Free Comics, E-books, and More

There are quite a few interesting looking e-books linked in this post. And since many are free for a limited time, quickly grab the ones you want.  There are also a few cool classic comics, the latest audio horror fiction from Pseudopod, and the second chapter of "Best Served Cold" is up at Paizo.






[Art from Fell Winter in e-books]



Fiction
• At Paizo: "Best Served Cold  - Chapter Two: Worse Than the Disease" by Ari Marmell. Fantasy.
     "The faintest shower of sleet, scarcely more than an icy fog, began to fall over the battlefield that had been the town of Kelbran. Just another instance of the peculiar freezes and unnatural weather afflicting eastern Touvette in recent months, but this time—as visibility grew cloudy and the churned muck of the earth thickened—it almost seemed a harbinger of the oncoming stranger."

E-Books
• At Amazon: Nine Steps to Sara by Lisa Olsen. Ghost. [via Pixel of Ink]
• At Amazon: Anon by Peter Giglio. Horror. Thriller. [via Pixel of Ink]

At Free eBooks Daily:

• The Lost Tribe by Peter Ivey. Fantasy.
• The Magekiller by Sarah Chapman. Fantasy.
• Fell Winter by AJ Cooper. Fantasy.
• Another Way To Bleed by Susan Harris . Vampire.
• Displaced by J.F. Jenkins. Science Fiction.
• The Return by Melissa Douthit. YA Fantasy.
• Untold Fate by Allison Watson. YA Supernatural Thriller.
• November in Salem : The Bargain of Witches by L.C. Russell. YA Paranormal Romance.
• Close Up the Sky by James L. Ferrell. Time Travel.
• The Fathergod Experiment by L. A. Taylor. 
• Gray Skies by Brian Spangler. Science Fiction.
• The Robinsons' Dark Matter by Michael Raymond. YA Science Fiction
• Nirvana Effect by Craig Gehring. Science Fiction Thriller.
• Sleepytown 2020 by Tina Mavrikidis. Science Fiction.
• Evadere by Sara V. Zook. Fantasy Romance.
• The Exile's Violin by R.S. Hunter. Fantasy.

At Smashwords:

• "The Invasion of Dryreach" by Paige Williams. Adventure.
• "Hallowed (Waters Dark and Deep #1)" by Monica Leonelle.
• "Metal In The Moonlight" by Matthew Gill. Science Fiction.
• "Apocalypse 2073 (Volume 1) - The Prophecy" by Parker James. Science Fiction.
• Bandwagon by Andrew Fish. Science Fiction. Humor. 90k words.
• The Forgotten (The Lux Guardians, #1) by Saruuh Kelsey. YA Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction
• At Pseudopod: "Riding Atlas" by Ferrett Steinmetz. Horror.
     "‘Neither of you have eaten or drunk anything for twenty-four hours?' Ryan asked, hauling equipment into the room: sloshing plastic buckets, packs of hypodermic needles, coils of tubing, straps. 'And no drugs in your system? This is a pure trip. Just two bloods commingling. Any impurities will stop Atlas from getting inside you.'"

Comics

• At Digital Comics Museum: Dark Mysteries #1. Horror.
• At The Horrors of It All: "Return of the Dead!" Horror. 1953.
• At The Horrors of It All: "The Lonely One!" Horror. 1953.
• At Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: "The Other Earths" Sci-Fi. 1951. Written by Manly Wade Wellman.

Korova E-Book Plus Bar

A few more great freebies to conclude today's free fiction posting. Back early tomorrow.





[Art from Shara and the Haunted Village, in E-Books below]





Fiction
• At Strange Horizons: "Ten Cigars" by C.S.E. Cooney. Speculative Fiction.
     "They solemnly passed the cigar around, sucking the non-lit end and exhaling deeply. Only Rosa got it right. She coughed up ten butterflies right away."

• At Strange Horizons: "Marceline (Adventure Time)" by Theodore Kanbe. Speculative Poetry.

• E-Books at Free eBooks Daily:

• A Girl Called Badger by Stephen Colegrove. Science Fiction.
• Shara and the Haunted Village by Jeffrey Getzin. Fantasy.
• Gabriel's Watch by Noah Fregger. Science Fiction.
• An Honest Man by J. L. Lawson. Fantasy.
• The Beckoning Darkness by Nathan Preedy. Fantasy. 
• Plob Goes South by Craig Zerf. Fantasy. Comedy.
• Nine Steps to Sara by Lisa Olsen. Paranormal.
• Magnificent Graves by Sarah Walker. YA Paranormal. Vampires.
• The Grail of Sir Thomas by Yury Nikitin. Christian Fantasy.
• Ned Firebreak by Brian Clopper. YA Fantasy.
• Remnants of Magic by Alicia Leslie. Fantasy. Romance.
• A Deck of Cards by Daniel Kelley
• The Wanderer by Samuel Gorvine. 

Audio Fiction
• At Cast of Wonders: "Ieia" by S. L. Bickley.YA Speculative Fiction.
     "Even after seven years living out in the country, Palfi didn't know how to sense the seasons. But she knew the autumn equinox had not come yet, for she'd had no visitors in a week or so. People always came flocking when the seasons turned."

• At Strange Horizons: "Ten Cigars" by C.S.E. Cooney. Speculative Fiction.
     "They solemnly passed the cigar around, sucking the non-lit end and exhaling deeply. Only Rosa got it right. She coughed up ten butterflies right away."

Other Genres 

• E-Book at Free eBooks  Daily: Brother's Keeper by Robert J. Thomas. Western.
• Fiction at Author's Site: "Local Knowledge" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

It's Free To Read When You Want Any Old Time

More good free fiction for you.  Some links were blatantly stolen from the hard-working Regan Wolfrum, at SF Signal who put no more resistance than Canada did during the second Canadian-Icelandic war of 2029, which, as you may recall was started when Icelandic Fisherman were kidnapped and tortured by being made to participate in curling competitions. Then .. Wait, it's only 2013, you don't know about this yet. Please look into the light *FLASH.*  Luit vain spekulatiivista fiktiota linkkejä täällä. Luuletko Dave on suuri. Lähetät hänelle kaikki rahat ja käytettyjä kirjoja.


[Art from Mirror Dance]

Fiction
• At Author's Site: "Spanner Jack: Chapter Four" by Keith Melton. Science Fiction
     "Brenna McClain, an unlicensed engineer and Jack-of-all-trades, has carved out a place for herself working with Dr. Annabel Price on a highly unorthodox, highly dangerous project. The job keeps her wrench busy, and food in her dog Tau’s dish. She doesn’t think they have much of a chance to open a wormhole to the nexus city of Entropy from Earth, even under the guidance of a shadowy benefactor referred to only as the Emissary." Earlier Chapters at same link.

