Saturday Links

Some cool gaming freebies and more. 





Fiction
At Adventures in Fiction: Thieves' Honor, ep 14: "The Game: Standoff" by Keanan Brand.
    "S-sirs?" The constable in charge aimed his gun somewhere between the extraction team and the crew. "May we settle this some other way than violence?" His words shook, but he stood straight in his dark blue uniform, shoulders back, and addressed the bounty hunter with a strong voice.

Reviewed at Variety SF: "The Can Opener"  by Rog Phillips. Science Fiction. 1949.

Audio Fiction
At Radio Drama Revival:  "Day of the Dead Returns" to New Orleans. Horror.
      "the retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice set in New Orleans"

Flash Fiction
At Every Day Fiction: "The Gift" by Dustin Adams. Science Fiction.
At Flash Pulp: "The Turnabout" by J.R.D. Skinner. Horror. (Audio and Text)
At Hereticwerks: "Gruekiller" by Garrisonjames. Fantasy. Horror.
At Spinetingler: "Me and You and the Loup-Garou" by Duncan Jones. Horror.
At 365 Tomorrows: "Touching Heaven" by Sierra Corsetti. Science Fiction.
At 365 Tomorrows: "Crash" by Duncan Shields. Science Fiction.
At Weirdyear: "A Call to Disorder" by Dixon Chance. Weird.

Gaming
At Ancient Vaults: "Goblin Vine" Monster and "Blessing of Aid" Spell.
At And The Sky Full of Dust: "Orange Spikes" Monster and "Dynamic Lair: Dragon"
At Drive ThruRPG: "NeoExodus Legacies: Campaign Setting (PFRPG)"
At Hereticwerks: Many Monsters in the "Monthly Recap"
At Kobold Quarterly: "The Many Spirits of the Shaman: Archetypes for the Shaman Class" Part One - Part Two.
At Kobold Quarterly: "Cuts and Dust" Traps.
At A Life Full of Adventure: "Tzeentch’s Blasphemous Blessing" Magic Item.
At The Land of NOD: "Reaper" Monster.
At RPG Geek: 38 free small RPGs created  for the "2012 24-Hour RPG Design Contest." [via Age of Ravens"]
At Sea of Stars: "Medium’s Mask" Magic Item.
At Underworld Kingdom: "Six Mysterious Tombs" and "Things in the Mirror" Tables.
At WotC: "Displacer Cube" Monster. 4e.

Other Genres
Audio at Alfred Hitchcock: "The First Day of Spring" by Howell Hurst. Mystery.
Fiction at Online Pulps: "Drunk, Disorderly, and Dead" by Robert Leslie Bellem and "The Man Who Had to Die" by Gilbert Riddell.
Fiction at Project Gutenberg: Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais. Satire. Comedy. Fantasy. 16th century.
Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Small Adjustments" by Rheea Mukherjee.

Monday Free Fiction

It's Monday, but it's not all bad. There are a few cool freebies today, including today's highlighted story "Swans" (It's by Kelly Link and it's at Fantasy Magazine. Enough said."









@Fantasy Magazine: "Swans" by Kelly Link.

"My name is Emma Bear, and I am eleven years old. I live on Black Ankle Road beside the Licking River. I live in a palace. My father is a king. I have a fairy godfather."

@Free eBooks Daily [All DRM]:

"The Watchers From Within Moments, Revealed" by Mark Paul Jacobs. Horror.
"Turing Evolved" by David Kitson. Science Fiction.
"Astra: Synchronicity" by Lisa Eskra. Science Fiction.
"Martian Invaders Meet Mom" by Rebecca Lickiss. YA/ Science Fiction.

Flash Fiction
@Brain Harvest: "Terahertz" by Simon Kewin. Speculative Fiction.
@Daily Science Fiction: "Deathbed" by Caroline M Yoachim.
@Every Day Fiction: "The Sounds in the Woods" by Jonathan Ruland. Horror.
@Flashes in the Dark: "Monsters" by Anthony Conium. Horror.
@Flashes in the Dark: "Shadows" by Neil Leckman. Horror.
@Flashes in the Dark: "The Fire Baby" By Michael Albani. Horror.
@Quantum Muse: "You and We" by Larry Hodges.
@365 tomorrows: "I Want To Go" by Timothy Marshal-Nichols. Science Fiction.
@365 tomorrows: "The County Agents" by Eric L. Sofer. Science Fiction.
@365 tomorrows: Your Child in Space by Alia Gee. Science Fiction.


Reviewed Free SF
@BestScienceFictionStories.com: "Scales" by Alastair Reynolds (2009).
@BestScienceFictionStories.com: "Flying in the Face of God" by Nina Allan.
@Variety SF: "A Woman's Place" by Mark Clifton (1955).
@Variety SF: "Eight Miles" by Sean McMullen (2010).

Serial Audio Fiction
@Author's Site: "The Starter (episode #24)" by Scott Sigler.
@Triplanetary: "Superman: The Radar Rocket (parts 14-20)" (1946)


Non-Fiction Podcasts
@SFFaudio: Podcast #118 "Scott, Jesse and Tamahome talk about Philip K. Dick’s wonderful novelette 'Upon The Dull Earth"
@SF Signal: Podcast (Episode 068) "ReaderCon Recap"
@Comics Podcsat Network: Deconstructing Comics #287 "Jeff Parker interview"
@Comics Podcsat Network: Weekly Comics Spotlight #205: 2011-07-13
@Roving Band of Misfits: Level Up — Episode #15 "Deathmatch, Staff of Ruin, and Worldbreakers" [via RPG Bloggers]

Star Wars, Peter David, and Gaming Freebies

A few more cool items. A Star Wars eBook, a Peter David short story, and several cool gaming items.


Illustration from tonight's featured item "Star Wars: The Lost Tribe of the Sith: Pantheon"




Fiction
@Suvudu: "Star Wars: The Lost Tribe of the Sith: Pantheon" by John Jackson Miller. Science Fiction. [Via SF Signal]

"It has been about forty years since Luke Skywalker flew his X-Wing starfighter down the trench of the first Death Star and fired the proton torpedoes that destroyed the Empire’s mighty weapon. Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker is now a father and has rebuilt the Jedi order. His heroics are legendary throughout the galaxy and he continues to resolve one crisis after the next."

@Suduvu: "Bronsky’s Dates With Death" by Peter David. Science Fiction.







@Daddy Grognard: "An Adventure for Every Monster - Buffalo"
@The Land of NOD: "Mu-Pan Eastern Encounter VII"
@Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets: [Magic Items] "Club of the Goblin Champion" and "Bag of Seven Winds"
@Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets: [Monster] "Sheeple"
@A Character for Every Game: [Map] "The Ruins of Corvel on the Mount"
@DriveThruRPG: "Fast Fantasy: NPCs 1"
@DriveThruRPG: "The Gambler" - Bard Archetype for Pathfinder.
@Sea of Stars: [Magic Item] "Serpent Tail Blade"
@Netherwerks: [Monster - Demon] "Grobbly-Bonk the Gluttonous"
@A Field Guide to Doomsday: [Monsters] "Mechano-Mummy" and "Urchillo" Mutant Future.
@Kobold Quarterly: [Magic Items] "Coffer of the Uninvited Guest" and "Crystalline Chrysalis"