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Free Fiction Round-Up: April 12, 2011

12 Apr 2011  Books

Audio Fiction and Podcasts

  • Listen to “Atom Drive” by Charles Fontenay at StarShipSofa.
  • Listen to “Boojum: Part I” by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette at Drabblecast.
  • Listen to “The Horror Of Their Deeds To View” by Lizanne Herd at Pseudopod.
  • Listen to “The Hortlak” by Kelly Link at PodCastle.
  • Listen to “The Jacob Miracle” by Katherine Sparrow at PodCastle.
  • Listen to “Linkworlds” by Will McIntosh at StarShipSofa.
  • Listen to “The Sparrow” by Patrick Hurley at Cast Macabre..
  • Listen to “A Taste of Time” by Abby Goldsmith at Escape Pod.

Comics and Graphic Novels

  • Comic Alliance offers a preview of Batman: Arkham City #1.
  • Comic Book resources offers a preview of Nonplayer #1.
  • Comic Book resources offers a preview of Star Trek: Countdown #1
  • Comic Book resources offers a preview of The Walking Dead Survivors’ Guide #1
  • Geeks of Doom offers a preview of Michael Moorcock’s Elric: The Balance Lost.

Flash and Micro Fiction

  • Read the flash fiction “N is for Nevermore Nevermore Land” by Tim Pratt.
  • Read the flash fiction “Shards” by Leah Thomas at Daily Science Fiction.

Novels and Preview Chapters

  • Read an excerpt of Hounded by Kevin Hearne at Scribd.

Poetry

  • Goblin Fruit has released its Spring edition, featuring Grey-Eyed, The Making of Witches, Ride of the Robber Bride, and more.
  • The Honey Man by Alexandra Seidel
  • Stonetelling has released another fantastic volume, featuring A Dreamed Zodiac, Firefly Girls, Newton’s First Copy of Euclid, and more.
  • Twelve Steampunk Sonnets by Roz Kaveney

Short Stories

  • Download “All the Clowns in Clowntown” by Andrew J McKiernan.
  • Read “The Battle of the Round” by Peter Orullian at Tor.com.
  • Read “Bloodchild and Other Stories” by Octavia E. Butler at The Washington Post.
  • Read “The Body and the Bomb” by John P. Murphy at Crossed Genres.
  • Read “Catastrophe Baker Makes First Contact” by Mike Resnick.
  • Read “Chicken Little” by Cory Doctorow at Tor.com.
  • Read “Conrad” by Kristine Ong Muslim at Expanded Horizons.
  • Read “Dancing the Warrior, Pt. I” by Marie Brennan at Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
  • Read “Down There” by Aaron Polson at Crossed Genres.
  • Read “The Fairy Gaol” by Heather Fawcett at Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
  • Read “God in the Sky” by An Owomoyela at Expanded Horizons.
  • Read “In the House of the Brelsh” by Barbara Krasnoff at Crossed Genres.
  • Read “The Man Who Was Stronger Than God” by Guy Hasson at WorldSF.
  • Read In Orbit by Katherine Fabian at Expanded Horizons.
  • Read “Pataki (Part 2 of 2)” by Nisi Shawl at Strange Horizon.
  • Read “The Peculiar People” by Erik T. Johnson at Crossed Genres.
  • Read “Soul of the City” by Jamie Mason at Crossed Genres.
  • Read “Treasure Island: A Lucifer Jones Story” by Mike Resnick.
  • Read “Updates Available” by Ryan Leeds at Expanded Horizons.

Vintage Fiction

  • Download the The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov from the Internet Archive.

Zines and Periodicals

  • The April issue of Lovecraft ezine is out, featuring “Descent Into Shadow and Light,” “A Meeting on the Trail To Hot Iron,” “The Slickens,” and more.
  • The latest Luna Station Quarterly is out, featuring “For A Muse Of Fire,” “Sunshine Memories,” and more.



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