• At Dargonzine: "For A Slice of Apple Pie" by Joseph Carney. Fantasy.
      "The Ober night air was cool. A dense fog rose from the Coldwell filling the streets alongside the river. Despite the nasty conditions, the weather did nothing to stem the traffic along Coldwater Street. Ever since the collapse of the causeway, people crossing the Coldwell River had to pass through the streets of Old Town in the shadow of Dargon Keep on their way to the ferry beneath Coldwell Height."

• At Dargonzine: "The Killing Time" by Liam Donahue. Fantasy.
      "Kryna woke to sunlight streaming through the open slats of a shuttered window. Where was she? She tried to remember the night before, but her mind was still foggy with sleep. She closed her eyes against the glare of the sun and tried to clear her head. Had there been a man last night? She thought so. She remembered a man coming into Maxim's, tall, broad, and dark just like she liked them. Had she gone home with him?"

Now Posted: Mirror Dance Summer 2013 "Watchers: Stories of Angels and Demons" Fantasy.

• "Behold" by James Lecky. Fantasy.
      "I regret to tell you, your majesty," the Doctor said to the Queen. "That the child has been born ugly."

• "On Festival Road" by Jonathan Olfert. Fantasy.
       "The Festival of Forbidden Arts came every seven years to Allsoulsanchor, that most diverse and liberated of cities. Aalem couldn't quite remember the last time caravans of aloof, argumentative magicians passed his family's roadhouse"

• "Old Rootling" by Trevor Shikaze. Flash Fantasy.

• "Hagia Sophia" by Chandler Groover. Fantasy.
      "One late afternoon, a youth named Michael, not twelve years old, was charged with standing guard at the half-finished narthex of the church while the builders went off for their dinners. You might imagine how the dusk must have been settling over the landscape, and how the clouds might have been turning purple, when a stranger began to approach the church from some way down the road"

• "Caught in the Weave" by Mike Phillips. Fantasy.
       "Screaming in anguish, the girl turned and writhed as she lay on the bed, struggling to free herself from her bonds. But there was nothing she could do, the strips of cloth held firm on her wrists and ankles. Tormented beyond words, her fingernails tore at the sheets, her clothes, anything within reach. She screamed again, a sound to shatter glass and make the ears bleed."

• And Poetry by Sandi Leibowitz, Alicia Cole, Glenn Halak, and Deborah Walker

Now Posted On The Premises #20. Speculative and non-genre stories.

• "Pet Protection Laws and Poodle Impact" by Sonny Zae. Science Fiction.
      "Homeowners desperate to keep robo-salesmen out were the best targets, as it was a sure sign of low sales resistance."

• "Whispers" by Daniel Goldberg.
     “God works in mysterious ways.” That was what his fellow church-goers told him. He was having trouble with God these days, as those who can’t sleep often do.

• "Blended" by Yin Lin.
     "I am Australian and Australians aren’t supposed to be afraid of China."

• "Doll’s House Darkness" by Richard Zwicker.
     "Salazar put his hands in his pockets, a dangerous act in my world. ' We’re hoping somewhere inside you is the answer to what happened to Nate.'"

• "Haze" by Anne Carly Abad.
     "The very first Beast in the country sired itself within a womb of billowing black smoke."

E-Books

• At Amazon: Alien Hunter, Star Trooper by David Scholes. Science Fiction. 
• At Amazon: Slow Boat To Purgatory by Vernon Baker. Fantasy. [via Pixel of Ink] 

At Free eBooks Daily:

• Admiral's Lady: Eyes of Ice, Heart of Fire by Luke Sky Wachter. Space Opera. 
• Host of the Armageddon by Ken Scott Smith. Supernatural Thriller.
• The Master of the Hunt by Susan G. Charles. Paranormal Romance.
• The Witches of Dark Root by April Aasheim. Paranormal.

Free Comics and E-Books

Some good comics (including a scanned story by Donald A. Wollheim) and e-books for you today. Will try to catch up on the e-zines today, if not then tomorrow.






[Art from Planet Comics #23, linked below.]




Comics

• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Dangerous Migration of the Baalites" Sci-Fi. 1952
• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Pallas Rebellion" by Donald A Wollheim. Sci-Fi. Text.1952.
• At Atomic Kommie Comics: Attack on Planet Mars. Part One, Part Two,  and Part Three. Sci-Fi. 1951.
• At The Comic Book Catacombs: "The Killer in the Dark" Adventure 1953.
• At Digital Comics Museum: Planet Comics #23 Sci-Fi. 195
• At Diversions of the Groovy Kind: "Grave Business" Horror. B&W. 1975
• At Four Color Shadows: "The Little Witch" Weird. 1952.
• At The Horrors of It All: "Death in the Night" Horror. 1953.
• At The Horrors of It All: "Demons of the Swamp" Horror. 1953.
• At The Horrors of It All: "Shrinking Horror" Horror. 1953.
• At Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: "The Fatal Note" Horror. 1952.
• At Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: "The Black Knight" Fantasy. King Arthur. 1955.

E-Books
At Amazon: Shadow of Oz by Nick Damon. Fantasy. [Via Pixel of Ink]
At Free eBooks Daily:

• Timelines I by Paul Howard. Science Fiction. 
• Witchfire by Cyrese Covelli-Sherwood. Urban Fantasy. Vampires.
• Valens Remembered by Sherrel Lee. Fantasy. Unicorn.
• The Captain's Door by C.S. Houghton. Fantasy.
• Fables and Fantasies by Dale T. Phillips. Fantasy/Fairy Tale/Fable
• Nandana's Mark by Heidi Garrett. Fantasy.
• Broken Promise by Julia Crane. YA Fantasy. 
• Dark Promise by Julia Crane. YA Fantasy.
• Autumn in the City of Angels by Kirby Howell.  YA, Paranormal Romance.
• The P.O. Box on the Moon by Camilla Marks. SciFi Romance.
• The Father of Fomoria by John W. Schreiber. Fantasy.
• Sailor of the Skysea by A. C. F. Crawford. Fantasy.
• Stevie-girl and the Phantom Pilot by Ann Swann. YA Paranormal.
• Imaginary Me by Desmond Shepherd. Fantasy.

