my exposed belly."
"The Barrel" by Holly Day
     "For as long as he could remember, the boy thought the old wooden barrel was some sort of pet. Three times a day, his father would take a jumbled plate of scraps out to the back yard and leave it right at the opening of the barrel."
"Your Fairy Is Serenity Elfsong" by Samantha Henderson
     "I ignore her, pulling the denim jacket tighter over my shoulders and walking faster. The icy water seeps into my sneakers. It's been snowing since dawn, the first snow of the year, and grey clots fall from the grey ash sky. No one else is stupid enough to be on the streets, not without boots and winter coats. The last thing I want to do is to talk to a fairy."
"Consumer Testing" by John Greenwood
     "Already I have muddled it all. Like my mother's before me, my brain is sluggish, and protracted thought hastens torpor. My father always told me to begin at the beginning, though it did him no good. Still, the enumeration of the jars of olives tires me, and I cannot bring myself to consider any other place to begin."
"Caretaker" by Will Kaufman
     "She cares for the world's cemetery: this land covered in soft grass, made gray by the ranks of headstones, each bearing the beady lens of a motion detector and a dark but waiting screen. Somewhere, there is a wall. Somewhere, beyond the rolling hills and endless graves, she knows there is a wall."
"Jawbreaker" by Sean Doolittle
      "Listen, all due respect," Randy said, which was what people like Randy Horn always said before saying something disrespectful. "You had a good run, but it's over."

Flash Fiction

• At Beware the Hairy Mango: "Concord and Lacey" by Matthew Sanborn Smith. Audio.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Old-Time Memory" by Kiel Finger. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction
• At Drabblecast: "The Man Who Drew Cats" by Michael Marshall Smith. Fantasy. Horror.
     "Old Tom was a very tall man. He was so tall he didn’t even have a nickname for it. Ned Black, who was at least a head shorter, had been ‘Tower Block’ since the sixth grade, and Jack, the owner of the Hog’s Head Bar, had a sign up over the door saying ‘Mind Your Head, Ned’. But Tom was just Tom. It was like he was so tall it didn’t bear mentioning even for a joke: be a bit like ragging someone for breathing…"

• At Pseudopod: "Charlie Harmer’s Day Off" by Brendan Detzner. Horror.
      "A ghost is a dead person with a job. When you’re alive, you split your time. You work, you sleep. When you’re dead, the line gets blurrier. You switch between one and the other quickly, or do both at once. You lose track of time a lot."

Other Genres

• Audio at Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine: "Shadow People" by Rex Burns.
• Audio at CraftLit: "Jane Eyre, chapters 37 & 38" by Charlotte Brontë.
• Audio at Every Photo Tells: "Obscurities – Part 04" by by Mick Bordet.
• Audio at LibriVox: "Stories from Virgil" by Alfred John Church. Mythology.
• Fiction at Online Pulps: "An Invitation to Bullets" by William Benton Johnston (1938) and "Will for a Kill" by Emil Petaja. 1946. Pulp Noir.

'till Tomorrow

It was a busy weekend, but here are few outstanding goodies to hold you until tomorrow.

Today's QD Radio is Embassy on Dimension X (not one of my favorites from this series - too cheesy)
      "A detective agency is hired by a crackpot who wants them to investigate and expose a nest of Martians sent to prepare the way for an invasion of Earth" - Plot Spot

Fiction
• At Author's Site: Thieves' Honor, ep 24: "Walking Through Walls, part 2" by Keanan Brand. 
      Willa shook her head. "If she orders the sonic barrier activated, neither you nor I can cross it." Willa touched the odd metal collar around her neck. "This isn't just poor taste in jewelry, Captain Kristoff. And the implant in your head will not tolerate the disruption caused by the sonic barrier's frequency."
• At The WiFiles: "Craven’s Reign" by LaVa Payne. Speculative Fiction.
      "Craven, hereinafter I will be known as C, 'This is the time to choose–so you must choose. Do you wish to continue reading? Yes, you are r-e-a-d-i-n-g. But that is a good thing.'"

Now Posted: Perihelion.

