She's Got the Lowdown in her Free Fiction Files.

 There's a ton of ebooks, including a few for the Nook,  from several sources, there a new weekly episode of Strange Horizons, and audio SF at LibriVox.  Remember, most e-books are only available for free for a limited time.












Fiction
• At Strange Horizons: "Difference of Opinion" by Meda Kahn. Science Fiction.
     "Problem is Keiya's brain never told her to paste her lips upright if she wants people to be nice. It's the IQ machine. She's been told she'd make a very good robot, all things considered."

• At Strange Horizons: "Triptych" by Jane Crowley. Poem.

Audio Fiction
• At LibriVox: "Murder Maddness" by Murray Leinster, read by Richard Kilmer. Science Fiction
     "Murder Madness! Seven Secret Service men had completely disappeared. Another had been found a screaming, homicidal maniac, whose fingers writhed like snakes. So Bell, of the secret "Trade," plunges into South America after The Master--the mighty, unknown octopus of power whose diabolical poison threatens a continent!"

• At Strange Horizons: "Difference of Opinion" by Meda Kahn. Science Fiction.
     "Problem is Keiya's brain never told her to paste her lips upright if she wants people to be nice. It's the IQ machine. She's been told she'd make a very good robot, all things considered."

E-Books
At Amazon: [via Pixel-of-Ink]

• Where the Dead Talk by Ken Davis. Horror.
• The Mystic Travelogues (Volume 1) by J.C. Nusbaum. Children's Fantasy.

At Free eBooks Daily:

• Muerte Con Carne by Shane McKenzie. Horror. 
• Justice: The Choice by T.J. Tate. Fantasy.
• The Spoil of Zanuth-Karun by Jennifer Bresnick. Fantasy.
• Black Sam: Prince of Pirates by Mat McLeod. Historical Fiction. Pirates.
• The Binding Stone by Lisa Gail Green. YA Paranormal.
• Still Life by Michael Montoure. Vampires.
• Strange Phenomena by Caroline Sprightly. Paranormal.
• A Memory in the Black by Michael G. Munz. Science Fiction, TechnoThriller
• The Hounds of Set by Troy A. Carrington. YA Fantasy.
• Thy Kingdom Come: The Promise of the King by Rick Schworer. Christian Fantasy.
• 5Misery's Child by J. Belinda Yandell. Fantasy.
• The Prodigal Hour by Will Entrekin. Time Travel. 
• The Tower of Endless Worlds by Jonathan Moeller. Fantasy.

At Amazon: [Via Freebook Sifter]

• Deacon Leeds and the Pyramid of Symbols by Grant Morris. YA Morris. 
• The People's Treasure (The Jade Owl Legacy) by Edward C. Patterson. Fantasy.
• Elementary Magic: Relic Hunter Book 1 by R. Leonia Shea. Fantasy.
• The Firethief (The Unbinder Recursion) by Jason Knepper. Fantasy.
• Earth's Requiem by P. A Ellwood. Fantasy.
• Coming of Age (The Draca Wards Saga) by B Pine. Fantasy.
• Roman Digital by Sarah Baker. Steampunk.
• The Dragon and the Grail (The Grail Trilogy) by Christopher H Shelley. Arthurian Fantasy.
• Misadventures in the Art of Chivalry by Kirsten Zeller. Fantasy. Humor.

At Smashwords:

• "Death's Eyes" by Cedrix E. Clarke. Horror.

At Barnes & Noble: [via Penny Pinchin' Mom]

• Midnight Fire – Rise of the Dark Angel by Melody Anne. Paranormal. Nook.
  The Time Machine by H. G. Wells. Science Fiction. Nook.
  Haunted on Bourbon Street by  Deanna Chase. Paranormal. Nook.

Free Fiction, Eight Days a Week!

Welcome to another posting of free, legal fiction links (especially science fiction, horror, and fantasy) at QuasarDragon, where even on a Sunday, we hunt down free fiction to save you time and money.  All for no cost! Even the corny intros are free. 

 

 [Art from Astounding - linked below]






 Fiction
• At Project Gutenberg: "Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930" Science Fiction.
      "Four destinies rocket through the strange Time-Space of the Fourth Dimension in Tode's marvelous Atom-Smasher."

• At The WiFiles: "A Silver Soul" by Rebecca L. Brown. Speculative Fiction.
     "For one hundred pounds I will sell you my soul… There was nothing that Julian Hart loved more than getting something for nothing. He had dedicated his life to just that; setting up convoluted deals in which people unwittingly bought things which they already owned."

Flash Fiction

• At 365 Tomorrows: "For the Sake of Humanity" by Holly Jennings. Science Fiction.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Roadkill" by Marie DesJardin. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction
• At Antipodean: "The AntiSF Radio Show 180" Speculative Fiction.
   Audio versions of flash speculative fiction.

• At Cast of Wonders: "Little Wonders I" by Kara Hartz and Eric Juneau. YA Science Fiction.
     "a collection of flash fiction and poetry centered around a theme or genre - "Immersion" by Kara Hartz and "Influx Capacitor" by Eric Juneau."

• At Chilling Tales for Dark Nights: "The Art of Jacob Emory" by Peter Divine. Horror. (streaming only?)
     "the tale of a restless young man named Jacob Emory, who escapes small-town American life for a stint overseas, only to return nearly a decade later, changed, and with a chalk-like black wand in his possession.  The 'stick,' to to speak, allows Jacob the ability to exercise a power that was never meant to be possessed by a mortal man, and before long, mistakes are made."