At Smashwords:

• "Incident In A Tomb" by Rik Hunik. Fantasy
• "On His Birthday, Reginald Got" by J.M. Frey. Fantasy.
• "Mythed Connections: A Short Story Collection of Classical Myth in the Modern World" by Michael G. Munz.
• "Robert Karson: A Life in Nine Parts" by Tiana Reeves-Sullivan. Fantasy.
• "Man Friday" by Kevin L. O'Brien. Fantasy. Paranormal.
• "Skeleton Trees" by AM Cullens. Fantasy. Paranormal. 
• "Incident In A Tomb" by Rik Hunik. Horror.
• "Oceans Of Death" by Gary Weston.Horror.
• "The Rats of New York City" by Mitchell Mendlow. Horror.
• Glory - Book Two by Michael McManamon. Horror. 65k words.
• "The Unseen" by KN Schultz. Horror.
• "The Midnight Man" by Kevin Saito. Horror.
• Psychonaut: The Nexus by K.Z. Freeman. Science Fiction. Apocalyptic. 69k words.
• "We Had Stars Once" by Critical Mass Rocketworks. Science Fictions.
• "The Invisible War" by Stephen Landry. Science Fictions.
• "The Treasure of Sirius Major" by Bart Cline. Science Fiction. Space Opera. 
• Felled by Ark by Aaron Lee. Science Fiction. 79k words.

It's Not the Quantity of Free Fiction, It's How You Read It.

Just a few free items today, but all worth their weight in space gold.





Fiction
• At Aurora Wolf: "Ruby" by Agnes Cadieux. Fantasy.
     “Give it back,” Jmal shouted. He flapped one wing irritably and coiled his tail under him, getting ready to pounce at his older brother.

•  Flash Fiction at 365 Tomorrows: "Your Species Needs You" by David Kavanaugh. Science Fiction.

E-Books
At Free eBooks Daily:

• Love's Challenge by Dara Nelson. Vampire Romance.
• The End of Athens by Anthony Karakai. Thriller/Dystopian.
• City of Blaze by H.O. Charles. Fantasy Romance.

At Smashwords:

• "Metamorfoza" by Andrzej Galicki. Paranormal.
• "The Steps At Silloth" by Michael Carter. Weird Fiction.

Audio Fiction
• At Clarkesworld: "Mongoose" by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear. Science Fiction.
        "Izrael Irizarry stepped through a bright-scarred airlock onto Kadath Station, lurching a little as he adjusted to station gravity. On his shoulder, Mongoose extended her neck, her barbels flaring, flicked her tongue out to taste the air, and colored a question. Another few steps, and he smelled what Mongoose smelled, the sharp stink of toves, ammoniac and bitter."

Comics

• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Prisoners of the Incredible Plants" Sci-Fi. 1952.
• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Hot Money Space Mob" Sci-Fi. 1952.
• At Diversions of the Groovy Kind: "The Eyes of Cagliostro" Horror. 1974.
• At Fout Color Shadows: "The Mark of the Witch" Horror. 1953.
• At The Horrors of it All: "Greatest Horror of Them All! / The Fanged Freak"  Horror. 1954/1975.

Other Genres

• Audio at The Second Bat Guano War: "Chapter 7" by J. M. Porup.
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Stella Remembers" by Tina Wayland.

Free Fiction, Will Robinson! Free Fiction!

It's Friday, so let the weekend begin! It's another great collection of free fiction from many generous site! It's only polite to thank Regan Wolfrom and SF Signal, from whom I swiped a couple of links. It's Monty Python's Flying Circus! OK, not really on the last one.




[Art from "Know When to Hold 'Em," linked below]







Fiction
 • At Buzzy Mag: "We’re All Super Here" by Michaele Jordan.
       "Esther opened the drawer; an old newspaper had been stuffed in on top, showing a headline which read Oldster Gang Trashes SS Office. Next to the headline, someone—probably Mom, judging by the handwriting—had scrawled, Beats Sunset Acres. Esther chuckled; Mom had never gone ten minutes without complaining about the assisted living facility where she resided. Then Esther remembered, again, and stopped chuckling."

 • At Nautilus:  "Know When to Hold 'Em" by K.G. Jewell. Science Fiction. [via SF Signal]
      "Huddled in the tiny attendant hut, Jonas checked, for the third time, the knob on the ancient space heater. It was still set on max. Usually the booth swung between hot and cold as the heater cycled on and off, but this evening the sub-zero winds of a Lake Huron cold front invaded Detroit, and the tiny glowing heating element fought a non-stop, losing battle."

• At The Red Penny Papers: "God on High or the Devil Below" by Jeffrey Wooten. [via SF Signal]
     “They’re trying to kill me.” Carl raised the head of his bed to get a better look at his new roommate. “You’ll see. They steal too, especially that big bastard.”

Flash Fiction

• At Daily Science Fiction: "I'll Leave The Light On" by Patricia Russo. 
• At Enchanted Conversations: "Ignorant Fools" by Aliza Faber. Poem.
• At Every Day Fiction: "Does Best in Ordinary Garden Soil" by Sarah Crysl Akhtar. Fairy Tale.
• At Flashes in the Dark: "The Floor that Creaked" by Adam Sear. Horror.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "The Diversity Of Life" by Clint Wilson. Science Fiction.

E-Books
At Free E-Books Daily.

• City of Blaze by H.O. Charles. Fantasy Romance.  
• Keeper of Reign by Emma Right. YA Fantasy. 

At Smashwords:

• The Torans of Andor 'Out of Time' by Linda Arditto. Fantasy. 112k words.
• "King of Rats" by Gregory Carrico. Paranormal.
• "Rez Diamond: Creation" by Geltab. Fantasy.
• "ApocalypZe - Those Left Behind: Dan Killmeyer's Story" by Ivan Turner. Horror. Zombies.
• Hardin's War by A.S. Morrison. Science Fiction. Apocalyptic. 51k words.
• "The Compound" by Christina J Adams. YA.
• "Interrogation" by J. Steven Butler. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction
• The Classic Tales Podcast: "Through the Looking Glass, Part 2 of 5" by Lewis Carroll. Children's Fantasy.
     "Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Looking-Glass Insects, a Walrus and a Carpenter and more."

• At Escape Pod: "Growing Up Human" by Laura Hobbs. Science Fiction. 
     Jonathan was ready.  "Consider the sociological components.  One:  Juxtaposed verbiage of ‘Wake up and go to sleep.’  Two:  A slap of dominance and subservience, which defined the human condition.  And three:  Highly skilled competents feigning incompetence as part of their profession.”  Jonathan turned his back to the screen.