• "When Every Song Reminds You of a Dead Universe by Karl Johanson. Science Fiction.
• Side Effects of Yeah- Yeah Pills by A.J. Kirby. Science Fiction.
• A Breederax for Dalia by Janett L. Grady. Science Fiction.
• Cola by Byron Barton. Science Fiction.
• One of Our Starships Is Missing by Terry Savage. Science Fiction.
• Help Desk by Robert J. Mendenhall. Science Fiction.
• Toca la Guitarra by Wayne Helge. Science Fiction.
• How to Travel Through Time & Space by Allen Quintana. Science Fiction.
• Foreclosure by Kevin Gordon. Science Fiction.

Flash Fiction

• At Every Day Fiction: "Ovituary" by E. M. Byrne. Surreal.
• At Every Day Fiction: "The Well-Tempered Subordinate" by Sarah Crysl Akhtar. Science Fiction.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Far Deep" by Katrina Johnston. Science Fiction.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Return From Red Zone" by Ray Daley. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction
• At Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs:  Episode 17 - The Return of Tarzan. Adventure.
       "Tarzan’s newfound tribe of black warriors has come under attack by Arab slavers, seeking revenge, slaves and ivory. Having driven the tribe from its village, the Arabs and their native allies, the Manuema, have camped there for the night."

• At Journey Into: "Edgar Allan Poe-etry: Annabel Lee, The City in the Sea, and The Bells"
      "Here are some poems of wonder and woe, written by a man named Edgar Allan Poe."

• 19 Nocturne Boulevard: "Afterlives 2.3 - The Incredible Tale of Sir Barry the Reluctant!"
     "Afterlives is a tale of what happens after death, or maybe afterlife.... and it isn't at all what you would expect."

Other Genres

• Audio Fiction at Every Picture Tells: "Breakup" by by J.R. Murdock.
• Audio Fiction at Radio Drama Revival: "Part 3 of 3 of The Mumbai Chuzzlewits"
• Fiction at Online Pulps!: "Hide and Go Shriek" by Joe Archibald. Noir 1945. and "A Gunman's Mule" by Caddo Cameron. Western. 1947.
• Non-Fiction at Project Gutenberg: The Golden Bough (Third Edition, Vol. 3 of 12). by Sir James George Frazer. Mythology. 1911.

E-Zines, Flash Fiction and More Free Fiction

Lots more great free fiction today including a nice looking new SF e-zine,  Indian SF (h/t SF Signal) and the always great Abyss & Apex. There are many flash fiction stories today, and much more.  I'll try to have a second post today - no promises.

Today's "QD Radio" is the first episode of the classic SF radio series Dimension X, "No Contact"
"A test pilot on an experimental high altitude aircraft with only ten minutes worth of fuel disappears from radar for ten hours, yet returns safely. Of course, it is impossible, as is his story of contact with aliens and the dire warning they have for Mankind." - OTRplotspot.


[Art from Indian SF #1, linked below.]


Fiction

• At Daily Science Fiction: "The Miracle on Tau Prime" by Alex Shvartsman.
        "The investigators arrived in the morning. Father Laughlin and Father Sauer trudged through the dense, chilly fog from their shuttle to the spaceport terminal just as the twin suns of the Tau system began to paint the eastern horizon in yellow hues."

• Now Posted: Abyss & Apex Issue 45 -1st Quarter 2013

“Heartland” by Crystal Koo.
     "Whenever my wife spoke Mongolian, it sounded like a gale going through khag bones. I always saw a picture in my head every time I heard it: Maral-Erdene Otryadyn in her youth, pitching gigantic tents, racing large bovines, Earth’s yellow-dwarf sun setting over the grasslands. The only thing wrong with the picture was I wasn’t in it."
“Acrimony Grout” by Jay Caselberg.
     "had a well-developed sense of his place in the cosmos. From his magnificent tick-tock spire overlooking the city he would scan the surrounds, peering out from his narrow slit-window and occasionally reach up to pat down the lank remaining strands of his buttercup-tinged hair across his balding moon-like pate.  This ritual occurred daily, if not more frequently.  Of course, his ministrations were unconscious: Acrimony Grout was barely aware of it, if at all."
“The Shadow Artist” by Ruth Nestvold.
      "The Shadow Artist bent slowly in the late afternoon light, stretching one arm high, fingers spread wide, and twisting the other arm just right, so the shadow cast along Seward Avenue became a snake climbing up a tree. Here, just south of the Arctic circle, shortly after summer solstice, he would be able to play with light and shadow for hours, telling stories in the main street of Rolynka, Alaska, nearly all night if he wanted."
“And Our Lady Splendor” by Matthew Wuertz.
      "A small, black screen projected Gavin’s typed commands as he drummed them out from memory.  His eyes strayed to the viewport; had it not automatically sealed itself during the last course change, Gavin would have faced a blinding view of the sun."
“The Third Attractor” by Mjke Wood.
      “I . . . I’m sorry?” Vienna Marshall was startled. She felt heat at the back of her neck. She became aware of the watching eyes, Parisian intellectuals, jazz club regulars, sitting all around her, amused, waiting to see how she would reply.