• At Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Episode 08 - The People That Time Forgot"
     "Tom Billings and Ajor are now in the land of the Kro-Lu, enroute to Ajor’s home with the Galu. They encounter a hunting party of Band-Lu, taking a Kro-Lu prisoner back to their cave for the dance of death."

Other Genres

• Audio at Selected Shorts: "Do You Know Where You Are?" 
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Empty Hangers" by Joanne R. Fritz
• OTR at OTR Plotspot: "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Aaron Burr Murder Case"

The Best Part of Waking Up, Is Free Fiction on Your Screen!"

 Good morning.  It's free fiction time!  As is normal, there are some very good ones this time. Back later with ?

 [Art from "Common Time" which is linked below]




Fiction
• At Buzzy Mag: "Common Time" by Bruce Golden. Science Fiction.
      "He stepped through the pandemonium of vines and hulking, water-rich leaves, as if walking on shards of glass, planting each step with caution, straining to see beyond the wall of vegetation. Shadows mocked his imagination. Every gargantuan outgrowth became another monster in his path."

• At Daily Science Fiction: "On The Big-fisted Circuit" by Cat Rambo. Science Fiction.
      "This was the biggest suit she'd ever crawled into. It meant money, money dripping through the wires around her, money in the gleaming metal struts, money being made by every step it took, money her family needed, every step a week's rent and food if they were careful with it."

• At HiLobrow: "The Man with Six Senses - Part 2" by Muriel Jaeger. Science Fiction. 1927.
     "My recollection of him went back to my last year at Sandal, when he was a tiresome small boy recommended to my special care by my mother, with that reckless ignorance of school-boy taboos and lines of social demarcation that mothers are apt to display."

E-Books
At Free eBooks Daily:

• The Shadows of Caldreth by Ryne Billings. Fantasy.
• Twilight Calling by Maeve Bandruid. Fantasy. Romance.
• Magical Ventures of Loli and Lenny by Pratibha R DH. Children's Fantasy.
• Escape From The Forbidden Planet by Julie Anne Grasso. Children's Fantasy. 
• The Journey by Laura Lond. YA Fantasy / Christian Fiction.
• Heartkeeper by B.T. Lyons. Children's Fantasy.

Audio Fiction 
• At Escape Pod: "Vestigial Girl" by Alex Wilson. Science Fiction.
     "The cartoon butterflies were sleeping along the pushlight nursery wallpaper as Charlene fumbled with her cradle’s locking mechanism, using fingers too large and uncoordinated for anything so practical. She blinked away the fuzziness of the low light–clearing her eyes for less than a second–and fought against the calming scent of lavender wafting up through her mattress. She flexed the monster in her throat. She didn’t love the feeling, but would miss such control over at least this one part of her body"

• At Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Episode 07 - The People That Time Forgot"
      "Tom Billings and Ajor are making their way north through Caspak – seeking the land of the Galu from whence Ajor comes.  They rescue and ally with To-Mar and So-Al, two Band-Lu who have evolved to the next stage of human Caspakian life, the Kro-Lu. The hardy band works its way north."

• At LibriVox: Planet of Dread by Murray Leinster. Science Fiction.
     "Humans have expanded to myriads of worlds throughout the galaxies but they have found that the only way for colonies to be self sustaining, was to reproduce the total ecology of their home world; the original Earth. This meant bringing the entire ecosystem, the good, the bad and the ugly. Viruses as well as grass, goats as well as stink bugs and allowing the whole mixture to ultimately produce an inhabitable world for humans."

• At Tales to Terrify: "The Bone Plate" by Dan Rabarts. Horror.
     "Back in the black old days, we called it the Bone Plate. Wasn’t worth your life to touch the Bone Plate. It made men kings, back in the black old days. Mine was a trashcan lid, piled high with gnawed, soot-stained remains, the bones of rats and cats and stray dogs and pigeons. Only the bones of that which you had killed and stripped clean with your own biting, smiling teeth were allowed on your Plate, and whoever had the biggest Plate ruled the windswept world of trash and frost that sprawled beneath the overpasses. "

Other Genres

• Audio at The Classic Tales Podcast: "The Stolen White Elephant, Part 1 of 2" by Mark Twain.
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Requiem for a Soldier" by Michael Spenser.

"Repent, QuasarDragon!" Said the Ticktockman.

Rather late today, but there is a good selection of free fiction today, including a classic Leinster novel at Project Gutenberg and double shots of Beam Me Up and Drabblecast in audio fiction.




[Art from "Nightmare Planet"]






Fiction
• At Author's Site: "SeniorSource" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Science Fiction.
     "The little boy lay face down in the dirt. Because the brown dirt was fine, loose, and powdery, I thought he had landed outside the dome, but that didn’t quite match with what I was seeing. His body was intact which it would not have been if it had been exposed to the harshness of the actual Moon"

• At Black Gate: "Falling Castles" by Jamie McEwan. Fantasy.
     "Early the next morning, still sans Tanek, King Bertham the Just girded on his sword, mounted his charger, and led his troops to the center of the high meadow to await King Luzak’s forces. It was a brave day, with a bright sun breaking just above the mountains, and Bertham felt almost cheerful. Let them come soon, he thought, while my mood holds."