• At Pseudopod: "The End-Of-The-World Pool" by Scott M. Roberts. Horror.
     "The pool was as warm as sweat. Evan kicked away from the surface, algae shifting and bumping against his bare legs. Even with his mouth squeezed tight, he could taste the foulness of the water, like it had seeped through his ears to touch the back of his throat."

• At Tales to Terrify: "Episode No. 76"  "Dolls" by Drake Vaughn and "Creepdoll" by Gareth Stack. Horror.
     "a lonely bachelor takes a desperate step to finding romance by posing as a single father through the purchase of a hyper-realistic child doll he names Lucy. To his amazement, the scheme works, and he finds himself in a wonderful relationship with a spicy single mother. But what will happen when Lucy doesn’t age like a real child, or anyone discovers that she prefers being plugged into an outlet than munching cheerios?" - Tangent.

Gaming
• At DriveThruRPG: Pathways #27. (free membership required)
     "How can you say "No" to a free collection of Pathfinder templates, NPCs, Feng Shui feats, Apeiron Staffs, and a free preview of 101 Not So Random Encounters Winter? If you say no designer Steven D. Russell and artist Keith Seymour will send a Watchmen Silver Dragon after you! "

Old Time Radio

• At Boxcars711: "Lonely Sleep" - Inner Sanctum Mysteries. Horror. 1949.
• At Boxcars711: "Tunnel Under the World" by X Minus One. Science Fiction. 1956.
• At Relic Radio: "The Man Who Came Back" - Dark Fantasy. Horror. 1941.
• At Relic Radio: "Alien Presences" by CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Science Fiction. 1978.

Other Genres

• Audio at Every Photo Tells: "Never Alone"  by Odin1Eye.
• Audio at Radio Drama Revival: "Episode 336 – This Time, It’s An Open Season" Mystery.

Just the E-Books Ma'am

A few good free e-books to close out the day's posting. See you tomorrow.







[Art for Soldier of the Brell - linked below]





E-Books

• At Amazon: Soldier of the Brell by David Scholes. Science Fiction.

At Free E-Books Daily:

• A Gateway Made Of Bone by Iain Grant. Fantasy. 
• The Dragon Hour by Connie Flynn. Science Fiction.
• Delirium (Debt Collector 1) by Susan Kaye Quinn. Science Fiction.
• Dead Vampires Don't Date by Meredith Allen Conner. Paranormal Romance.
• Nexus by Cody Brown. Science Fiction. 
• Bear Heart by K. J. Colt. Fantasy.  
• Kain by Brie McGill. Science Fiction. 
• Masquerade by Sarah-Jane Lehoux. Fantasy.
• Angels of the Knights - Fallon by Valerie Zambito.  YA Paranormal Fantasy.
• Marcella by Elizabeth Loraine. YA Fantasy. 

Ask Not What Free Fiction Can Do For You — Ask What You Can Do For Free Fiction.

Some more good free fiction before your humble host settles down for the night to read more of a couple pretty good books.  Back tomorrow - be sure to check out "My Blog List" and the "Free SF Sites" for more freebies and interesting posts.





[Art from Nomads of the Gods - linked below]


 
Fiction
• At Black Gate: "The Death of the Necromancer, Part Three" by Martha Wells. Fantasy.
      "And probably saved all our lives, Nicholas thought. If anyone had run into that room with a lamp, none of them would have had a chance. For someone who had been accused of killing several men in an unprovoked rage, Crack was awfully good at keeping his head in a crisis. It was too bad the judges at his trial hadn’t bothered to discern that fact."

• At HiLobrow: "Theodore Savage - part 15" by Cicely Hamilton. Science Fiction. 1922.
     "When war breaks out in Europe — war which aims successfully to displace entire populations — British civilization collapses utterly and overnight. The ironically named Theodore Savage, an educated and dissatisfied idler, must learn to survive by his wits in the new England, where 20th-century science, technology, and culture are regarded with superstitious awe and terror."

E-Books
At Free eBooks Daily:

• The Hunting Tree Trilogy (Books 1-3) by Ike Hamill. Horror.
• What About Us by Jacqui Henderson. Time Travel Romance.
• Marked for Vengeance by SJ Pierce. Paranormal Romance.
• Brevity by Peggy Martinez. Time Travel Romance. 
• The Immortal Scrolls by Kristin Secorsky. Paranormal Romance.  
• The Rebel Within by Lance Erlick. Science Fiction.
• Reader by Erec Stebbins.
• The Chronicles of Dragon: The Hero, The Sword and The Dragons by Craig Halloran. YA Fantasy.
• Ravenstoke Forging The Way by Stephen Cool. Fantasy.
• Ambasadora by Heidi Ruby Miller. Space Opera.
• Timecaster by J.A. Konrath. Science Fiction.
• Contingency by Peggy Martinez. Time Travel Romance. 
• Promise by See Moua. YA Urban Fantasy.

At Smashwords:

• Micka and Me: Gyrus by Deborah.C. Foulkes. Paranormal Romance. 54k words.
• Reclaiming Ter Chadain by C.S. Yelle. Epic Fantasy. 99k words.
• "Dearest Simone" by KN Schultz. Fantasy.
• "The Lady Wolf" by B. K. De Fabris. YA Fantasy.
• "Four Tales of Awful Horror" by Frankie Lassut. Horror.
• The Road to Trinityspace by Lee Bond. Science Fiction. 51k words.
• "Ingrid's Birthing" by KN Schultz. Science Fiction. Apocalyptic.
• Nomads of the Gods by Gary Mark Lee. Science Fiction. 250k words.

Audio Fiction
• At Classics On-the-Go: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter 4" by Lewis Carroll. Children's Fantasy.
     "The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill  Alice meets the White Rabbit while he is looking for his white gloves and fan. He asks her to go to his house and fetch them. While there, she drinks from a bottle in his dressing room. What do you think happens?"

Free Fiction Is A Harsh Mistress

A bit of a quiet morning, but there's still some very good looking e-books, a bit of flash fiction, and some other genres (including pulp noir).  Be sure to check out Regan Wolfrom's latest free fiction links at SF Signal for more e-books, and excerpts (including for After The Fires Went Out: Coyote). 