• Now Posted: Indian SF - Issue #1. [Via SF Signal]

"Staying Behind" by Ken Liu.
       "Those that have uploaded to machines try to steal children."
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" by Ram V.
       "There is more to the wolves that the boy sees in his dreams." 
"Goddess" by Lavanya Karthik.
      "A man finds a Goddess with three heads in Bhopal after the Gas."

• Now Posted: SQ Mag #6

• "Strike Day" by Marie DesJardin (Sci-Fi/Apocalyptic) 
• "Intangible" (Part 1 of 6) by Aaron Garrison (Fantasy) 
• "Caldera" by Joshua D Moyes (Sci-Fi/Apocalyptic)
• "Faye's Diner" by J.T. Seate (Horror)
• "Endangered Species X" by Guy Prevost (Sci-Fi)

Flash Fiction
• At Abyss & Apex: "Grampy Cybercop" by J.P. Boyd.
• At Every Day Fiction:  "Annuals" by Ian Breen. Fantasy.
• At Indian SF: "X Marks the Spot" by Kat Otis.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "War is Hell" by J.D. Rice. Science Fiction.
• At Flash Fiction Friday:

• "Change of the Guard" by Robert Burns. Science Fiction. 
• "Cyberpatriot" by Zachariah T. Baer. Science Fiction.

• Poetry at Abyss & Apex:

• “Lovely Moon” by Dennis Loranger 
• “dominant gene” by LeRoy Gorman 
• “Lapis Lazuli” by Sandi Leibowitz 
• “Parkour” by Robert Borski 
• “Your Clone Knows What You Know” by Robert Frazier 
• “Astronomy for Amateurs2047 GMT, 02.27.0930.542374 N, 84.438587 W“ by Patrick Smith 
• “Rigel’s light . . . “” by Melissa Frederick 

• At AntipodeanSF:

• "Dampier" by Olivia Berrier.
• "Red" by Gaines Post.
• "Tasty Tiny Magic" by Olivia Berrier.
• "Minion" by Eleni Konstantine.
• "Epilogue" by Julie Wornan.

Old Time Radio

• At Relic Radio: "Murder Castle" - Lights Out. Horror. (1938)
• At Boxcars711: "Last Visit" - Nightfall. Horror. (1980)
• At Boxcars711:  "Worlds Apart" - 2000 Plus. Science Fiction. (1950)

Other Genres

• Audio at American Radio Theater: "The Embezzler" Suspense recreation.
• Audio at LibriVox: Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.Children's Fantasy.
• At Project Gutenberg: Half a Hundred Hero Tales of Ulysses and The Men of Old. Mythology. 1913.

Lightspeed and More Great Free Fiction.

There's some very good free fantasy, science fiction, and horror fiction today, including stories from Lightspeed and Nightshade Books, a simultaneously posted story at The World SF Blog and Weird Fiction Review, and many more.  And don't miss this week's Protecting Project Pulp, which is in the other genres category. Special Thanks to the honorable Sir Regan Wolfrom for the heads up on a couple stories. More tonight or tomorrow.

[Art from "La Alma Perdida de Marguerite Espinoza" in fiction and audio fiction]


Fiction
At Author's Site: "Well-Chosen Words" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Alternate history.
     "The Gettysburg Address has become an authoritative expression of the American spirit—as authoritative as the Declaration [of Independence] itself, and perhaps even more influential, since it determines how we read the Declaration"

At Daily Science Fiction: "Since You Seem to Need a Certain Amount of Guidance" by Alexander Jablokov.
       "Thank you for your query. Violating the laws of physics in that way was quite enterprising, and we feel you deserve a reply. Just don't do it again."