• At Daily Science Fiction: "Remembrance" by David G. Uffelman. Science Fiction.
     "The news first came to the Old Mother through her feet. She leaned forward to rest more weight on the cartilaginous nodes within her padded front feet to create a solid connection with the earth, the better to receive the seismic signals that traveled through the bedrock beneath the gentle rolling grasslands of the Highveld."

• At HiLobrow: "Theodore Savage - part 18" 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."

• At L5R: "Treaty" by Seth Mason. Fantasy.
       "A conversation between two Champions yields insight into the nature and present status of their clans."m

• At Project Gutenberg: "Nightmare Planet" by Murray Leinster. Science Fiction. 1953.
     "Burl opened his mouth to shout furiously at them. But it was not a good idea for humans to draw attention. Spiders did not hunt by scent, but sound sometimes drew them. Burl closed his mouth again, in a taut straight line. The men looked at him supplicatingly. They had never been lost, and so had never learned to think even a little."

 • At Strange Horizons: "In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind (Part 2)" by Sarah Pinsker.
     "George had only ever taken one trip without Millie, in the fall of 1951. A letter had arrived from the army asking him to fly to New Mexico."
 
Flash Fiction

• At Flashes in the Dark: "The Live One" by A.K. Mayhew. Horror. 
• At Quantum Muse: "Dolly" by Michele Dutcher.
• At Strange Horizons: "Castle Csejthe (Bathory)" by Jennifer Ruth Jackson. Poem.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "ArmOr" by Sierra July. Science Fiction.
• At Toasted Cake: "The Custom of the Sea" by E. C. Ambrose. Audio.

Audio Fiction
• At Beam Me Up: Episode #373. Science Fiction.
     "To Bere Arms" by Wes Parish and part 3 of Edward McKeown’s "In the Mourning."

• At Beam Me Up: Episode #372. Science Fiction.
    "Trath: Return of the Quellers" by David Scholes and part 2 of Edward McKeown’s "In the Mourning."

• At Drabblecast: "Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse" by Andy Duncan. Strange.
     "Father Leggett stood on the sidewalk and looked up at the three narrow stories of gray brick that was 207 East Charlton Street. Compared to the other edifices on Lafayette Square—the Colonial Dames fountain, the Low house, the Turner mansion, the cathedral of course"

• At Drabblecast: "Sweetie" by Michelle Ann King. Horror. Strange.
      "Admittedly, my little travelling show isn’t what it once was. We’ve been on the road for a long, long time. But I like to think that for the discerning customer, we still provide value for money. An experience you can’t get from the computer screen"

• At SFFaudio: "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster.
     "Imagine, if you can, a small room, hexagonal in shape, like the cell of a bee. It is lighted neither by window nor by lamp, yet it is filled with a soft radiance. There are no apertures for ventilation, yet the air is fresh. There are no musical instruments, and yet, at the moment that my meditation opens, this room is throbbing with melodious sounds."

 • At SFFaudio: "The Tower Of The Elephant" by Robert E. Howard. Fantasy.
     "A strange, blood-freezing story of an idol that wept on its throne, and a valorius barbarian from the fringes of an elder civilization. First published in Weird Tales, March 1933."

• At Strange Horizons: "In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind (Part 2)" by Sarah Pinsker.
     "George had only ever taken one trip without Millie, in the fall of 1951. A letter had arrived from the army asking him to fly to New Mexico."

• At The Way of the Buffalo: "To the End of Time, or Lisa" by Damien Krsteski. Science Fiction.
     "Some people really do get a second chance to make a first impression in this week's story,"

Other Genres

• Audio at Crime City Central: "Sky of Brass, Land of Iron" by Joe McKinney
• Audio at LibriVox: "Motor Boat Boys' River Chase" by Louis Arundel. YA Adventure.
• Fiction at The New Yorker: "Mastiff" by Joyce Carol Oates.
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Genesis Novus" by Baron Weiser"

“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.

Comics, Flash Fiction, and More

A lot of cool free flash fiction and comics this morning as well as a couple each, great fiction and and audio fiction stories.  More later today or tomorrow morning.  Today's QD Radio is Murray Leinster's "A Logic Named Joe" adapted on Dimension X.

[Art from "Space Pirates of Lanthus IV" linked below in the comics section]



Fiction
• At Night Shade Books: "On the Arrival of the Paddle-Steamer on the Docks of V" by Peter M. Ball.
     "Our tiny hotel room is boiling, even now, but heat doesn’t bother Patrick and he sleeps, shirtless, with the thin sheet coiled round him like a loving serpent. It’s a trick for him, nodding off. He cultivates a talent for sleep, adores the act of dozing off like it’s a second lover. He says it keeps him young, and perhaps it does, for people are always surprised to learn Patrick’s real age."

• At Project Gutenberg: "A Witch Shall Be Born" by Robert E. Howard. Fantasy. 1934.
     "'Who am I?' There was the spite of a she-cobra's hiss in the soft response. The girl stepped to the edge of the couch, grasped the queen's white shoulders with fierce fingers, and bent to glare full into the startled eyes of Taramis. And under the spell of that hypnotic glare, the queen forgot to resent the unprecedented outrage of violent hands laid on regal flesh."

