Cat Rambo, Tobias Buckell, and Other Great Free Fiction.

Some great free fiction today, including a pair of eZines - Lovecraft eZine (great horror fiction in the tradition of H. P. Lovecraft) and Schlock Magazine (a speculative fiction magazine linked for the first time here today). Also short stories from Tobias Buckell, Cat Rambo, and Eric J. Juneau. Some cool audio fiction and flash fiction round out today's links.

On a personal note, I am proud to announce that I have rejoined the award winning SF Signal as their free fiction linker, for want of a better term.

"Ha Ha! It must be remembered that Dave sent them links before and they won no awards. Then he takes a long term leave of absence and they start winning awards while he is away. Coincidence? I think not!!"









@Fantasy Magazine: "The Immortality Game" by Cat Rambo. [Also in audio form]

"Decades later the music was what really tipped Glen off. He heard a song on the radio, a brand new release, and remembered the day he’d first heard it, twenty years earlier."

@Subterranean Press: "Mirror, Mirror" by Tobias S. Buckell. YA.

"Can you see yourself in these glasses? They’re called mirrorshades. They’re antique; I found them via someone in Topeka at an estate sale. They’re not replicas, they’re actual mirrorshades. I think a cop wore them. Like thirty years ago."

@Lovecraft eZine: The June 2011 is now posted.

"The Case of the Galloway Eidolon" by Bruce Durham.

"Two had received severe chest wounds, their cotton shirts blood-soaked and torn from multiple swings of some bladed instrument. The third had suffered a more ghastly wound, a crushed cranium; the blow slicing bone and opening the forehead down to the mouth. His glazed eyes stared obscenely in opposite directions."

"The Call of the Dance" by William Meikle.

"Right from the get-go I knew there was something dodgy going on. When he showed me round the workshop he tried to explain the machinery to me. I ain’t got the schooling for stuff like that – there something about ether and emanations but it was all gobbledygook to me. I was just happy to get paid."

"Unearthly Awakening" by W.H. Pugmire.

"You have been excited by its legend – but it’s just a story for you, not something that dwells in haunted reality. I was mesmerized as you spoke of it, that day of yellow light, and so I could not resist going to look at it after we had our little meal."

"Dreams of Fire and Glass – part 2" by Neal Jansons.

"Almost submerged in the bathtub, lay a shape. It had a head, two arms and legs, but at that point the resemblance to humanity ended."

"Darius Roy’s Manic Grin" by Brian Barnett

"The walls were adequately padded. However the material appeared to be grimy from age and lack of care. Dr. Johansson made a mental note to bring up the issue with the health board. The facility was under poor management and he could stand by no longer to watch the patients suffer."

@Kasma SF: "Influx Capacitor" by Eric J. Juneau.

"A man with a receding hairline appeared at the foot of his bed, wearing a green-collared shirt and black pants. His arrival was accompanied by a loud whirring noise coming from a black box on his arm. The man had a bigger nose and a saggy face, but Martin knew he was looking at his future self."

The June issue of Schlock Magazine ["works of speculative fiction, exploring various subgenres through experimental fusions in style and format. Schlock’s contemporary themes take a playful and irreverent look at genre fiction, given individual flair by a regular rotation of writers and artists."] is now posted [via SF Signal] with:

• Fingertips by Colin Meldrum
• Tale from a Save Point by Nick Tramdack
• Juliette & Justine: Dance of the Mummies by Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone
• #260: Dark Entomology by KC Wilder
• a summer haunting by David Massengill
• Jungle by Peter Farrugia and Teodor Reljic
• Pirate! by Rachel Agius
• Oneiros and I by Bettina Borg Cardona

@SFFaudio: "The Marching Morons" by C.M. Kornbluth, read by William Coon. [via SF Signal]

"The story is set hundreds of years in the future: the date is 7-B-936. Its protagonist is John Barlow, a man from the past put into suspended animation by a freak accident involving a dental drill and anesthesia. He is revived in a dystopic future where the dysgenic breeding of humans has, in combination with intelligent people not having many children, overwhelmingly populated the world with morons."

@LibriVox: Metamorphosis or The Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius.

"The story of the Metamorphosis, the tale of a man turned into a donkey that goes through many adventures to become a man again, inspired many other similar ones later on."

Serial Audio
@Beam Me Up: Episode #265 "Memory" part 2 by Michael Merriam.