At Lightspeed: "Ace 167 " by Eleanor Arnason. Science Fiction.
     "It was after I lost my job as the manager of a traveling troupe of precision unicyclists that I met Ace 167. I was down and out in a bar in Venusport, my last credit gone to buy cheap Venusian wine. The jukebox was playing an old, tinny-sounding Beatles tune"

At Lightspeed: "La Alma Perdida de Marguerite Espinoza" by Jeremiah Tolbert. Fantasy.
     "He had falsely predicted her passing four times in the past three days, but the passing was unmistakable. As Maestro Eusebio had said many times, “When the moment comes, you will know.” And he did."

At Nightshade Books: "Holmes Sherlock: A Hwarhath Mystery" by Eleanor Arnason. Science Fiction.
      "She did not translate military information, since that was done by hwarhath men in space. Nor did she translate technical information, since she lacked the requisite technical knowledge. Instead, she translated human fiction."

At The World SF Blog: "Brita’s Holiday Village" by Karin Tidbeck. Horror.
At Weird Fiction Review: "Brita’s Holiday Village" by Karin Tidbeck. Horror.
      "The cab ride from Åre station to Aunt Brita’s holiday village took about half an hour. I’m renting the cottage on the edge of the village that’s reserved for relatives. The rest are closed for summer. Mum helped me make the reservation—Brita’s her aunt, really, not mine, and they’re pretty close. Yes, I’m thirty-two years old. Yes, I’m terrible at calling people I don’t know."

Flash Fiction

• At Every Day Fiction: "Damsels and Distress" by Kat Otis. Fantasy.
• At Flashes in the Dark: "Room With a View" By David Elliott. Horror.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Who’s Better, Who’s Best" by Steve Smith. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction
At Lightspeed: "La Alma Perdida de Marguerite Espinoza" by Jeremiah Tolbert. Fantasy.

At 19 Nocturne Boulevard: "The Rats in the Walls" by H. P. Lovecraft, adapted by Julie Hoverson. Horror.
     "An American returns to the family's ancestral home in England, only to discover that heredity can be terrifying."

Old Time Radio

• At Relic Radio: "The Old Die Rich" - Tales Of Tomorrow. Science Fiction. 1953.
• At SFFAudio: "The Grove Of Ashtaroth" - Escape. Horror.

Other Genres

• Audio at LibriVox: Kipps by H.G. Wells.
• Audio at Protecting Project Pulp: "Hide-Away" by H. A. DeRosso. Noir.
• Audio at Tales of Old: "The Jungle & Ex-Con Man" Historical Fiction.
• Non-Fiction at Project Gutenberg: The Golden Bough (Vol. 2 of 2) by Sir James George Frazer, Mythology.

Farmer, Sheckley, Lovecraft, and More.

A few more goodies to finish off the weekend. Some good audio fiction and written fiction today as well as a bit more.

 [Art from The Heroes of Asgard linked below]









Fiction
At Philippine Genre Stories: "The Proper Princess Protocols" by Kate Osias. Fantasy.
     "What To Do When Meeting Your Princely Husband For The First Time: 1. Smile adorably, even if you’re being jerked out of a pit with coarse rope. 2. Don’t correct him, when he claims his chicken is a phoenix."

Flash Fiction
At 365 Tomorrows: "Specimen 459" by Melinda Chapman. Science Fiction.

E-Books
Via Pixel of Ink

• The Spider and the Fly by C.E. Stalbaum. Science Fiction.
• Exiled (The Protector Book 1) by M.R. Merrick. Paranormal.

At Free eBooks Daily.

• Exmortus: Towers of Dawn by Todd Maternowski. Fantasy.
• The Mirrored Gate by Somerset McCoy. Fantasy.
• The Book Waitress by Deena Remiel. Fantasy.
• To Ride A Puca by Heather McCorkle. Fantasy.
• Only Human by Chris Reher. Science Fiction. Romance.
• Regenesis (Impact) by Harrison Pierce. Science Fiction.
• Kali: The Ghosting of Sepulcher Bay by Eric Griffith. YA Paranormal.