Flash Fiction

• At Daily Science Fiction: "Coin Op" by David Steffen. 
• At Every Day Fiction: "Radaba, Daughter of Rapunzel" by Marie Bacigalupo. Fantasy.
• At Flash Fiction Friday: "Dem Bones – The Stories" Mixed Genres.
• At Flashes in the Dark: "Mr. Yamamoto’s Fish Food" by Adam Walker. Horror.
• At Indian SF: "Behind Eyes Closed" by Anand Shankara.
• At Nature: "Tumbleweeds and Indelicate Questions" by John P. Murphy. Science Fiction.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Judgement Day" by Clint Wilson. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction
• At Beware the Hairy Mango: "The Slow and the Furious" by Matthew Sanborn Smith. Weird.
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• At PodCastle: "My Dignity in Scars" by Cory Skerry. Fantasy.
     "This time, I am at Ukaya’s house, trimming the hooves of her goats, because her joints are too swollen and stiff to wield a knife. The morning sun prickles my back and rough goat hair prickles my belly as I whittle off thin curls of hoof."

Comics

• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Weird Thrillers - Cycle of Time" Sci-Fi. 1951
• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Outer Space - 3rd Planet" Sci-Fi. 1968.
• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Brant Craig - Space Pirates of Lanthus IV" Sci-Fi. 1951.
• At Four-Color Shadows: "Hoof Beats of the Devil's Horse" Horror. 1952 .
• At Hero Histories: "Voodah - Justice of the Jungle" Adventure. 1945.
• At The Horrors of It All: "Out of this World!" Horror. 1954.
• At The Horrors of It All: "Vengeance from a Restless Grave" Horror. 1952.
• At The Horrors of It All: "It Happened on Valentine's Eve" Horror. 1951.
• At Seduction of the Innocent: "Her Lips Dripped Blood" Horror. 1953.

Bradbury, Drake, Leinster, and More

More great freebies, including several ebooks, comics, and a couple more audio fiction stories! 

Today's QD Radio is "To The Future" by Ray Bradbury, adapted on Dimension X. A science fiction story about totalitarianism and an extreme escape attempt.

[Art from "The Unwanted," linked below]




E-Books
• Via Pixel of Ink: "Synthetic: Rise of the Siren" by Shonna Wright.
• At Free eBooks Daily:

• A Cold Black Wave by Timothy H. Scott. Science Fiction.
• Seas of Venus by David Drake. Science Fiction.
• Regent by Brian Rathbone. Fantasy.
• Wolverine's Daughter by Doranna Durgin. Fantasy.
• Graveyard Games by Sheri Leigh. Horror.
• Rest For The Wicked - The Claire Wiche Chronicles Book 1 by Cate Dean . Paranormal.
• Adrift by Erica Conroy. Space Opera.
• Pursuer by Monique Morgan. YA. Paranormal.
• Death by Tara Brown. Paranormal Romance.
• The Girl and the Genie by E.M. Lilly. Paranormal Romance.
• Altor: The Shadow Rebellion by L.J. deVet. YA. Fantasy.

Audio Fiction
• At Escape Pod: "Scout" by Bud Sparhawk. Science Fiction.
     "The idea behind the drop was dramatic and simple.  Three attack cruisers would carpet bomb the area where the aliens landed.  The drops consisted of ten burrowers, thirty sweepers, and twenty HE bombs from each ship, all distributed to randomly bracket the target. The third, eleventh, and nineteenth bomb of each pod were slow-fuse HE duds, except for the one that contained me."

• At LibriVox: "The Red Dust" by Murray Leinster. Science Fiction.
      "The world, in a far distant future, is peopled with huge insects and titanic fungus growths. Life has been greatly altered, and poor puny Man is still in the process of becoming acclimated to the change even after 30,000 years."

Comics 

• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "The Cosmic Terror" Sci-Fi. 1952
• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Metal Monsters" Sci-Fi. 1951.
• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Planet of Madness" Sci-Fi. 1951.
• At The Horrors of It All: "Walking Horror! / The Horror House" Horror. 1954.
• At The Horrors of It All: "Emily / The Unwanted!" Horror. Sci-Fi. 1954.
• At Secret Sanctum of Captain Video: "Moon Masters" Part One and Part Two. Sci-Fi. 1963.
• At Seduction of the Innocent!:"Corpse Convention" Horror. 1952.

Other Genres

• E-book at Free eBooks Daily: The Trail by M L Dunn. Western.

Worth the Wait

A bit late due to time and technical issues, but here are some fantastic freebies. More later, time permitting.





[art from Murray Leinster's Forgotten Planet, linked below]







Fiction
• At Baen: "Away in a Manger" by Wen Spencer.       "It was so cold in the tower when Jack woke, his breath turned to smoke as he breathed out. From the windows of the overlook, dawn's pale light revealed no telling glitter of frost on the asphalt below. Nor was there any on the patches of green among the tall buildings that they'd deemed pasture and hay field. The wind carried the scent of autumn leaves but nothing of grass sheared by the cold." <.br>

• At Black Gate: "The Renunciation of the Crimes of Gharad the Undying" by Alex Kreis. Fantasy.
     "To the noble citizens of the People’s Republic of Falland, and to the General Directorate that serves them: I, Gharad Arvelaird, called the Undying, humbly apologize for my crimes against the People and against nature during my illegitimate reign as the Supreme Archon of Falland."