"In the conclusion this week, Lucza Antreus finds out that what she want and what she has to do are not the same thing. We learn the real reason that her home planet and the rest of known space has spiraled into chaos and the sacrifices that will have to be made to arrest and reverse what has taken centuries to build up to."

@Author's Website: "The Starter" Episode #18 by Scott Sigler.

"Sunday Football on the UBS network brings you coverage of the Ionath Krakens' home opener against the Themala Dreadnaughts. It's Quentin on the field, while Chick McGee and Masarra the Observant bring you the action from the booth."

Fan Audio
@Misfits Audio Productions: "Green Lantern-Man Without Fear: It’s the Law."

"Sodam Yat says ‘Adieu’ to his loving parents on the planet Daxam while Sinestro gives Hal a few lessons in life on how to walk the straight and narrow path. Meanwhile, Lanterns gather on Oa as the Guardians hasten to make change!"

@Daily Science Fiction: "Sister" by Melissa Mead.
@Flashes in the Dark: "Balanced Breakfast" by Shawn El Naggar. Horror.
@Flashes in the Dark: "Cats and Dogs" by Henry Gribbin. Horror.
@365 tomorrows: "Last Supper" by Duncan Shields. Science Fiction.
@365 tomorrows: "Countermeasures" by Jessica Thomas. Science Fiction.
@365 tomorrows: "First Flight" by Andrew Bale. Science Fiction.
@Weirdyear: "The Non-Story of Sarah Hough and I" by Jake Sweet.
@Weirdyear: "The New Landlord" by Andre Farant.
@Weirdyear: "Whatever the Price" by Alan Zhukovski.
@Yesteryear Fiction: "The Mech-Maiden of Mesopotamia Part 5" by Nichole Beard. Fantasy.
@Yesteryear Fiction: "The Mech-Maiden of Mesopotamia Part 4" by Nichole Beard. Fantasy.
@Yesteryear Fiction: "The Mech-Maiden of Mesopotamia Part 3" by Nichole Beard. Fantasy.
@Eschatology: "Asher’s Ennui" by George Wilhite. Horror.
@The New Flesh: "The Whisperer" by Margie Hamilton. Horror.
@Quantum Muse: "The Tomato" DB Fuller.
@Brain Harvest: "Tincture of Regrets" by Kate Marshall. Speculative Fiction.

Tons of Free Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Dark Fiction.

Wow, there are a lot of freebies today! First up fiction. Dave is too embarrassed to show his face today after realizing he had been forgetting to link ChiZine since he had returned from his long hiatus. So there are many, free professional dark fiction stories today. There's a Ken Liu story at On the Premises, as well as other good ones (don't miss the cartoons). And many more fiction items, including serials and classic SF.

There are many free audio stories today, which beats the heck out of listening to crappy radio on a long drive. There's flash fiction and poetry, several cool gaming items (all with pictures this one time), and finally a movie. One of the strangest sword and sandals movies ever (though the lizardmen are cool, much better looking than humans.)

This week's QuasarDragon presents will be delayed (until next week) due to the larger size of the story and OCR providing less help than usual.

One last thing. Please tell Dave his is completely wrong with his movie reviews yesterday or I, Lt. Bob, will loose a bad bet.







@ChiZine: Dark Fiction available until July 1, 2011.

• Before and After by Sunil Sadanand
• Holy Mackerels by Ursula Pflug
• I, Cthulhu by Neil Gaiman
• Lament by Tom Piccirilli
• The Girl with the Halo by Matthew Sanborn Smith
• W.W.P.D by Patricia Lee Macomber
• A Bride’s Head, Revisited by Joel Arnold
• Champion of Lost Causes by Scott Emerson Bull
• Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate by Stephen M. Wilson
• The Insides by Richard Larson
• Protection by Stewart O'Nan
• Summer of Love by Livia Llewellyn
• The Swordsman by Michael R. Colangelo
• Reflections on the Critical Process by Mike Carey
• Your Essential Unsung Hero by Nancy Kilpatrick
• Marion’s Knot by Lee Thomas
• Noogle Knock by Robert Swartwood
• Requiem by Brian Hodge
• Ten Steps by Richard Thomas
• Chanting the Violet Dog Down: A Tale of Noreela by Tim Lebbon
• Payback by P. D. Cacek
• A Little Glimpse by Steve Eller
• Things I No Longer Like about God by Tarl Roger Kudrick
• Three Legged Bird by Vylar Kaftan
• A Whispered Apocalypse by Simon Logan

On the Premises has its 13th issue up featuring a mixture of Genre and Mainstream stories. (And cartoons!)
"The Visit" by Ken Liu.
"Four hundred fifty-three probes arrived that night."