[Art from Myth of the Moon Goddess in E-Books below]






E-Books
At Free eBooks Daily:

• Arenar and Elaria by Nicolas Akmakjian. Fantasy.
• The Bridge by Allan Krummenacker. Paranormal Mystery.
• The Chronicles of Koa: Netherworld by K.N. Lee. Fantasy, Vampires.
• Where Fairies Dwell by Miranda Simon. YA Fantasy.
• The Golden Scarab by S.W. Lothian. Children's Fantasy.
• Promise by See Moua. YA Urban Fantasy.
• Ghost Hand by Ripley Patton. YA Paranormal Thriller.
• The Judas Kiss by Angella Graff. Contemporary Fantasy.
• Splinter by London Cole. YA Paranormal.
• Limbo, Population 458 by Vincent Hobbes. Science Fiction.
• The Lightcap by Dan Marshall. Science Fiction. 
• Myth of the Moon Goddess by April Rane. Fantasy.
• The Revelation Chronicles by Eric Burney. Science Fiction.

At Smashwords:

• "Lleanstone" by Stephen Craig. Fantasy.
• "The Carver" by KN Schultz. Fantasy.
• "Legend of the Undead Santa" by KN Schultz. Contemporary Fantasy.
• "The Merelandrian Chronicles: Confliction" by Jacob Troyer.
• "Sine Sole Sileo" by Kassandra Alvarado. Weird Horror.
• "The Painter" by K.Z. Freeman. Weird Horror.
• "Killing Machinery" by KN Schultz. Science Fiction.
• Shoot the Humans First by Becky Black. Science Fiction. 60k words.
• The Battle of Hollow Jimmy by Becky Black. Science Fiction. 107k words.

Flash Fiction

• At Beware the Hairy Mango: "Heirloom" by Matthew Sanborn Smith. Audio.
• At Journey Into: "Night Waking" by Benjamin Rosenbaum. Audio. SF.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "I Just Want My Dreams Back" by James McGrath.

Other Genres

• Fiction at Online Pulps!: "Good Night, Dream Bandit" by Emil Petaja and "Five-Star Frameup" by Emile C. Tepperman. Noir. (1945/1941)
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "His First Wife" by Von Rupert.

I Have No Mouth and Must Scream For Free Fiction!

     Tons of good free audio today, including horror at Pseudopod, Dunesteef, and Tales to Terrify, as well as two more Lewis Carroll related stories.  There's text fiction by Cory Doctorow, a new issue of Silver Blade, flash fiction, E-books, comics, and more. As always, be sure to check out these other sources of free fiction links SF Signal, Free SF Reader, Free Speculative Fiction Online, BestScienceFictionStories.com, Variety SF, and SFFaudio.

[Art from "Monster, Monster in the Grave!" in comics below]

Fiction
• At Boing Boing: "By His Things Will You Know Him” by Cory Doctorow. Science Fiction [via SF Signal]
     "I thought that Mr. Purnell was a little young to be a funeral director, but he had the look down cold. In the instant between his warm, dry handshake and my taking my hand back to remove my winter hat and stuff it into my pocket, he assumed the look, a kind of concerned, knowing sympathy that suggested he’d weathered plenty of grief in his day and he was there to help you get through your own"

• At Daily Science Fiction: "The Ships That Stir Upon The Shore" by Rahul Kanakia.
     "The refugees drove west in a creaking convoy. Most of the cars were almost out of fuel. Many were on the verge of breaking down. The shoulders of the highway were littered with stopped and wrecked cars."

• Now Posted Silver Blade #18:

• "Kuiper Court" by S.E. Sever.
     “Welcome to the United Worlds Judicature. Kuiper Courts of Health are administered and regulated by the Solarian laws of the Ministry of Health and Longevity. Please note that all our sessions are recorded and may be accessed by the allocated attorneys in your trial.”
• "In Excelsis" by Christopher Burt.
     "It has become clear that there is a significant problem with communication equipment; however I have been unsuccessful thus far in identifying the source of the problem.  I am unable to verify the reception of any signal from anywhere on the surface, although I am able to confirm the successful reception and decoding of extra-solar signals when the array is reoriented."
• "Deep in the Woods" by Joseph Sale.
     "The fire hardly glimmered. It cast only the faintest illumination now. The evening was late, very late, but Roland and Jethro would stay up into the deepest hours. Neither would be able to sleep if they both lay down, and neither would be able to stay awake if they took it in turns to watch, and so they both remained up: glazy eyed, half conscious, but ready."
• "Customer Support" by Adam Gaylord.
      "By society’s standards, the couple sitting across from me is perfect. Gracefully crossing her long legs, Mrs. Garner is a picture of generous curves and blond hair, her exactly symmetrical brow implants accentuating her sparkling purple eyes. Mr. Garner’s just as impressive, all muscle and jaw, subdermals accentuating his broad shoulders"

Flash Fiction
• At 365 Tomorrows: "The Bar" by Bob Newbell. Science Fiction.
•At Silver Blade: (Poems and Flash Fiction)

• "The Music of the Stars" by Bruce Boston.
• "A Prayer on Ganymede" by John Grey.
• "Eye for an Eye" by Laura Madeline Wiseman.
• "A Wintry Fever" by Dawnell Harrison.
• "The Elixir" by Sandy Hiortdahl.
• "Alien Ants Invade the Waffle House" by John C. Mannone.
• "Milk Witch" by John Zaharick.
•  "The Trial of Bernadette Fabrique" by Sam Barnhart.
• "Level 7" by Shahid Khan.

E-Books
At Free eBooks Daily:

• Night Time: Two Novels by H.T. Night. Paranormal Romance. 
• Wild Wolf's Twisted Tails by Rod Glenn. Anthology.
• Soul Search by Amber Scott. Fantasy Romance.
• Khost by Vincent Hobbes. Military SciFi.
• The Forgotten Ones by Laura Howard. YA Fantasy.
• Wanted: Dead or Alive by Amber Scott. Time Travel Romance.
• Born After Midnight, The Rise of the Clones by Daniel Moore. Science Fiction.
• Dust to Dust: Fangs For Your Memories by Eden Crowne. Paranormal Romance.
• Never Too Far by Thomas Christopher.  Dystopian Adventure.

At Smashwords:

• "The Arrival of Rez Diamond" by Geltab. Fantasy.
• "A Gurumapa In The Wood" by A.G.R. Moore. Children's Fairy Tale.
• "Me Zombie, You Food" by C. M. Bratton. Horror.
• Immortal Darkness: Shadow Across the Land by Alex Rey. Fantasy. 117k words.
• "The Shift" by KN Schultz. Contemporary Fantasy.
• "The Curse of Pig Hollow" by KN Schultz. Paranormal.
• "Blackjack" by Gene Denham. Horror.
• The Fringe Worlds by T.R. Harris. Science Fiction. 52k words.
• "Contact" by Jen Cole. Science Fiction.
• Chase Fleet: Origins by William G Jennings. Christian Science Fiction. 131k words.