• At Electric Velocipede: "North" by Kristy Truax-Nichols.
     "“Do you ever think about flying?” Julie asks him. She’s got her toes tucked up under Chris’s leg, and he shifts and tries to ignore them."

• At L5R: "Scions of the Colonies, Part 2" by Shawn Carman. Fantasy.
     "Far from Rokugan, the samurai of the Great Clans conspire against one another in ever-tightening circles, and the threat of simmering hostility bursting into the flames of war grows more present with each passing day."

• At Project Gutenberg: The Forgotten Planet by Murray Leinster. Science Fiction. 1954.
     "Beneath dense gray clouds through which no sun shone lay a forgotten planet. It was a nightmare world of grotesque and terrifying animal-plant life. Gigantic beetles, spiders, bugs and ants filled the putrid, musty earth—ready to kill and devour anything in sight."

• At Tor.com: "Intestate" by Charlie Jane Anders. SF.
     "My father may no longer be human. But we're still family. Kind of."

• At The WiFiles: "Blind Curve" by R. Christophe Ryber. Speculative Fiction.
      "“No, Matthew, it’s just a snowplow.” She bit her lip and held her breath until the snowplow’s flashing amber lights vanished into the darkness. “Just a snowplow,” she whispered to herself."

Flash Fiction

• At Daily Science Fiction: "The Dead Letter Office" by Matthew Marinet.
• At Enchanted Conversations: "How Beautiful She Is" by Mary Meriam. Fairy Tale Poem.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Grampa’s Stories" by Desmond Hussey. Science Fiction.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Seven Days" by Gene Davis. Science Fiction.
  

Audio Fiction
• At Author's Site: "The MVP Episode #10" by Scott Sigler. Science Fiction. Football.
      "Quentin savors the first day of practice as he and the Krakens finally get down to the business of football. John Tweedy has an agenda all his own, and Quentin will have to cope."

• At Author's Site: "Daryl and the Davenport of Death!" by Matthew Sanborn Smith. Weird.
      No description.

• At Beam Me Up: "Land of Fire & Ashes" by Colin P. Davies.Science Fiction.
     No description

• At The Fantastic World of Edgar Rice Burroughs: Episode 11 - The Return of Tarzan. Adventure.
      "Tarzan and the daughter of Kador Ben Saden have been stranded in the mountains of Algeria by the machinations of Lieut. Gernois and Nicholas Rokoff. It is night and they have come face to face with Numa, El Adrea – the huge black Algerian lion – “the lord with the large head”. Numa springs!"

Other Genres

• Audio at Crime City Central: "Something Pretty, Something Beautiful" by Eric Barnes.
• Audio at Decoder Ring Theater: Black Jack Justice - "The More Things Change" Noir.
• Audio at Every Day Fiction: "From Here to the Sargasso" by Andrew S. Williams.
• Audio at Tales of Old: "Hoplite" by Leslien Lupien. Historical. Ancient Greece.
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Space Cadet" by Wayne Scheer. Humor.
• Audio at PRI: Selected Shorts: "Things Are Not What They Seem"  “A Priest in the Family” by Colm Toibin, "Dusk" by James Salter, and  "The Bureau" by J. Robert Lennon.

Leinster, Black Gate, and More

It's a good batch of free fiction today with a variety, fantasy, science Fiction, and horror, of stories, both new and old.  Enjoy, and don't forget to tell these excellent sites that you appreciate them.  More tomorrow.



[Art from "The Red Dust" blow]






Fiction
At Black Gate: "The Trade" by Mark Rigney. Weird Fantasy.
     "Gemen the Antiques Dealer arrived in Andolin late in spring, the year after that nation’s disastrous civil war had lumbered to a close. He spoke the language tolerably well, but always with an accent that some claimed hailed from the far west, while others insisted it smacked of the South: Melony, or even the Thornlands, where the sun burned people’s eyes the color of molten copper."

At Interstellar Fiction: "Gobblefunk" by Thomas Lambert. Science Fiction.
     “Yeah.” He sparked the cigarette and exhaled, shrouding us both in thick blue smoke. “It’s like… clearing your mind, man. Focusing on a single thought that….isn’t.” He leaned back again, and rolled the cigarette between his thumb and forefinger, making the ember dance in the gloom of the bar. It trailed light and I knew the drugs were finally kicking in.

At L5R: "Scions of the Colonies, Part 1" by Shawn Carman. Fantasy.
     "In the distant realm once known as the Ivory Kingdoms, the samurai of Rokugan set into motion events that will change the face of the world they have so recently conquered and added to their own." 

At Mindflights: "The King's Passing" by Lindsey Duncan. Fantasy.
      "The summer palace was radiant, the courtyard bedecked with lanterns like teardrops of the gods. The royal masks of my ancestors wore hollow smiles as they watched from the walls. Around me swirled a labyrinth of opulence, nobles of the south, master mages, wild kindred – all here to witness the announcement of my future husband."

At Project Gutenberg: "The Red Dust" by Murray Leinster. Science Fiction. 1927.
    "Burl raised his spear, and plunged down on the back of the moving thing, thrusting his spear with all the force he could command. He had fallen upon the shining back of one of the huge, meat-eating beetles, and his spear had slid across the horny armor and then stuck fast, having pierced only the leathery tissue between the insect's head and thorax." Sequel to The Mad Planet.