"Neighbor from Heaven" by Edoardo Albert.
"'You are going to hell and there is nothing I can do to stop it,' he said."

"Inside Out" by Debra Purdy Kong.
“The cops don’t care, she doesn’t take anything major, and she talks to herself a lot. What a nut job.”

"A Brick Wall" by Neil James Hudson.
"After I first came here, I thought I could hear someone behind the wall."

"What Do You Want?" by Rona Yohalem.
"When she hangs up, her heart beats so rapidly, she’s afraid she’ll collapse. Maybe it’s a mistake."

"A Dead Profession" by Frank Dutkiewicz.
“No one’s died in over eighty years, Paul. What if he’s not the first? What if they can’t find out what happened? What if…?”

and "Mornings with AJ and Jen" by Thomas Cannon.
"'Do you know why I picked your show?' the gunman asked."

@Daily Science Fiction: "The Ambiguity Clock" by Lavie Tidhar,
"Bangkok, eleven o'clock at night: Soi Cowboy a street of loud music, loud laughs, pheromone generators pumping their wares into the atmosphere, truflesh dolls dancing, men walking with glazed eyes and happy smiles--all but for the two who were following him."



@Analog Science Fiction and Fact: "Phantom Sense" by Richard A. Lovett & Mark Niemann-Ross. (2010).
"I’ve never understood how it could be stalking if all you’re trying to do is keep her safe. I just want to be a good father. Make up for all those years of being AWOL because CI-MEMS is a full-time job. You can’t be a father and CI-MEMS."


@Asimov's Science Fiction: "The Day the Wires Came Down" by Alexander Jablokov. On title page here or right click to save PDF.
"Mother had gone home with a mechanical device for chopping tree roots out of drainage pipes and left her offspring to their mission. Arabella should have been getting home herself, to prepare for her going-away party, but instead she persuaded her mother that Andrew couldn’t handle finding Father an appropriate birthday present on his own."

Serial Fiction
@Ray Gun Revival: Thieves’ Honor Episode 14: Head Games, Part 1 – Keanan Brand.
“Aye, ma’am, that may be, but you’re in a colonial military facility. With a hospital. If they set you free so easily after such a grave accusation, that means there’s an implant to track you for the rest of your life. Is that the kind of freedom you want, ma’am?”

@White Wolf Publishing: "Silent Knife, part 3" David Nurnberg
"In Ariadne’s room—her cell—it was always night. She didn’t need the lamp on her desk, didn’t even know if the bulb still worked. Years ago, she had wanted it as a reminder of her old life. Now, it was only a piece of jetsam she hadn’t yet gotten around to disposing of."




Classic SF
@F&SF: "12:01 P.M." by Richard A. Lupoff, from F&SF (Dec. 1973).
"What frustration, Castleman thought, if he ever did succeed in making Rosenbluth realize that the strange phenomenon he had theorized was an actuality, had taken place, and was recurring at one-hour intervals."







@Munseys and Project Gutenberg: "One Way" by Miriam Allen deFord, from Galaxy Science Fiction (March 1965).
"I thought of every way to save Hal from the Lydna Project and failed ... but the women didn't!"













@Pseudopod: Episode #229 "Man Eat Man" by Mike Irwin.
“The Dumpster Kid is already recounting the tally behind Uncle Sam to make sure that there’s no foul play. When they finish the first vote, he puffs out his chest and in a slightly deeper voice says, ‘Now all those against.’ Again the two go competitively counting heads.



@Escape Pod: Episode #290 "Tom the Universe" by Larry Hodges, read by Mat Weller.
"I permeate this universe, which I’ve named Tom, and guard against its destruction. If someone had done that for the universe I came from, then Mary, my sweet Mary, would still be alive, and I wouldn’t have killed her and everyone else when I accidentally destroyed that universe."


@SFFaudio: Podcast #105 with a complete and unabridged reading of the action/adventure classic The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, narrated by William Coon.
"A tempest tossed hunter crawls ashore on a mysterious island only to find his way to a creepy castle inhabited by a Russian Count named Zaroff."


@The Internet Archive: Strange Adventure (1945) or right click here to download a zip of the whole collection.
"Strange Adventure aired in 1945 and was a collection of short adventure stories lasting not much longer than 3:30 minutes told by host, Pat McGeehan." The perfect length to mix with songs on your iPod or MP3 player.

