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Free Fiction Round-Up: February 1, 2010

1 Feb 2010  Literature

Audio Fiction and Podcasts

  • Listen to “Another End of the Empire” by Tim Pratt at PodCastle.
  • Listen to “Catch ‘Em in the Act” by Terry Bisson at Tor.com.
  • Listen to “Debris” by Kiini Ibura Salaam at PodCastle.
  • Listen to “Elcano Syndrome” by Gustavo Bondoni at Beam Me Up.
  • Listen to “Excision” by Scott H. Andrews at Dunesteef.
  • Listen to “Fading Light” by Simon Strantzas at PseudoPod.
  • Listen to a free 10-minute preview clip from the audiobook Godkiller: Silent War.
  • Listen to “A Knyght Ther Was” by Robert F. Young at Archive.org.
  • Listen to “Memory Dog” by Kathleen Ann Goonan StarshipSofa.
  • Listen to “On the Human Plan” by Jay Lake at Escape Pod.

Comics and Graphic Novels

  • Axe Cop! is a comic written by a 5 year-old boy and illustrated by his older brother.
  • Dark Horse is offering a Free Mass Effect iPhone Comic.

Novels and Preview Chapters

  • Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist is offering an excerpt from “The Mystery Knight” by George R. R. Martin, a novella from the upcoming Warriors anthology.
  • Read “The Spires of Denon” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch at Scribd.
  • Read “Toast” by Charles Stross (2005) at ManyBooks.

Poetry

  • How to Bake a Cake From Scratch by Lisa Nohealani Morton.

Short Stories

  • Author Jonathan Maberry is offering a free prequel story to his novel Patient Zero. It’s called “Countdown.”
  • Read “After the Dragon” by Sarah Monette at Fantasy Magazine.
  • Read “At the Store” by Neal Barrett, Jr. at Subterranean.
  • Read “The Bohemian Astrobleme” by Kage Baker at Subterranean Online.
  • Read “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown” by Holly Black at BSCReview.
  • Read “Eugene” by Jacob Sager Weinstein at Popcorn Fiction.
  • Read “Flu Season” by Barbara Roden at Subterranean Online.
  • Read “Trust and Travesty” by D.K. Thompson at Hub Magazine.
  • Read “The Villain with the Heart of Flamboyant Evil” by James Schellenberg at Strange Horizons.
  • Read “When We Get Home by Jeff Lowell at Popcorn Fiction.

Zines and Periodicals

  • Download Fantasy Magazine for free now at the App Store. [Via]



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