At Shadow Unit: "Single Bullet Theory" Part 1" by Chelsea Polk. Science Fiction
    "That bit about bartenders being confessors is true, so Dice usually kept an eye on that one stool when a new person came in. But he didn't expect Tyler to ignore his favorite seat by the window to sit up at the bar."

At Wily Writers: "Nihil Est" by Fosco Graves. Urban Horror.
     "this story uses the point of view of an educator to limn an urban world so fatally flawed that those born into it sometimes prefer to be simply 'unmade'."

Flash Fiction

• At Daily Science Fiction: "A Last Resort" by Phil Temples.
• At Electric Velocipede: "The Greatest of His Age" by Bart Allen.Speculative Fiction.
• At Flashes in the Dark: "Conservation" by Kevin Crisp. Horror.
• At Flash Pulp: "Joe Monk, Emperor of Space: The Fruits of Peace" by J.R.D. Skinner. Science Fiction.
• At Quantum Muse: "Dreams Torn Asunder by Sergio Palumbo" by Michele Dutcher.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Wake-up Call" by Desmond Hussey. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction
At Wily Writers: "Nihil Est" by Fosco Graves. Urban Horror.
     Described above.

Other Genres

• Audio at Crime City Central: "Hidden Gifts" by Steve Hockensmith.
• Flash Audio at Toasted Cake: "The Poinsettia" by L. Lambert Lawson.
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Never Again" by Michael T Schaper.

Freebies - Leinster, Lovecraft, Doctorow, Stoss, and More

 More good free fiction today, including the start of a three part serial at Black Gate and much more..  There may be a second post today, time permitting. And be sure to check out the latest updates at  Free Speculative Fiction Online (many stories were added on the 17th).



 Fiction
At Author's Site: "Rapture of the Nerds" by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross. [Via SF Signal]
     "This is by no means unusual, but for once Huw’s head hurts more than his bladder. He’s lying head down, on his back, in a bathtub. He scrabbles for a handhold and pulls himself upright. A tub is a terrible place to spend a night."
At Black Gate:  "A Phoenix in Darkness - Part 1" by Donald S. Crankshaw. Fantasy.
     "Quian’s serf village spilled out of the city’s grim walls like rotten apples from an overturned basket. The city gate, an iron-bound door barely wide enough to accommodate a cart, opened up to a snarl of muddy pathways through the weather-worn hovels."
At Short-Story.Me: "Breath of Lisetta" by Jordan E. Miere. Fantasy.
     "Lisetta breathed against her fingers as they clutched the bone handle of her knife.  Her breath enfolded her purplish digits where the threadbare gloves no longer covered them."
At Short-Story.Me:  "The Quarry" by Jack Coey. Horror.
     "They walked single file, the sun was beating down, and the men sweated. One of the hobos stopped and wiped his face with his shirt tail. He’d been in Vietnam and his life hadn’t gone that well since."
At Short-Story.Me: "Colors" by Catina Noble. Fantasy.
      "I feel odd, not like my usual self. Something is different; I cannot put my finger on it. I think for a few minutes. I look inside myself. I do not like what I see. I am an empty shell, I just sit here. I occupy space for others."
At The WiFiles:  "Human/Nature" by Mireille Wells. Speculative Fiction.
      "The formerly white structure is now veined with greenish brown mold. The windows are all black squares, decorated with shards of broken glass. I stand and watch, but nothing moves inside the building. This is all that remains of the laboratory where I labored to end the world."

 Audio Fiction
At LibriVox: "The Ambulance Made Two Trips" by Murray Leinster. Science Fiction.
     "Murray Leinster gives us another wonderful product of 'what if' from his limitless imagination to enjoy in this gem of a story" First published in Astounding Science Fiction April 1960.
 At Radio Drama Revival: "The Statement of Randolph Carter" by HP Lovecraft. Horror.
    "Again I say, I do not know what has become of Harley Warren, though I think--almost hope--that he is in peaceful oblivion, if there be anywhere so blessed a thing. It is true that I have for five years been his closest friend, and a partial sharer of his terrible researches into the unknown."
At SFFaudio: "Out Of The Storm" by William Hope Hodgson. Horror.
     "It is a little after midday: but the sky is the color of mud--do you understand?--gray mud! Down from it there hang vast lappets of clouds. Not such clouds as I have ever before seen; but monstrous, mildewed-looking hulls. They show solid, save where the frightful wind tears their lower edges into great feelers that swirl savagely above us, like the tentacles of some enormous Horror."
At Toasted Cake: "The Foreigner" by M. Darusha Wehm.
     "I have about an hour before the shareholders' meeting, but I have to stop by the day care first, so I want to make this snappy."

Flash Fiction
At Daily Science Fiction: "Trophy Wife" by Samantha Murray.

Sunday Movie, Fantasy eZines, Audio Fiction, and Gaming Freebies

Today there are two cool eZines for your reading pleasure, some good audio fiction, useful gaming items, including two new gaming 'zines. And Lt. Bob has another episode of "MOOOOOOOVIIIIIIIEEEE" or "It Came from the Internet Archive!!!"




Prisoners Of The Lost Universe (1983). Sci-Fi.
"A scientist, a reporter and a repairman are accidentally transported to a prehistoric world in a parallel universe when they fall into the beam of the experiment during an earthquake aftershock."

