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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 5/2/2013 [feedly]

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I've made my historical fantasy short story, "The Hill Where Thorvald Slew Ten Skraelings", free for the day. Why? Because it's May 2nd, of course… look it up.*

What's special about today's free fiction?

Written

@Anotherealm: "Bindlestiffs" by Donna M. Recktenwalt [Science Fiction]
@GigaNotoSaurus: "Martyr's Gem" by C.S.E. Cooney [Speculative Fiction] (also available as ebook – EPUB)
Interstellar Fiction #10 – May 2013: [Science Fiction]
- "Cuddly Furballs of Contentment" by Erik Peterson
- "The Tale of the White Tiger" by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt
- "The Cadet" by S.P. Parish
- "Two Hearts, Two Minds" by Jo Thomas
New Myths #22 – April 1, 2013:
- "The King of Dogs or Dog Days and Wolf Nights" by Chantal Beaulne [Fantasy]
- "For the Plight of Its Children" by C.R. Esaryk [Science Fiction]
- "Snow's Daughter" by Vanessa Fogg [Fantasy]
- Flash Fiction:
  - "River Dragon's Curse" by Jamie Lackey [Fantasy Flash]
  - "Escape" by Susan Pertessis [Science Fiction Flash]
@Nightmare: "Centipede Heartbeat" by Caspian Gray [Horror] (also available in audio)
SQ Mag #8 – 1st of May 2013 – Women in Fiction (Special Edition):
- "A Man And His Parasite" by Cat Rambo [Science Fiction]
- "Fairest Fowl" by J. B. Rockwell [Historical Fantasy]
- "Chinaman's Bluff" by Cat Sparks [Historical Science Fiction]
- "The Traveler" by Laura Haddock [Science Fiction]
- Serialized: Intangible by A.A. Garrison – Part 3 of 6 [Fantasy]
- "Tea In The Secret Garden" by Emma Newman [Fantasy]
- "Dreaming of You" by Felicia A Lee [Dark Contemporary Fantasy]
- "Digging In The Deep" by Tonia Brown [Steampunk / Horror]
@Tor: "Jack of Coins" by Christopher Rowe [Dystopian]
@Weird Fiction Review: "Rara Avis" by Bernard Quiriny [Speculative Fiction]
@World SF Blog: "Ratan Mirrors" by Geetanjali Dighe [Science Fiction]
@Author's Site: "Port Custodial Blues" by Vera Nazarian [Science Fiction]

Written – Flash

@365 tomorrows: "Warriors" by Duncan Shields [Science Fiction Flash]
@Daily Science Fiction: "Swan Song" by Melissa Mead [Twisted Fairy Tale Flash]
@Flashes in the Dark: "The Door" by Michael A. Kechula [Horror Flash]
@New Myths:
- "River Dragon's Curse" by Jamie Lackey [Fantasy Flash]
- "Escape" by Susan Pertessis [Science Fiction Flash]

Written – Serialized

@HiLobrow: The Clockwork Man by E.V. Odle – Chapter 7 [Science Fiction - from 1923]
@Leaf and Bird: Wayfarers: [Cyberpunk]
- Chapter Three, Part Two
- Chapter Three, Part Three
@SQ Mag: Intangible by A.A. Garrison – Part 3 of 6 [Fantasy]
@Station 151: "A Farce To Be Reckoned With" by Andy Scearce [Science Fiction]
@Author's Site: Tickling Butterflies by Guy Hasson – Part 5: The Land of No Respect – "The Smarty Pants Competition" [Epic Fantasy]

Audio

Beware the Hairy Mango #152 – "MARShmallow" by Matthew Sanborn Smith [Red Mango, Green Mango, Orange Mango?]
Dark Fiction Magazine #14 – Under the Hollow Hills: [Dark Speculative Fiction]
- "The Men" by David Hartley
- "The Crow Wife" by Andrew Reid
- "Section III" by Caren Gussoff
- "Kitsune" by Den Patrick
@Nightmare: "Centipede Heartbeat" by Caspian Gray [Horror]

Audio – Serialized

Desert Gems Audio #9 – "Porter of Baghdad – Part IV", translated by Sir Richard Burton [Arabian Nights]
StarShipSofa #287 – David Mercurio Rivera – Part 2 [Science Fiction]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

@Amazon:
- Alone by TR Sullivan [Apocalyptic Novel]
- Angel of Mercy (The Fallen) by Lisa Olsen [Paranormal Fantasy Novel]
- Captivated (An Affliction Novel) by Deb Apodaca [Paranormal Fantasy Novel]
- Death Has a Name (The Brodie Wade Series) by Jerry Hanel [Contemporary Fantasy Novel]
- Gifted, A Donovan Circus Novel by Liz Long [Science Fiction Adventure Novel]
- "The Hill Where Thorvald Slew Ten Skraelings" by Regan Wolfrom [Historical Fantasy Short Story]
- Human Sister by Jim Bainbridge [Science Fiction Novel]
- The Road to Magic (Book 1 of the Way of the Demon Series) by Alexey Glushanovsky [Epic Fantasy Novel - First of Series]
@GigaNotoSaurus: "Martyr's Gem" by C.S.E. Cooney [Speculative Fiction - EPUB]
Theaker's Quarterly #43 [Speculative Fiction - EPUB, MOBI, PDF]

Excerpts

@Norilana:
- Excerpt from Mansfield Park and Mummies by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian – Chapters 1-3 [Austenian Fantasy]
- Excerpt from Northanger Abbey and Angels and Dragons by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian – Chapters 1-3 [Austenian Fantasy]
@Tor:
- Excerpt from The Whispering Muse by Sjón [Historical Fantasy]
- Excerpt from Wisp of a Thing by Alex Bledsoe [Contemporary Fantasy]
@Author's Site: Excerpt from Pride and Platypus by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian – Chapters 1-3 [Austenian Fantasy]