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Free Fiction Round-Up: December 20, 2011

20 Dec 2011  Books

Audio Fiction and Podcasts

  • Download The Complete Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis from Ancient Faith.
  • Listen to “The Ghost of Christmas Possible” by Tim Pratt at PodCastle.
  • Listen to “Misfit” by Marshal Latham at Journey Into…
  • Listen to “Saint Nicholas’ Helper” by D.K. Thompson at Pseudopod.
  • Listen to “Watchbird” by Robert Sheckley at StarShipSofa.

Comics and Graphic Novels

  • CBR offers a preview of The Activity #1
  • CBR offers a preview of The Infinite TPB, vol. #1
  • CBR offers a preview of The Last Battle #1
  • Comic Attack offers a preview of Buffy Season 9 # 5
  • Comic Attack offers a preview of Conan the Barbarian #1
  • Read an excerpt of The Annotated Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman at Tor.com.

Flash and Micro Fiction

  • Read the flash fiction “Blang!” by Harris Tobias at Quantum Muse.
  • Read the flash fiction “Through the Uprights” by Richard Butner.

Novels and Preview Chapters

  • Download Silence the Siren by Jackie MacKenzie at Smashwords.
  • Listen to an excerpt of Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson or read the first chapter at the author’s website.
  • Read an excerpt of The Damned Highway: Fear and Loathing in Arkham by Nick Mamatas and Brian Keene at Weird Fiction Review.
  • Read an excerpt of Postcolonialism and Science Fiction by Jessica Langer at io9.
  • Read an excerpt of Switchblade Goddess by Lucy Snyder at Scribd.
  • Read an excerpt of The Wind Through The Keyhole by Stephen King at Tor.com.

Poetry

  • “The Cabin and the Stars” by C. G. Olsen
  • “Imageography” by Robert Frazier
  • “On Moving Into Your New Home” by Brit Mandelo
  • “Persephone in Autumn” by Mary Turzillo

Short Stories

  • Read “Among the Dark Places of the Earth” by Julio Toro San Martin.
  • Read “Ash and Dust” by Jennifer Mason-Black at Strange Horizons.
  • Read “At Best An Echo” by Bradley H. Sinor at Lovecraftzine.
  • Read “Beaumains” by Jo Thomas at Crossed Genres.
  • Read “Billy O’Bannon’s Time Travel Dating Service” by Joseph L. Kellogg.
  • Read “Black Betty” by Nisi Shawl at Crossed Genres.
  • Read “A Clean Sweep With All the Trimmings” by James Alan Gardner at Tor.com.
  • Read “The Curator” by Stuart Clark at the author’s website.
  • Read “Digitall” by Stuart Clark at the author’s website.
  • Read “Elder Instincts” by W.H. Pugmire at Lovecraft Zine.
  • Read “If Dragon’s Mass Eve Be Cold And Clear” by Ken Scholes at Tor.com.
  • Read “Just An Accountant” by Henrik Sandbeck Harksen at Lovecraft Zine.
  • Read “Kolkata Sea” by Indrapramit Da at The World SF Blog.
  • Read “The Last Recall” by Mason Ian Bundschuh at Crossed Genres.
  • Read “Life in the Clouds” by Helen Lowe at the author’s website.
  • Read “Maldoror Abroad” by K.J. Bishop at Weird Fiction Review.
  • Read “The Mirror Men” by Stuart Clark at the author’s website.
  • Read “My Other Half” by Maria Stanislav at Crossed Genres.
  • Read “Nameless” by Helen Lowe at the author’s website.
  • Read “Neural Net” by Ken Schneyer at Ideomancer.
  • Read “The Orange Tree” by T.O. Giwa at StoryTime.
  • Read “The Orphan Queen” by Michael John Grist at Ideomancer.
  • Read “Paradox” by Lane Diamond at Smashwords.
  • Read “The Parting Glass” by Andrew Penn Romine at Lightspeed Magazine.
  • Read “Pawn to King Four” by Timothy Zahn at Baen.
  • Read “Portrait of a Courtesan” by Megan Arkenberg at Crossed Genres.
  • Read “Reading in Bed” by Joan Aiken at Tor.com.
  • Read “The Remote-Controlled Doggirl” by Lara Ek at Crossed Genres.
  • Read “Second Place” by Sarah A. Drew at Crossed Genres.
  • Read “Signs Following” by Erica Satifka at Ideomancer.
  • Read “Stone City, Old as Immeasurable Time” by Kelda Crich at Lovecraftzine.
  • Read “Young Lions” by Zachary Jernigan at Crossed Genres.
  • Read “Zeppelin Follies” by Cat Rambo at Crossed Genres.



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