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Free Fiction Round-Up: February 28, 2012

28 Feb 2012  Books

Audio Fiction and Podcasts

  • Listen to “All the Young Kirks and Their Good Intentions” by Helena Bell.
  • Listen to “Asteroid Monte” by Craig DeLancey at Escapepod.
  • Listen to “Billions of Stars” by K. J. Kabza at Beam Me Up.
  • Listen to “The Clockwork Atom Bomb” by Dominic Green at StarShipSofa.
  • Listen to “The Derelict” by Felbrigg at Cthulhu Podcast.
  • Listen to “The Ever-Dreaming Verdict Of Plagues” (Part 1) by Jason Sanford.
  • Listen to “The Gravedigger of Konstan Spring” by Genevieve Valentine.
  • Listen to “Incantation” by Jessica Reisman at Toasted Cake.
  • Listen to “My Boogie Man” by Harley May at Cast of Wonders.
  • Listen to “A Revelation of Cormorants” by Mark Valentine at Pseudopod.
  • Listen to “Shadows Under Hexmouth Street” by Justin Howe at Ceaseless Skies.
  • Listen to “Urchins, While Swimming” by Catherynne M. Valente at PodCastle.
  • Listen to “Welcome Home to Our Fair City” by Captain Radio at Radio Revival.

Comics and Graphic Novels

  • CBR offers a preview of Dancer #1
  • CBR offers a preview of The Darkness #100
  • CBR offers a preview of Epic Kill #1
  • CBR offers a preview of George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones #6
  • CBR offers a preview of Grim Leaper #1
  • CBR offers a preview of Harlan Ellison’s Phoenix Without Ashes TPB
  • CBR offers a preview of Mind The Gap #1
  • iFanboy offers a preview of Mind the Gap
  • io9 offers a preview of The Massive, Brian Wood’s new apocalypse comic.
  • Read a preview of the free Buffy/Guild comic book.
  • offers a preview of the free Star Wars/Serenity comic book.

Flash and Micro Fiction

  • Read the flash fiction “Audition with the Vampire” by Lyndon Perry.
  • Read the flash fiction “Burdens” by Lucas Ahlsen at Weirdyear.
  • Read the flash fiction “Deviation” by Andy Astruc & RJ Astruc at AntiSF.
  • Read the flash fiction “How to Become Immortal” by Dale Rappaneau.
  • Read the flash fiction “In a Grave” by Jim Bronyaur at Flashes in the Dark.
  • Read the flash fiction “The Legend of the Koru Sama Clan” by W. Pendleton.
  • Read the flash fiction “The Prisoners” by D.K. Latta at Daily Science Fiction.
  • Read the flash fiction “Rachel” by Roi Czechvala at Quantum Flash.
  • Read the flash fiction “Space Mountain” by Andrew Waters at Every Day Fiction.
  • Read the flash fiction “Tin Man” by O. Alexander at 365 Tomorrows.
  • Read the flash fiction “Totems” by Jae Miles at 365 Tomorrows.

Novels and Preview Chapters

  • Download Broken by Emma St. John at Smashwords.
  • Download Exile’s Burn by Elaine Corvidae at Smashwords.
  • Download Extinction Event by Paul Weber at Smashwords.
  • Download Rocket Fuel by Andrew McEwan at Smashwords.
  • Download Zombie Blues by Jake Bible at Smashwords.
  • Listen to Stephen King read an excerpt of Dr. Sleep, the sequel to The Shining.
  • Read an excerpt of Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik at Scribd.
  • Read an excerpt of Exogene by T.C. McCarthy at Orbit Books.
  • Read an excerpt of The Fairy Tale Bride by Kelly McClymer at Book View Cafe.
  • Read an excerpt of the fantasy novels Guardian of the Balance and Guardian of the Trust by Irene Radford at Book View Cafe.
  • Read an excerpt of Intrusion by Ken MacLeod at Orbit Books.
  • Read an excerpt of Machine by Jennifer Pelland at Apex Book Company.
  • Read an excerpt of Triggers by Robert J. Sawyer at the author’s website.
  • Read an excerpt of War Maid’s Choice by David Weber at Baen Books.

Poetry

  • The Vampire Astronomer by Chris Willrich

Short Stories

  • Read “And Came the Thundering Night” by Rebecca Harwell at MindFlights.
  • Read “Bilaadi” by S. Ali at The Future Fire.
  • Read “Billy Bogroll” by David McCool at Something Wicked.
  • Read “Craters” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch at Lightspeed Magazine.
  • Read “The Darkest Shade of Grey” by Alan Baxter at Red Penny Papers.
  • Read “Drown or Die” by Therese Arkenberg at The Future Fire.
  • Read “Forgotten Women” by Diana Sherman at ChiZine.
  • Read “Ghost in the machine” by Grace Tang at Nature.
  • Read “The Gravedigger of Konstan Spring” by Genevieve Valentine at Lightspeed.
  • Read “Green Apples” by John Everson at Tales to Terrify.
  • Read “The History of The Society Of The Inner Circle” by Dr. Ace T. Jericho, Rogue Journalist at Notes from the Lair.
  • Read “How You Make the Straight” by RJ Astruc at The Future Fire.
  • Read “In the Shadow of Kakadu” by RJ Astruc at The Future Fire.
  • Read “Misunderstanding” by Hal Colebatch and Jessica Q. Fox at Baene Books.
  • Read “Mother, Crone, Maiden” by Cat Hellisen at Tor.com.
  • Read “Our Lady of White Trash” by Christopher Slatsky at Eschatology Journal.
  • Read “A Place to Stand” by Grace Seybold at Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
  • Read “The Puppets of Maramudhu” by Dilman Dila at Publish your Story.
  • Read “Shadows Under Hexmouth Street” by Justin Howe at Ceaseless Skies.
  • Read “Two Types of Teeth” by Jane Lindskold at Baene Books.
  • Read “Watcher In The Wings” by Angela Carr at MindFlights.
  • Read “Wings So Foreign” by Frank Ray Ard at The Future Fire.

Vintage Fiction

  • Download the novel Youth by Isaac Asimov at Project Gutenberg.
  • Listen to the short story “Gothic Candy with Lothar” at Swag Cast.



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