Or download it from the Internet Archive.








Now Posted: New Myths Issue 15. Speculative Fiction

Includes speculative fiction, flash, and poetry by Russ Colson, Swapna Kishore, Darren Latta, Tony Peak, Mel Obedoza, and T.C. Powell.

Now Posted: Sorcerous Signals May - Jul '11 Issue. Fantasy.

Featuring fantasy fiction and poetry by Gabrielle Bryden, Alva J Roberts, Richard H Fay, K S Dearsley, Aspen deLainey, Sylvia Hiven, Kathryn Sullivan, Edward W. Robertson, and Ray Yanek.

@LibriVox: "Operation: Outer Space" by Murray Leinster, read by Mark Nelson. 6 and 3/4 hours. Science Fiction.

"Jed Cochrane is about to take off on man's first interstellar voyage. His mission: Make sure it's good television! "

@Craphound: "Knights of the Rainbow Table" by Cory Doctorow, complete in seven parts. Part One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, and Seven.

"a story commissioned by Intel's Chief Futurist, Brian David Johnson. Brian oversees Intel's Tomorrow project, which uses science fiction to spark conversations about product design and use among Intel's engineers, and he was kind enough to invite me to write a story of my choosing for the project."

Serial Audio
@Beam Me Up: Episode #267 "Luna Voices: on the Solar Winds. Part 2 of 2" by Nick Wood, read by Paul Cole.

"In part 2, a painful and gruesome death awaits. He is already seeing things . . . because what he does see can not possibly be there under ANY circumstances! Let alone the the raw radiation environment of the airless moon!"

@DriveThruRPG: Savage Insider #1

Very nice looking inside. "Welcome to the inaugural issue of Savage Insider - a new electronic magazine dedicated to Savage Worlds. This first issue is filled with new Savage Worlds content, fiction, licensee information, and an introduction to several Savage Worlds licensees."

@DriveThruRPG: Tattlebox #1

A small, nice looking new Pathfinder/3.5E eZine with "Falling Leaves: a comic of fey proportions, Let's Split the Party!: an essay on why you should split the party 14 new weapons, 6 new weapon special features, a new artifact, and more"

@RPG Creatures: [Monster] "Gendrohka" for most Fantasy RPG.

"As the mystics and wizards of the old desert cultures invoked the powers of rain and water, something vile and hideous stumbled out of the sea in answer to their rituals. A strange species, made by the deities of the ocean, sat foot upon the dry lands, and brought a new kind of magic with them."

@The Land of NOD: [Villain] "Meat" for Mystery Men.
@Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets: [Magic Item] "Shell of Calming"
@Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets: [Spells] "Borrow from Plane,""Conjure Herald," and "Weaponshield"
@A Field Guide to Doomsday: [Monsters] "Thotter" "Briarbear"and "Narl" for Mutant Future.
@WotC: [Monster Update] "Wights and Ghosts" 4E.
@WotC: [Cartoons] Misfit Monsters #1 and Epic Campaign #6.

QuasarDragon Presents - Murray Leinster's "A Thousand Degrees Below Zero."

New to the regular internet, a very early (pre-classic era) SF/disaster story by Murray Leinster "A Thousand Degrees Below Zero." First published in The Thrill Book Vol. 2, No. 2 (July 15, 1919).

CHAPTER I.

FROM some point far overhead a musical humming became audible. It was not the rasping roar of an aeroplane motor, but a deep, truly melodious note that seemed to grow rapidly in volume. The soft-voiced conversa­tions on the upper deck were hushed. Every one listened to the strange sound from above. It grew and became clear and distinct. The source seemed to come nearer. At last the sound came from a spot directly overhead, then passed over and toward the Narrows.

A cold breeze beat down suddenly. It was not a cool sea breeze, but a cur­rent of air coming down from directly above the Coney Island steamer. It was actively, actually cold. A chorus of exclamations arose, full of the wit of the American a-holidaying.

"Br-r-r-r! I feel a draft!"

"Say, Min, are you givin' me the cold shoulder?"

"Sadie, d'you want to borrow all of my coat or only the sleeve?"

And one young man caused a ripple of laughter by remarking:

"Feels like my mother-in-law was around somewhere."

Continue reading here.

Many Freebies, Including George R. R. Martin's "The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr"

A ton of AWESOME today. George R. R. Martin's "The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr" is only one of the cool stories today. And there is an iPod full of worthy audio fiction (OK a cheap MP3 player full) , a video, and some very good gaming items. As Blur would say "Woo hoo!!!!!"



Fiction
@Fantasy Magazine: "The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr" by George R. R. Martin.
"One moment there was only the valley, caught in twilight. The only sounds were the cries of the mourning-birds coming out for the night, and the swift rush of water in the rocky stream that cut the woods."
Online and in MP3 (streaming and download).



@Ray Gun Revival: "White World" by Steve Stanton.
"Viki staged a party for their last night together. The food was catered but the drinks were bring-your-own. She had planned the details for weeks in advance, her fifth-floor apartment immaculate, completely sterile. All the guests had been instructed to be free of animal dander and scrubbed clean with disinfectant. Her young man Danny could not risk any contamination this late in his regime."

@Book View Cafe: "Signed in Blood" by P. R. Frost, from A Girl’s Guide to Guns and Monsters, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes, February 2010.
"I knew words would flow easily from this pen. Beautiful words that melded together into a story."