At Smashwords:

• "Old Ebenezer The Gravedigger"  by Peter Knowles. Fantasy. 2k.
• "Double Six" by Zelda Zebra. Fantasy. 9k. 
• "Adventures of Jacko the Conjurer: The Dawn"  by Jamie Ott. YA Fantasy. 34k.
• "The Arbiter and the Mummy's Curse" by Nancy M. Griffis. Urban Fantasy. 15k.
• "The lady of the lake" by Mariapia Messina. Paranormal. 11k.
• "The Dark Divide" by Michael Carter. Fantasy. 5k.
• "The Assassin" by Amy Gerrard. Horror. 4k.
• "The Hall of the Betrayed" by K H  Blackmoore. Science Fiction. 5k.
• "Dragonato Rhythm" by L'Poni Baldwin. YA Fantasy. 9k.
• "Juiced" by Patrick M. Boucher. Science Fiction. 4k.

Audio Fiction
At Beam Me Up: Episode# 338 Trathh – The Sequel – Dave Scholes
      "a continuation of Dave Scholes “Trathh” story arc.  This week is Trath the Sequel, which, believe it or not, it better than the first installment!  Dave is really getting into the swing with his ancient, near godlike characters from a long dead civilization."

At Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Episode 28 (Final) - Tarzan of the Apes" Adventure.
     "Tarzan has followed Jane Porter to her mother’s farm in Wisconsin, where he has rescued her from a forest fire raging nearby. Now he has returned her to her Father and John Clayton"

At Internet Archive:

• Weird Tales 1 -  "Dickon The Devil" by  J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Horror.
• Weird Tales 2 -  "The Spook House" by Ambrose Bierce. Horror. Ghost.
• Weird Tales 3 - "Nyarlathotep" by H. P. Lovecraft. Horror.
• Weird Tales 4 - "The Corpse; The Blood-Drinker" by Anonymous, translated by George Soulie. Horror. 

At Internet Archive: "They Twinkled like Jewels" by Philip Jose Farmer. Science Fiction.
     "Crane didn't get the nice man's name—until it was far too late to do anything at all about it."

At LibriVox: "Watchbird" by Robert Sheckley. Science Fiction.
     3 Robert Sheckley short stories. In "Watchbird," the question "can machines solve human problems?" is answered. "Warrior Race" drops us into an alien race of warriors who fight in a way you will never be able to imagine until you listen. And "Beside Still Waters" is a gentle story that shows us a man who really wants to get away from it all.

Old Time Radio
At Relic Radio: The Witch's Tale - "The Haunted Crossroads" Horror.

Other Genres
Fiction at Project Gutenberg:  The Heroes of Asgard by Annie Keary and E. Keary. Mythology. 1909.
Flash Fiction at Every Day Story: "Vegetarian" by Wilma Bernard.

Big Wednesday and an Endless Loop

Quite a bit more free fiction today, including items from all currently covered categories. Among the many highlights are stories from Nightmare Magazine and Eclipse Online, new Drabblecast and StarShipSofa episodes, and much more.  If this isn't enough reading/listening/watching for you, be sure to check out SF Signal's latest free fiction post.  [I realize that linking to a post that links back here might create and endless loop that destroys the universe, but since that would mean no more political ads, I'm willing to take the chance.]  Back tomorrow with free fiction and perhaps something else.





