Monday Freebies

Some good freebies for this hot* Monday (*at least here in the St. Louis area). There's both quality and quantity.

Today's illustration is from the highlighted story "The Wolves of Brooklyn" just below.








@Fantasy Magazine: "The Wolves of Brooklyn" by Catherynne M. Valente.

"It was snowing when the wolves first came, loping down Flatbush Ave., lithe and fast, panting clouds, their paws landing with a soft, heavy sound like bombs falling somewhere far away."

@AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review: "The Infinite Onion" by David Steffen.
@Philippine Genre Stories: "Malvar" by Paolo Chikiamco. Speculative Fiction.
@L5R: "Love & Madness" by Nancy Sauer. Fantasy.
@L5R: "The Hinge of Destiny" by Rusty Priske & Shawn Carman. Fantasy.
@Short Story Me: "Goldar the Unwieldy" by Samuel Mae, Fantasy.
@Pixel of Ink: Astra: Synchronicity by Sharon Rosen. Science Fiction, Technothriller. [non-kindle formats at Smashwords]

Now Posted: Absent Willow Review (July 2011).

• "A Tree Grows In Hell" by Michael Owens. Fantasy.
• "The Birdman" by Ally Malinenko. Horror.
• "The Left Eye of God" by David Misialowski. Fantasy.
• "Beautiful Things" by Gianna Cappuccia. Fantasy.
• "The Bark Is Worse Than The Bite" by Foinah Jameson. Horror.
• "Real Vampires Don’t Get Shit-faced" by Joshua Young. Horror.
• "In the Library" by Dawn Napier. Horror.
• "Tidal Shift" by Derek Ivan Webster. Horror.
• "The Killing Breath" by Chris Castle. Horror.
• "Me and My Magic 8 Ball" by Selah Aran. Sci-Fi.

Now Posted: The Edge of Propinquity (July 2011). Dark Speculative Fiction.

• "Stranger Dreams" by Kaolin Fire.
• "Deals with the Devil" by Peter M. Ball.
• "Abductions and Reflections" by Ivan Ewert.
• "Falling Leaves and Failing Hopes" by Alina Pete.
• "Jim Towne Hollow and the Skinwitch" by Jennifer Adam.

Serial
@Author's Site: "The Journals of Doctor Mormeck’s Avatar–Entry #8" by Jeff VanderMeer. Science Fiction.
@More Red Ink: "Guerrilla Mural of a Siren's Song (Part 3 of 3)" by Ernest Hogan.


Audio Fiction
@19 Nocturne Boulevard: "Ghost of a Chance" by Julie Hoverson.
@Fantasy Magazine: "The Wolves of Brooklyn" by Catherynne M. Valente, read by Gabrielle de Cuir.

Serial Audio
@Author's Site: "The Starter Episode #23" by Scott Sigler. Science Fiction.
@Author's Site: "Chapter Fourteen (The End of the Beginning)" by Shaun Duke.
@Beam Me Up: "#14 of Dark Inspectre" by Jason Kahn and "Paid pt 2" by Deanna Knippling, read by Paul Cole. Science Fiction.
@Cthulhu: "The Black Stone (part 2 of 2)" by Robert E. Howard. Horror. Weird.









@Daily Science Fiction: "Persistence" by Kurt Newton.
@Eschatology: "In a Distant Jungle" by George Wilhite. Horror.
@Flash Pulp: "Lair, Part 1 of 1" by J.R.D. Skinner (also audio version read by Opopanax)
@Flashes in the Dark: "Piecework" by JR Hume. Horror.
@Quantum Muse: "The Metamorphosed" by Roi Czechvala. Science Fiction.
@365 tomorrows: "To Andromeda and Beyond?" by Patricia Stewart. Science Fiction.
@365 tomorrows: "TX-24" by Adam Sprague. Science Fiction.
@365 tomorrows: "War of the Grand Alliance" by Michael F. da Silva. Science Fiction.







@Comic Book Catacombs: "Nyoka "The Sinister Jungle Myth" Adventure. 1955.
@Femmes Fantastique: "Barbarella 2.1" Sci-Fi.
@The Horros of It All: "Lure of the Sea Hag" Horror. 1952.
@Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Classic Bill Everett Comics. Horror / Sci-Fi.
@Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: "Ibis Goes Batty" Fantasy.
@Secret Sanctum of Captain Video: Space Ghost "Zorak's Revenge" Sci-Fi.

Quasar Dragon Presents "Audrey's Moon" and "Code of the Fang" as well as Noir Links

Quasar Dragon Presents
A pair of classic stories from 1955 "Audrey's Moon," an SF story about a pair of telepaths in need of some serious anger management and "Code of the Fang" an animal adventure/fantasy.

BOTH HERE

@Criminal Element: [Fiction] "Beneath the Book Tower: An Alex McKnight Short Story" by Steve Hamilton.
"'Now, wait a minute,' Franklin said to me. 'Are you telling me this place is in Michigan? And it’s called Paradise?'"

@Criminal Element: [Fiction] "San Diego Noir: The National City Reparation Society" by Luis Alberto Urrea.
"It wasn’t like Junior Garcia only hung with white people now. But he didn’t see much Raza, he’d be the first to admit. Not socially. That’s why you leave home, right? Shake off the dark."

@Spinetingler: [Fiction] "Meet Market" by Sybil A. Johnson.
"'You said it yourself. Bars attract low-lifes and weirdos. This is the perfect alternative.' Kirsten grabbed a shopping cart from the line outside the store and headed inside."

@CrimeWAV: [Serial Audio] Episode Eleven of The Immortal Game by Mark Coggins.
"Ever wanted to go to a hoity-toity party in Pacific Heights, probably the most affluent neighborhood in San Francisco? Well, in episode 11 of THE IMMORTAL GAME, Riordan is going to take you on a personal tour"

@Digital Comics Museum: Roughly fifty issues of the classic pre-code comic book Crime Does Not Pay in CBR format. [free membership required].
"The series' sensationalized recountings of the deeds of gangsters such as Baby Face Nelson and Machine Gun Kelly were illustrated by artists Bob Wood, George Tuska, and others. Stories were often introduced and commented upon by "Mr. Crime", a ghoulish figure in a top hat, and the precursor of 'horror hosts'" -Wikipedia. More of the stuff that gave poor, fragile Fredric Wertham nightmares.


Free Comic Book Day
These are possibly today only.
@DriveThruComics: EPIC / Dyangirl One Shot.
@DriveThruComics: TwilightPop FCBD 2011.


That's it for today, two stories never before available on the regular internet (only before in scans via P2P) and a nice little section of noir links to help you plan your weekend murders. Tomorrow Lt. Bob will stream a movie, we'll have the usual comics section and a full post.