Audio Fiction
• At The Classic Tales Podcast: "Through the Looking Glass, Part 1 of 5" by Lewis Carroll
      "Alice sees the other side of the Looking Glass, and enters another world of enchantment. It is filled with argumentative chessmen, Jabberwocky monsters, and insolent flowers."

• At Decoder Ring Theater: "The Island Lost To Time" 
      "Circus performer Daniel Crogan and Captain Yatri of the tramp steamer Marietta find themselves on an island rumored to be home of giant, man-eating reptiles. Can they escape from The Island Lost To Time?"

• At Dunesteef: "Unholy Womb" by Steven E. Wedel. Horror.
     "A boy picks up a couple of pumpkins in preparation for Halloween, only to find out they are part of a bizarre and deadly Halloween trick."

• At LibriVox: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Children's Fantasy.
     "The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms. Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing." 

• At LibriVox: The Purple Cloud by Matthew Phipps Shiel. Apocalyptic.
     "Well, the memory seems to be getting rather impaired now, rather weak. What, for instance, was the name of that parson who preached, just before the Boreal set out, about the wickedness of any further attempt to reach the North Pole? I have forgotten! Yet four years ago it was familiar to me as my own name."

• At Pseudopod: "Beware The Jabberwock, My Son" by Dixon Chance. Horror.
     "The sound (whiffle) came again, and this time it definitely came from the mirror. Definitely. He could imagine its long, snaky neck pouring out of the mirror frame, those two pale unblinking eyes peering around his bedroom as it flew"

• At Tales to Terrify: "The Lucky Ones" by Anne Michaud. Horror.
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Comics

• At The Comic Book Catacombs: "Escape or Die" Adventure. (1962)
• At Diversions of the Groovy Kind: "Monster, Monster in the Grave!" Horror. (1973)
• At Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: "The Wolf Boy of Krakow/The Heap/The Crown of Coort" Horror. (1952)
• At The Horrors of It All: "Burn, Miser, Burn / Money Hungry" Horror. (1971/1953) 

Other Genres

• Audio at Forgotten Classics: "The Mouse in the Mountain - Chapter 10" by Norbert Davis. Noir.
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "But No Cigar" by Jez Patterson

May the Free Fiction Be With You!

     Today's free fiction is highlighted by the latest issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies, a new novelette at Tor.com (hate to see what the word "porn" in the title does to my Google ads), and several continuing serialized stories, including one by D&D legend Ed Greenwood. There are also many e-books and flash fiction stories of interest.  And as always check out "My Blog List" and "Free Fiction Sites" especially SF Signal's free fiction links by the always cool, Nixon Dogruns Regan Wolfrom for more free fiction pointers.




[Art for Episode 8 of The Land That Time Forgot - linked below]


Fiction
At HiLobrow: "The Devolutionist - part 17" by Homer Eon Flint. Occult-Science-Fiction. (1921)
     "“You may as well make your apologies now, Powart; you’re out of it! I’ve won, and you’ve lost! I’ve done a bigger thing than you have!”"

• At Paizo: "A Matter of Knives - Chapter Two: When Someone Wants You Dead" by Ed Greenwood. Fantasy.
     "Tantaerra cursed foully, then cursed even harder as she felt swords biting into the far sides of the crates she was now clinging to. The manyswords thing was hacking and hewing crates as high as it could reach, cleaving wood that was a lot older and damper than the lid it had just flung aside; its blades were through one crate-side already."

• At Tor.com: "Porn & Revolution in the Peaceable Kingdom" by Micaela Morrissette.
     "In a possible far future animals have taken over and democratized the world where humans once ruled. Tim, a lonely slime mold, is worried about his human pet Mimi and her recent animal urges. He only wants her to be happy, but he doesn’t know how to keep her from sneaking out and cavorting with the human pet next door or any number of feral humans in the neighborhood. But through his relationship with her, he learns what it truly means to make a commitment to someone else."   

• Now Posted: Beneath Ceaseless Skies #106.

• "Cold, Cold War" by Ian McHugh. Fantasy.
       "Masaru peered past the struts and wires between his biplane's wings, trying to take the sight in. The tower's base was a madman's helter-skelter ziggurat, made of impossible stone blocks the size of townhouses, that cut a swath across the city's snow-covered grid of tenement blocks and terraces. From the ziggurat’s peak, the ragged-toothed tower reached up to a dark stain of cloud fixed in the sky directly above."
• "A Sixpenny Crossing" by Don Allmon. Fantasy.
       "'Stolen,' the General hissed. 'Stolen!' he shouted, enraged. 'It was Easric Dane, I know it! Upon my soul, it must have been he!' Not only was it awful, but Pearl couldn't possibly be suggesting there was any truth to it. Earsic thought of drowning the book in the river. But Pearl Snow had a wicked pack of cards. They brooked none of Easric's sass and weren't lightly ignored"

Flash Fiction

• At Daily Science Fiction: "True Love" by Alex Shvartsman. 
• At Flashes in the Dark: "Chessie" by Lindsey Beth Goddard. Horror.
• At Nature: "Mortar Flowers" by Jessica May Lin. Science Science.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Mathmagicians" by Desmond Hussey, Science Fiction.

E-Books
• At Amazon:  Essential Reading in Science Fiction by David Scholes. 
• At Free eBooks Daily:

• H2O by Irving Belateche. Science Fiction.
• Never Too Far by Thomas Christopher. Dystopian Adventure.
• The Talent Seekers by Jemima Pett. YA Fantasy.
• The Dream Rider by Ernest Dempsey. SciFi Adventure.
• The Ryn by Serena Chase. YA Fantasy. 
• House of Cards by Ilana Waters. YA Paranormal Romance.  
• Vampire in Denial by Dale Mayer. YA Paranormal Romance. 
• The Remedy by Serena Chase. Fantasy.

Audio Fiction
• At Beneath Ceaseless Skies: "The Penitent" by M. Bennardo. Fantasy
      "No. 17596 let the book fall out of his hands. It would tell him what? It would tell him that the world went on—that somewhere, out there, men and women were carrying on their affairs while he sat alone in his cell, sentenced to ruminate in silence and isolation."

• At Classics on the Go: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter 3" by Lewis Carroll
     "Alice, the Mouse and other creatures swim to shore. They find themselves all wet and try to get dry by having a 'caucus-race.'"