@Misfits Audio: Star Rabbit Tracks episode #5 "Who Are You? written by N.J. Rainford, performed by a full cast. SF humor/parody.
"Things aren’t always as they appear- as the Crew of the Jackalope are about to find out!"


@BrokenSea Audio Productions: Maudelayne Series 3 Episode 12: "Seven Years." (Earlier episodes here)
"The beautiful naiad love of Atherton returns, but is trapped inside a mirror. Can he free her without paying the ultimate price?"





@AntipodeanSF: AntipodeanSF Pilot Episode.
"features "Ninja Nemesis" by Crisetta MacLeod, "Zero" by Shaun A. Saunders, and "An Accident Going Somewhere To Happen" by Shaun A. Saunders."







@Flashes in the Dark: "Night" by David Kernot.
@365 tomorrows: "Unleaded" by Garrett Harriman.
@ChiZine: [Dark Poetry]

• He Says "Please" so Nicely by Annie Boyle
• Some Secret Symphony by Donna Burgess
• Tea Party Vamp by Marge Simon
• The Dead Gather at Your Feet by Kiel Stuart
• Louis in the Morning by Phoebe Wray
• a promise fulfilled by Brian Rosenberger
• Beachhead by Marge Simon & Michael Fosburg
• Beware of Attics by Andrea Blythe
• Glass, Redux by Robyn Herrington
• Mr. Poe’s Last Express by Ed Lynskey
• ms & mr frankenstein by Phyllis Gottlieb
• The Surrender by Rain Graves w/Artwork by Daniele Serra
• Their Shades Are Legend by Bruce Boston
• After Pompeii by Jennifer Jerome
• Experts on Mortality by R. G. Evans
• Fingernails by P. S. Cottier
• Judas Noose Tavern by Charles Clifford Brooks III
• Young Miss Frankenstein Regrets by Camille Alexa
• Beneath the Stars, in the Earth by Nancy O. Greene
• Children’s Crusade by Donna Farley
• If Only People Weren’t Made Out of Meat by James S. Dorr
• Midnight Grocery Shopping in the Icelandic Sagas by Hugh Thomas
• My Skull, the Garage by Bethany Powell

@The Internet Archive: Vulcan, Son of Jupiter (1961).
Bizarre, dubbed Italian sword and sandals film with two rival gods (Vulcan and Mars) stripped of their powers and sent to Earth. There Vulcan faces Mars and his Thracian allies as well as lizardmen.















@Powers and Perils: The complete 1983 fantasy RPG and (all?) supplements available in PDF scans of the original books as well as re-edited versions (go with the scans). Not a great game, but an interesting look at a different type of "old school" RPG.
"Welcome to adventure! You are about to enter the world of Powers and Perils, a completely new fantasy role-playing system, that breaks from the old standards to create an environment of unlimited, exciting adventure."

I'm not certain how legit this site is, but since it's apparently been up 15 years, it's probably OK.

@Suffer Shack: "The Challenge of Asmodeus" 4E adventure for level 30 characters. More free 4E adventures here.
"It was three earthen years after Obad-Hai’s death, before any proper link was known to the infernal hells. Asmodeus, in his scheming, offered up the archdevil Levistus to take the fall."

Other Cool Gaming Items
@The Land of NOD: [Supervillains] "Kardiak and Psychedelic for Mystery Men!"
A "drop of blood worked its way through the machinery until it touched a tiny silver pentagram hidden deep within, and Kardiak was released"


@Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets: [New Magic Item] "Blood Charm of Klauso" and "Leap Locket of the Elements"
“A red mist!” lamented Koram. “It fogs all I see!”

@Big Ball of No Fun: [New Monsters] "Water Leaper" and "Xiuhcoatl" (statless)
Then he saw it, or rather, them. A half dozen frog eyes floated barely above the surface of the water."

@Sea of Stars: [New Magic Items] "Wepwawet’s Arrows" and "Xanthos’ Manger"
"It flew true, finding its mark in the neck of the enemy scout who fell silently. The hunter quickly closed to make sure the scout was dead. With another prayer to guide the spirit to the lands of the dead, he pulled the arrow free."

@Zalchis: [New Monsters] "Xilmpa" and "Walmakash"
"Xilmpa are huge, hulking, brutish crocodilian warrior-amazons with a taste for uranium."