Fiction
At The Colored Lens:  "Sisters" by Jude-Marie Green. Speculative Fiction.
     "When Sarah was not-quite-two and I was not-quite-twelve, she ran headlong off the side of a pier that jutted over the frothy waves and shattered rocks of a beach on the West Coast. Or she would have, if I had not grabbed her shirt collar in the moment between her launch into space and her inability to fly."
At Eclipse Online: “The Contrary Gardener” by Christopher Row. [Via SF Signal]
      "Kay Lynne wandered up and down the aisles of the seed library dug out beneath the county extension office. Some of the rows were marked with glowing orange off-limits fungus, warning the unwary away from spores and thistles that required special equipment to handle, which Kay Lynne didn’t have, and special permission to access, which she would never have, if her father had anything to say about it, and he did."
At Nightmare Magazine: "Frontier Death Song" by Laird Barron. Horror.
      "Night descended on Interstate-90 as I crossed over into the Badlands. Real raw weather for October. Snow dusted the asphalt and picnic tables of the deserted rest area. The scene was virginal as death."
At Paizo: "Proper Villains Chapter Two: The Gang" by Erik Scott de Bie. Fantasy.
     "They met at midnight in the Bloody Fang, a dive down in the Puddles district that catered to sailors, criminals, and the lowest of the low. The authorities of Absalom rarely made it there, and certainly not at this hour of night."
At Project Gutenberg: "The Martian" by Allen Glasser and A. Rowley Hilliard. Science Fiction.
     "The water was evaporated by the ever-shining sun until there was none left for the thirsty plants. Every year more workers died in misery." From Wonder Stories Quarterly Winter 1932.
At Project Gutenberg:  "Spacewrecked on Venus" by Neil R. Jones. Science Fiction.
     "A beam of electricity leaped from the ship. Instantly shafts of light spread from the nearest projectile to the ones on either side of it." From Wonder Stories Quarterly Winter 1932.
At Shadow Unit: “Chapter 17: Underworld” by Elizabeth Bear. Science Fiction  [Via SF Signal]
     "He hadn't yet graduated: his first known stranger murder would not be committed until January 15th, 1975. But on June 1st, 1972, he matriculated."
At The WiFiles: "Commande-In-Chief" by Greg Boxer. Speculative Fiction.
     "The West Wing bustled with frantic activity as President Kenneth Powers strode briskly through the halls, flanked on all sides by aides and advisors."


Audio
At Drabblecast: "The Last of the O-Forms" by  James Van Pelt. Sci-Fi  Strange.
     "Who knew what it might have been made from? He doubted there were any original-form cows, the o-cows, left to slaughter"
At Drama Pod: "Martian Odyssey" by Stanley G Weinbaum.
At Journey Into: Episode #48 - "Pennywhistle" by Greg van Eekhout and "The Scottish Scene" by Rish Outfield.
     "A mom seeks to save her child from a piper, and a teenages seeks to save herfriends from the curse of Macbeth."
At LibriVox:  Frankenstein (dramatic reading) by Mary Shelley. Horror. Gothic.
    "Mary Shelley's 1818 novel presents the Faustian story of a man who aspires to create life out of death, with disastrous results."
At LibriVox:  The Emerald City of Oz (version 2) by L. Frank Baum. Children's Fantasy.
At StarShipSofa: "A Time For Ravern" by Stephen Kotowych.


E-Books
At Free eBooks Daily: Shadow of Stone by Ruth Nestvold. Historical Fantasy. Temporarily free.
    "For over ten years, there has been peace in Britain after Arthur and his warriors soundly defeated the Saxons at the battle of Caer Baddon. But sometimes peace is deceptive"

At Smashwords:

• "Valentine Vampire" by Phoebe Matthews. Paranormal. 19k.
• "The Merchant of Lives" by Andrew Johnston. 6k.
• The Blade That Whispers Hate by Michael McClung. Fantasy. 58k.
• The Girl and the Guardian by Peter Harris. 211k.
• Good Sister, Bad Sister: Heart of the Staff  by Carol Marrs Phipps & Tom Phipps. Fantasy. 90k.
• "Once Upon a Nightmare" by McKelle George. Paranormal. 22k.
• "The Temple of Vitus" by Chris Turner. Fantasy. 21k.
• "A Slave To The Coin" by Debra Dunbar. Fantasy, 4k.
• Ring of Destiny by Eric Quinn Knowles. YA Fantasy. 55k.
• "Demon Chronicles: Apple Moonshine" by K.S. Bowers. Horror. 4k.
• "Crystal Mountain Book One" by J. F. French. Horror. 5k.
• "Thesis Revised: A Short Story" by Jennifer McMurrain. Ghost story. 3k.
• "Curse of the Ravens" by Stacie Schmidt. Weird. 2k.
• "Eye Check" by Michael Carter. Horror. 1k.
• "Temporary Monsters" by Ian Rogers. Horror. 13k.
• "The Barn" by Scott Thigpen. Horror. 8k.
• "Creeper, A Short Horror Story" by Bran Glitz. Horror. 2k.
• "The Watch" by Krista Bean. Ghost Story. 6k.
• The Writers' Pad E-zine Volume I Fall 2012. Horror. 17k.
• "In His Dream He Plummets" by Wess Foreman. Science Fiction. 9k.
• "Fireflies" by Erica Lindquist. Anthology.  23k.
• "N-Hance: A Gamer's Tale" by M.J. Miello. Science Fiction. 13k.
• "Orphans of the Celestial Sea, Episode 1" by Mark Fenger. YA Science Fiction. 8k.
• "Starfall: The First Cut" by Victor Pryce. Science Fiction. 13k.
• "Blighted - Chapter 1" by Reasus Shelly.  Science Fiction. 7k.
• "When Doors Come Knocking" by S E Champenby.  Science Fiction. 4k.