• At The Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Episode 08 - The Land That Time Forgot"
     "The German crew of the U-33 have managed to refine the oil that has been discovered near the camp.  They pilot the U-33 downstream back toward the outlet to the sea – shelling the camp along the way.  In the meantime, Lys has disappeared from the camp – with anthropoid footprints indicating she has been abducted by Caspak’s native ape creatures."

Other Genres
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "She Smelled Pretty" by Kristi Charish

“To Err is Human, Free Fiction is Divine.”

There's even more great, free speculative fiction than usual today.  Be sure to check out those that sound interesting, and save everything that you can.



[Art from "Creatures of the Abyss" by Murray Leinster in audio fiction below]






Fiction
• At AE: "Put Out Every One" by Rich Larson.
      "The petrol leaks, dripping small craters into cool sand. The smell burns up inside Elliot’s nose. There’s a half-man lying at his feet, blurry in the dark. He is breathing hard. He is staring upward. There’s no starlight, but the sand glistens radioactive and Beasley provides some light where he stands beside Elliot, his skin glowing like a tribal god."

• At Buzzy Mag: "A Meek And Thankful Heart" by Jeff Somers.
     "The other customers of the Morgue knew him and regarded him as a weirdo. They didn’t notice anything different about him aside from the fact that he was taking up valuable bar space he usually had the good sense to abandon."

• At The Colored Lens: "No More Horizons – Part 2" by Adam C. Richardson.
      "'I’ll tell you why.' She rolled over to glare at me. 'You wouldn’t tell me because you’re a reporter, because you have to be the first one on the scene, so you can get the scoop on everyone else. Your journalist’s instinct is one thing, but you could at least mention it to your wife.'"

• At HiLobrow: "The Comet - part 4" by W.E.B. Du Bois. Science Fiction. (1920).
      "She stopped. She was alone. Alone! Alone on the streets — alone in the city — perhaps alone in the world! There crept in upon her the sense of deception — of creeping hands behind her back — of silent, moving things she could not see, — of voices hushed in fearsome conspiracy."

• At Lightspeed: "Mono No Aware"  by Ken Liu. Science Fiction.
     "The world is shaped like the kanji for umbrella, only written so poorly, like my handwriting, that all the parts are out of proportion."

• At Lightspeed: "The Huntsman" by Megan Arkenberg. Fantasy.
      "It’s the best bargain you’ll get in this town,” the faery woman says. She’s standing by a cracked kitchen sink with mold between the tiles, rinsing diced tomatoes and crooked green jalapeño rings. “A heart for a heart. And my heart’s more than what she’s used to, I’ll tell you that. You couldn’t find better if you went door-to-door from every house in the tithe-projects.”

• At Tor.com: "A Visit to the House on Terminal Hill" by Elizabeth Knox.
     "Tom Teal and Albert Barnes are government employees tasked with visiting a hard-to-reach house and convincing its inhabitant, a member of the Zarene family that controls the whole valley, that a large dam project is a good idea. But the Zarenes have their own way of doing things, and they don’t take kindly to outsiders…."

Flash Fiction

• At Daily Science Fiction: "Note to Self" by Hans Hergot.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "An Offer He Couldn’t Refuse" by Clint Wilson. Science Fiction.

E-Books
At Free eBooks Daily:

• The Rainbow Z by Zaria Garrison. Science Fiction.
• Change by Melissa Stevens. Fantasy.
• The Rush by Rachel Higginson. YA Paranormal.
• Dissever by Colee Firman. Paranormal.
• Dust to Dust: Fangs For Your Memories by Eden Crowne. Paranormal Romance.
• Dark County by Kit Tinsley. Horror.
• Becoming Sarah by Miranda Simon. Coming of Age Fantasy.
• Justice by Rhiannon Paille. YA Fantasy.
• The Journey of Secrets by J Robberts. Fantasy.
• Dimensional Shift: Waters of Babylon by Michelle Stone. Science Fiction/
• The Ghost of Josiah Grimshaw by Suzy Turner. YA Paranormal.
• Into Uncharted Seas by E. C. Williams. Science Fiction. 
• Faelorehn by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson. YA Paranormal Romance.
• Promise by Kristie Cook. Paranormal Romance.
• The Immortal American by L.B. Joramo. Historical Fantasy.
• Atazia by John Petts. YA Fantasy.
• The Vampires Of Livix Twin Pack by J Gordon Smith. Vampire Romance.
• Paranormal Legacy by Caitlin Hensley. YA Fantasy.
• Greenshift by Heidi Ruby Miller. SciFi Romance.
• Clandestine by Nicole Rae. YA Paranormal.

At Smashwords:

• "Blood Shadow: Book of Manuel" by Phil Wohl. Contemporary Fantasy.
• "Risky Enchantment" by Oona Roberts. Urban Fantasy.
• "Curse of Witch and War" by Matt Larkin. Epic Fantasy.
• "The Last Zoo" by Sara Zaske. Fantasy.
• "A Clone Of His Own" by Rik Hunik. Fantasy.
• "Feline Savior" by Kevin L. O'Brien. Paranormal.
• "Sky" by N. E. White. Fantasy.
• "Into the Weird: Nine Tales and then Four More" by Harry Kane. Weird.
• "The Final Flight of the Phaseship Lelantos" by Cory Mccoy. Space Opera.
• "The Hyacinth Rescue" by Rudolph Kohn, Jr. Science Fiction.
• "Wired For War" by J.D. Gallagher. Science Fiction. 66k words.
• "Ripples" by John Mc Caffrey. Horror. Ghost.
• "The Man Who Unzipped His Face" by Gareth Pryce. Horror.
• "Libertines: A Horror Story" by Grant Palmquist. Horror. Occult.
• "The Housefull Fear Room : The Journey" by Ridhwanul Haque. Weird.
• "The Boy Who Melted" by Travis McBee. Horror.
• "Heather" by Siobhan Harper. Horror.

Audio Fiction
• 19 Nocturne Boulevard: "Survival Tactics" by Al Sevcik. Science Fiction.
      "The robots were built to serve Man; to do his work, see to his comforts, make smooth his way. Then the robots figured out an additional service—putting Man out of his misery."  - from Amazing Science Fiction Stories October 1958

• At LibriVox: Creatures of the Abyss by Murray Leinster.
      "'The things that listen', whispered the superstitious fishermen when the strange occurrences began off the Philippine coast. How else explain the sudden disappearance of a vessel beneath a mysterious curtain of foam? The writhings of thousands of maddened fish trapped in a coffin-like area of ocean?"