@A Field Guide To Doomsday: [New Monsters] "Brawlrus" and "Scrawler" (Mutant Future / Gamma World)
"There is anecdotal evidence that brawlruses may be evolving intelligence"

@No Signal: [New Monster] "Bonnacon" Medieval monster (Encounter Critical.)
"Its horns are curved inward, and useless for defense, so the bonnacon uses its dung as a weapon."

@Rather Gamey: "Dead Simple Lock & Trap Mini-game"
"Each lock has a certain amount of cards that determine it's difficulty. A 2d4 roll could easily be used to determine the number of cards, but any amount could be used."




@A Character for Every Game: [Map] "Erdea Manor – the Depths"
"And here, in the depths (in the great cave of area 61) we have further stairs down into the lowest level of Erdea Manor – the Catacombs."

@DriveThruRPG: "Mutants & Masterminds Threat Report #17: Talona"
From Green Ronin.
"The Threat Report is formatted as an update from AEGIS, the American Elite Government Intervention Service, the government agency in the World of Freedom tasked with handling super-powered menaces."




That's all for now.

Thing From Another World, Terry Pratchet, Isaac Asimov, and More

Yay, it's Sunday, so annoying space captain has taken a day off and I Lt. Bob am in charge. First like always, we have a cool Mooooooviiiiiieeee! This time it's a classic from the 1950s, featuring an alien that fights humans. Go alien! It's your birthday! Also, unusual for a Sunday, lots of audio fiction (I notice some via SF Signals. Ha, lazy space captain). And a couple of comics. You QuasarDragon readers are OK (for humans) so have a nice day.




The Thing From Another World (1951)

"Scientist at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is accidentally thawed out."

Also don't miss the 1968 J.R.R. Tolkien Documentary at SF Signal.







@Beam Me Up: Episode #257 "Death and what comes Next" by Terry Pratchett, "where a mathematician tries to wrangle out of dying using physics on Death!" and "Infall" pt2 (the conclusion) "where we finally find out just exactly what faces our two combatants as the draw closer and closer to the event horizon of their destination, a monstrously huge and vastly ancient, black hole" by Ted Kosmatka. And a roundup of SF/Science tidbits.

@Pseudopod: Episode #225 "Top Of The Heap" by Nathan Robinson, read by Ben Phillips.
“I open my eyes and the dead smile back with bare teeth. In the fresh, sparse daylight I can see the bodies beneath me. I want to reach out and touch their faces, close their beseeching eyes. I recognize a few of them. Some I don’t, either through decomposition or the fact that I didn’t dump them here.

@Archive.org: The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov [via SF Signal via James Nicoll]
"an epic science fiction series written over a span of forty-four years by Isaac Asimov."

@LibriVox: Elves and Heroes by Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1873-1936, read by Matthew Reece. "This volume describes, in verse, the mythical creatures and people of ancient Scotland. It also includes explanatory notes about about the characters and folk tales that inspired the author's poetry."

@LibriVox: The Mahabharata by Vyasa: the epic of ancient India condensed into English verse by Romesh C Dutt. "The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Traditionally, the authorship of the Mahabharata is attributed to Vyasa. ... Mahabharata tells the story of the epic Kurukshetra War and the fates of the cousin brothers Kauravas and the Pandavas." One of the world's great epics, on a par with The Iliad and Gilgamesh. I don't know this version, but it should at least capture some of the flavor.

@SFFaudio: "The Seventh Victim" by Robert Sheckly. Two dramatized versions of the classic SF story (I Just listened to the X-Minus One version a few weeks ago - quite good).

@SFFaudio: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, performed by a full cast (CBS Radio Workshop).








@The Warriors Comic Book Den: "The Lighthouse!" By Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson. Classic B&W horror from Eerie.

@Digital Comics Museum: Super-Mystery Comics v08 004. Horror/Mystery.

Mike Resnick, Gaming Items, and Poetry?

A few cool fiction items, including one by Mike Resnick. There's been quite a few Resnick items lately, which I love since I've been a fan of his since I read Birthright: The Book of Man back in high school. Some genre poetry, including one by fantasy author and GURPS Celtic Myth co-writer Jo Walton. There are some very cool gaming items and a pair of fairy tale books - very well illustrated with fantasy art that is now public domain, which might interest fantasy/rpg bloggers looking for free, legal artwork. Today's illustration comes from Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales, listed below.


Fiction
@Daily Science Fiction: "Break" by Mishell Baker.
"When I shook Femi's hand in the office break room on my first day, everything faded: the snot-colored linoleum, the nauseous fluorescent lighting, the wheezy hum of the refrigerator. Instead of "Nice to meet you," I heard myself say, 'You are a fragment of heaven.'"