@Book View Cafe: "California Demon" by Susan Wright.
"Read the urban fantasy story "California Demon" and find out what happens to Allay when she is possessed by a demon."

@Mindflights: "The Oracle of Themazuri" by Rachel V. Olivier.
"Dayo, like many girls her age, is a daydreamer. Unlike those girls, however, sometimes those daydreams come true. It is a gift, but it is a gift that has cost her everything."

Serial Fiction:
@Kat and Mouse: Guns for Hire: "Payback" - Part Two" by Abner Senires.
"Since the meet was in Southside near the Gibson Street Tunnel, I dropped four extra pistol magazines in my cargo pockets, grabbed a frag grenade, a smoke grenade, and made sure I had the FAL fully loaded with several extra magazines in the Shelby's trunk"

Classic SF
@Two-Fisted Tales of True-Life Weird Romance: ". . .and It Comes Out Here" by Lester del Rey, from Galaxy Science Fiction (Feb. 1951). In Jpeg scans.
"There is one fact no sane man can quarrel with ... everything has a beginning and an end. But some men aren't sane: thus it isn't always so!"

@BestScienceFictionStories: "A Logic Named Joe" by Murray Leinster (1946).
"a 1946 science fiction short story by Murray Leinster. It is about a network connected machine that can answer any and all questions!" Reviewed and linked to a free online version.


Audio Fiction
@Beam Me Up: Episode #254 featuring the conclusion of "The Utility of Love"” by David Steffen, read by Wilson Fowlie. And "Time Enough At Last" by Lynn Venable.

@The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine: "Anakoinosis" by Tobias S. Buckell, produced by Marshal Latham. "Humans have come to the home world of an alien species known as the whiffets. The whiffets are eager to learn all that humans have to teach them. They are helping the humans repair the damage to their ship, but are the humans helping the whiffets? "

@The Classic Tales Podcast: Episode #203, "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, read by B. J. Harrison.
"A convicted man tells of his descent into dissipation. For his love of animals, once his greatest comfort, proves to be his ultimate undoing."

@Cast Macabre: Episode #35, "The Night Stalker" by Raymond Gates, read by Barry J. Northern.

@Cthulhu: "The Curse of Kralitz" by Henry Kuttner.
A mythos related story by the SF great.

@LibriVox: PD Goth, by various (inc. Poe and Blackwood)
"A collection of spooky stories culled from etexts found on Project Gutenberg."

@LibriVox: The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 04, by Anonymous, translated by Richard Francis Burton.
"A long series of cliff-hangers told by Shahrazad to her husband Shahryar, to prevent him from executing her. Many tales that have become independently famous come from the Book, among them Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and the voyages of Sinbad the Sailor."

Serial Audio
@The Author's Website: The Starter - Episode #7 by Scott Sigler.
"The rookies arrive on the TOUCHBACK after surviving their tests on the COMBINE, and this time Quentin is meeting the new recruits as the starting quarterback of the Krakens."


Flash Fiction
@365 tomorrows: "The Vote" by John Tudball.
@365 tomorrows: "Protocol" by Eric Poch.
@365 tomorrows: "Looking Glass" by N. Thomas Parshall.
@The New Flesh: "Immortality" by Robert Eccles.
@Every Day Fiction: "The Princess and the Bullfrog" by Vincent D. O’Connor.
@Flashes in the Dark: "Bloody Rejuvenation" by Joshua Scribner.
@The Daily Cabal: "On Reincarnation in Turkeys" by Luc Reid.
@Daily Science Fiction: "That's Show Business" by Bruce Boston.

Video
@VODO: Zenith (2011).
"A father and son, separated by decades and a cataclysm that has upturned the world, track a grand and elusive conspiracy in this cyberpunk thriller.

In the hellish future of 2044, human beings have become stupefied by the state of permanent happiness they’ve been genetically altered to experience. ‘Dumb’ Jack (Peter Scanavino) offers relief via drugs that bring his customers the welcome phenomenon of pain. But when Jack receives a mysterious videotape of his dead father, he sets out to unmask the dangerous conspiracy that has created this dystopian world."
Unfortunately distributed only through torrents, but if you trust your anti-virus software, this doesn't look bad.


Gaming
@A Character for Every Game: Labyrinth Lord Downloadables. A good roundup of the free Labyrinth Lord materials available on the web. Everything you need to start gaming after a few hours reading.








Short But Sweet.
@A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons: [New Monster] Brass Jackal.
@The Land of NOD: [Encounters] Mu-Pan - Encounter XII / XIII.
@The Land of NOD: [Encounter] Mu-Pan - Encounter XIV.
@The Land of NOD: [Encounter] Mu-Pan - Encounter XV.
@A Character for Every Game: [New Magic Items] 6 More Magic Potions.
@Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets: [New Magic Item] Master Thief’s Club of Deception.
@Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets: [New Spell] Dead Freeze.
@Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets: [New Spell] Numberspeak.
@Strange Magic: [New Magic Items] 6 Minor Magic Items.
@Trollish Delver: [New Character Types] Burglar and Wildfarer for Tunnels and Trolls.
@DriveThruRPG: Dark Ages Basic Rules From White Wolf [free membership required].
@Blog on the Borderlands: [New Spell] Holy Weapon.