Flash Fiction
At Daily Science Fiction:  "Not the Destination" by Richard E. Gropp.
At Every Day Fiction: "Father Frances and His Mechanical Bees" by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks. SF.
At Flashes in the Dark: "The Talking Dead" By Matt Demers. Horror.
At 365 Tomorrows: "Kids" by Duncan Shields. Science Fiction.
At 365 Tomorrows: "The Neodymium Accord" by Desmond Hussey. Science Fiction.
At 365 Tomorrows: "Cold War" by Bob Newbell. Science Fiction.
At Yesteryear Fiction: "The Oath" by James R Waggoner. Fantasy.


Reviewed Free Fiction
At BestScienceFictionStories.com:  "Fleurs du Mal" by J. Kathleen Cheney. Fantasy 2010.
At Variety SF: Space Platform by Murray Leinster.

Video
At Divers and Sundry:  The Student of Prague a 1913 silent film about a young man who sells his soul to the devil.
At Divers and Sundry:  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)  and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913)

At The Internet Archive: To the Stars the Hard Way. Subtitled Russian Science Fiction Film.

Comics
At Atomic Kommie Comics: Speed Carter: Spaceman in "Thing in Outer Space" SF. 1954.
At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Octopus Kings of the Lost Planet" by W Malcolm White. SF. 1951.
At The Comic Book Catacombs: Tygra in "The Beasts of Dr. Krafte" Adventure. 1947.
At The Digital Comics Museum:  Jumbo Comics #16 featuring Sheena. Adventure. 1940.
At The Digital Comics Museum: Dark Mysteries #20. Horror. 1954.
At Four-Color Shadows:  "The Living Dead" Horror. 1953.
At The Horrors of It All: "Ultimate Destiny / Unknown Presence" Horror. 1952.
At The Horrors of It All: "The Haunted Ghost / Specter's Revenge" Horror. 1951/1952.
At True Love Comics: "Romantic Souls" Ghost Story. Horror. 1953.
At True Love Comics: "Mother's Boy" Horror. 1974.

Gaming
Fighting Fantazine #9
     Including a 275 reference adventure "Return to the Icefinger Mountains"  and an Advanced Fighting Fantasy adventure: Andrew Wright's "The Hunt for the Black Whale"
At And the Sky Full of Dust: "Dynamic Lairs: Demon Boar"
At Daddy Grognard: "An Adventure for Every Monster - Manes"
At Kobold Quarterly: "Twenty Things Found in the Pockets of Your Enemies"
At The Land of Nod: "Six Wicked Witches!"
At Smithsonian Magazine: A real-world dungeon. [via Greyhawk Grognard]
Many recent monsters, magic items, and spells at Ancient Vaults and Eldritch Secrets, Blog on the Borderlands, and A Field Guide To Doomsday.


Other Genres
Audio at SFFAudio: "Moonlight" (aka "In The Moonlight") by Guy de Maupassant.
Fiction at Project Gutenberg: The Eye of Istar by William Le Queux. Historic Adventure.
Fiction at Project Gutenberg: Zoraida by William Le Queux. Historic Adventure.
Non-Fiction at Project Gutenberg: The Fairy Mythology by Thomas Keightley. Mythology.
Non-Fiction at Project Gutenberg: Mythical Monsters by Charles Gould. Mythology.