@Subterranean Press: "Treasure Island: A Lucifer Jones Story" by Mike Resnick.
"I’d been on the high seas for about a week after leaving my pal Capturin’ Clyde Calhoun on an uncharted island that seemed to specialize in apes with pituitary problems, and I figgered at the rate of speed I was rowing I’d arrive at Australia just in time to die of extreme old age."

@Goblin Fruit: The Spring 2011 issue is now posted, featuring fantasy poetry (most with MP3 downloads) including, "A Silver Splendour, a Flame: Act I" by Catherynne M. Valente, "Crowfunded" by J. C. Runolfson, "The Making of Witches" by Paul McQuade, "Kelpie" by Cheryl Ruggiero, "The Catfish Woman" by Joshua Gage, "Mora" by Nina Pelaez, "Grey-Eyed" by Emily Jiang, "Ride of the Robber Bride" by C.S.E. Cooney, and "Icarus" by Shawna Lenore Kastin.

@Stone Telling: Issue 3 is now posted, featuring "literary speculative poems with a strong emotional core ... [that] focus on fantasy, science fiction, surrealism, and slipstream" including
"The Weatherkeeper's Diary" by Jo Walton, "Newton's First Copy of Euclid" by Benjamin Cartwright, "11:40PM" by Sara Saab, "Jonah's Widowed Wife" by Susan Rooke, "A Dreamed Zodiac" by Michael Roderick Fosburg, "Firefly Girls" by Caitlyn Paxson, "Rice Cooker Dreams" by Emily Jiang, "Self-Portrait as Mushroom" by William Doreski, "Sodom Gomorrah" by Eliza Victoria, "Persephone in Hel" by Sonya Taaffe, "Moving to Enceladus" by Mary Turzillo, and "The Secret of Being a Cowboy" by Catherynne M. Valente. [via Goblin Fruit]

Classic Adventure:
@Munseys and Project Gutenberg: "Warrior of the Dawn" by Howard Browne, from Amazing Stories (Dec. 1942 and Jan. 1943)
"From the forest deeps came brutal killers, and Tharn, the Cro-Magnon, vowed that vengeance would be his...."






Mythology:
@Project Gutenberg: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales selected and edited by Joseph Jacobs, illustrated by John D. Batten.
@Project Gutenberg:Japanese Fairy Tales by Grace James, illustrated by Warwick Goble







@The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine: "Spider Hunt" by Kenneth Yu.
"Lysel was attacked and bitten by a giant venomous spider, now Leyton must collect dozens of venom sacs to make the antidote for the poison, or his sister will perish. Can he get them in time…"








@Flashes in the Dark: "An Attack" by Jim Bronyaur.
@365 tomorrows: "The Application" by Ian Sweeney.
@The New Flesh: "Trimming Hedges" by Randall E. Cunningham.








@RPG Creatures: "Johrlars" a monster for most fantasy RPGs.
"Like strange lizard-like gnomes, the Johrlars move through the woods with their hands in constant contact with the ground. Their fingers work nimbly through the moss, grass, and leaves of the forest floor, to feel out the kind and energy of the undergrowth." (The original illustration looks MUCH better than this thumbnail)



@DriveThruRPG: Nemesis by Arc Dream Publishing.
"Nemesis: Roleplaying in Worlds of Horror is a free game using the One Roll Engine (also seen in Godlike, Wild Talents, Monsters and Other Childish Things, Reign, and A Dirty World) for modern-day horror, particularly the Lovecraftian horror of the Cthulhu Mythos."

Shorter But Still Very Cool:
@Sickly Purple Death Ray: [Map] "Tomb of Yekelil"
@Daddy Grognard: [Encounter Table] "Woodland Dangers" PDF download.
@Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets: [New Magic Item] "Livery of the Elder Cavalry of the Northern Stars"
@Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets: [New Monster] "Thelg"
@A Character for Every Game: [Tables] "Lost Cities of the Fallen Empire"
@Sham's Grog 'n Blog: [Table] "Monster Business"
@Sea of Stars: [New Magic Items] "Libertas’ Pileus (hat)" and "Keres’ Charm"
@DriveThruRPG: [Encounters] "The Chamber of Fire" and "The Hall of Spiders" (both 4E)
@Big Ball of No Fun: [Monsters] "La Chusa" and "Kludde"
@Rather Gamey: [Monster] "The Croucher"