• At LibriVox:: Treasure Island (dramatic reading)  by Robert Louis Stevenson. Adventure.
      "When a rough old seaman calling himself "the Captain" appears at the inn owned by Jim Hawkins' father, young Jim little dreams what adventures will follow in the man's wake. Soon, the once-peaceful inn is threatened by pirates, Jim's father is laid in his grave, and Jim finds himself in possession of a map showing the location of treasure buried by the legendary and notorious Captain Flint" 

• At Lightspeed: "The Huntsman" by Megan Arkenberg. Fantasy.
      Described Above

• At Protecting Project Pulp: "The Problem of Cell 13" by Jacques Futrelle
     "'Let’s suppose a case,” he said, after a moment. “Take a cell where prisoners under sentence of death are confined—men who are desperate and, maddened by fear, would take any chance to escape—suppose you were locked in such a cell. Could you escape?'
     'Certainly,' declared The Thinking Machine".- first published in 1905.

Old Time Radio

• At Plot Spot: "The Other Man" - 2000 Plus, "The Signal-Man" - Columbia Workshop, "The Potters of Firsk" by Jack Vance - Dimension X, "The Moon Moth" by Jack Vance - Seeing Ear Theatre.
• At Relic Radio: "The Robot Killer" on 2000 Plus.

Comics

• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Death on the Earth-Mars Run!" Sci-Fi. (1952)
• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Mission into Time" Sci-Fi. (1952)
• At The Horrors of It All: "Burn, Miser, Burn / Money Hungry" Horror. (1953/1971)
• At Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: "My City Is No More!" Sci-Fi. A-Bomb. (1947)

Other Genres

• Audio at Author's Site: "The Second Bat Guano War Chapters 1-5" by J. M. Porup. [via Scott Sigler]
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "The Waitress’s Tattoo" by Daniel Schoonmaker.

Was This the Free Fiction That Launch'd a Thousand Ships?

Another small batch of cool, free genre items in a variety of formats.

[Art from "Space Ace" in comics below]






Fiction
• At The WiFiles: "Deep Sleeping" by Amy Cornelius. Speculative Fiction.
      "The screen of thorns before him gave Jude pause. It was the first time he had considered turning around and going home without completing his quest. It was fear that made him stop. Fear of the unknown. Fear of the stories that had haunted him since he was a child. Fear of dying without really living. But fear was also what had brought him here in the first place. The fear of failing. How could he be expected to rule an entire country if he couldn’t overcome one simple obstacle such as this?"

• Flash Fiction at 365 Tomorrows: "Full Circle" by John Kinney. Science Fiction.

E-Books

• Good Sister, Bad Sister by Carol Marrs Phipps. Fantasy.
• Faelorehn by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson.YA Paranormal Romance.
• Promise by Kristie Cook. Paranormal Romance.  
• The Demon Mages by Sabine A.Reed. Epic Fantasy.
• The Journey by John A. Heldt. Time Travel.
• Silver Cord by Dr. Paul. Paranormal.
• Kamori: Mystery of the Pau'i by P.A. Mundi. Children's SF.

Audio Fiction
 • At Clarkesworld: "This is Why We Jump" by Jacob Clifton. Science Fiction.
      "I can curl myself around him like an ammonite, and call him little names, and he will smile. Arms and legs getting bigger every day. A little starfish, crowding me out. It is my name for him, but only when he will be gentled can I say. It happens less and less".


 • At LibriVox: "Herbert West: Re-animator" by H. P. Lovecraft. Horror.
     " The first horrible incident of our acquaintance was the greatest shock I ever experienced, and it is only with reluctance that I repeat it. As I have said, it happened when we were in the medical school where West had already made himself notorious through his wild theories on the nature of death and the possibility of overcoming it artificially."

 • At Wily Writers: "Live by the Sword" by Andrew Knighton.
     "For Ubu, the gladiator life is short and brutal, but in the shadow of the arena there is a chance for something more"

Comics

• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Boy Who Saved the World" Sci-Fi. 1952.
• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Battle Beneath the Earth" Sci-Fi. 1954.
• At The Comic Book Catacombs: "The Talaki War Drums" Adventure. 1948.
• At Four-Color Shadows: "White on Black" Horror. 1953.
• At The Horrors of It All: "Skin 'em Alive!" Horror. 1954
• At The Horrors of It All: "Creature of Evil / The Moon Was Red" Horror. 1971/1953.
• At Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: "Ace of Space/ Space Ace" Sci-Fi. 1940/1948.

Other Genres

• Audio at Selected Shorts: "Rites of Passage"
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Life Running By" by Karoline Barrett

Friday Freebies

Running very late, but here are a few good freebies to start the weekend.






Flash Fiction

• At Every Day Fiction: "Served" by Micah Joel. Science Fiction.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Dreamstim" by Travis Gregg. Science Fiction.
• At The Way of the Buffalo: "Dueling Drabbles with Hugh O'Donnell and Cliff Lowe." Audio.

E-Books

• Son of Eden by Brianna Merrill. YA Paranormal Romance.
• Taken by Charlotte Abel. YA Paranormal Romance.
• Hudson House by J.T. Warren. YA Horror.
• Déjà Vu by Ian Hocking. SciFi Thriller.
• The Mirror of the Soul by J. Lloyd Morgan. Fantasy.
• Marysvale by Jared Southwick. Fantasy.
• EleMental: A First-person Shooter by Steven O'Connor.  YA Science Fiction.
• Connected by Simon Denman. Science Fiction Thriller.
• The Former World by Jessica Grace Coleman. Paranormal Mystery. 
• The Clockwork Cathedral by Heather Blackwood. Fantasy.

Audio Books
• At Escape Pod: "My Heart is a Quadratic Equation" by Shane Halbach. Science Fiction.
     "She used the lull in the conversation to take a pen out of her pocket. Idly she doodled the inside of a hydrogen-powered rocket on a spare cocktail napkin. It was a nice restaurant, she’d give him that. He’d even ordered wine. Big spender. She added an extra fin to her schematic, for stability.
He broke the silence. 'Chrysanthemum is an unusual name.'"

• At  Pseudopod: "At The End Of The Passage" by Rudyard Kipling. Horror.
     "The sky is lead and our faces are red / And the gates of Hell are opened and riven / And the winds of Hell are loosened and driven, And the dust flies up in the face of Heaven / And the clouds come down in a fiery sheet / Heavy to raise and hard to be borne "

• At Tales to Terrify: Episode #74. Horror.
       “Bespoke” by Jessica M. Broughton and “Look Away” by Steven Thomas Howell

Other Genres

• Audio at The Classic Tales Podcast: "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde.