Audio Fiction and Podcasts
- Listen to “Five Rules for Commuting to the Underworld” by Merrie Haskell.
- Listen to “Greeters” by Zachery Cole at Beam Me Up.
- Listen to “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath The Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky at StarShipSofa.
- Listen to “Lights” by Jack Westlake at Pseudopod.
- Listen to “The Machine” by M. Rickert at Fantasy Magazine.
- Listen to “The Old Equations” by Tom Godwin at LightSpeed Magazine.
- Listen to “The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu at PodCastle.
- Listen to “We Go Back” by Tim Pratt at Escape Pod.
Comics and Graphic Novels
- Bleeding Cool offers a preview of The Infinite #1 by Robert Kirkman
- Bleeding Cool offers a preview of The Strange Talent Of Luther Strode #1
- Bleeding Cool offers a preview of X-Men Schism #1
- Comic Alliance offers a preview of BPRD: Hell on Earth—Monsters #1
- Comic Alliance offers a preview of Captain America #1
- Comic Alliance offers a preview of Elric: The Balance Lost.
- Comic Alliance offers a preview of The Red Wing #1
- Comic Alliance offers a preview of Repulse
- Comic Alliance offers a preview of Ultimate Comics Fallout #1
- USA Today offers a preview of Angel and Faith #1
Flash and Micro Fiction
- Read the flash fiction “The Alien Menagerie” by Darren Lipnicki at AntipodeanSF.
- Read the flash fiction “Barnaby: Or, As Luck Would Have It” by K. G. Jewell.
- Read the flash fiction “Boxes” by Paul Strickland at Black Petals.
- Read the flash fiction “Filling up the Void” by Richard E. Gropp at Daily SciFi.
- Read the flash fiction “Freefall” by Eric James Stone at Daily Science Fiction.
- Read the flash fiction “No Free Lunch” by Paul Strickland at Black Petals.
- Read the flash fiction “Where’s My Attitude?” by Conor Powers-Smith at A&A.
More Links
- 55 Fiction is a form of microfiction with a few rules, including a limitation to 55 words. Started as contest in a local San Luis Obispo, California alt-weekly paper in 1987, the contest has since been replicated elsewhere, including two related books (Google Books) and two unrelated websites. The result of the latest contest.
Novels and Preview Chapters
- Download The American Book of the Dead by Henry Baum for the Kindle.
- Download The Dragon of the Dolomites by Scott William Carter for the Kindle.
- Download Draugr (Northern Frights) by Arthur Slade for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
- Download The Gods of Dream: An Epic Fantasy by Daniel Arenson for the Kindle.
- Download The Light of the Earth As Seen From Tartarus by Annie Bellet.
- Download No Rest for the Wicked (Fairytale Assassin Short Stories) by Rebecca Knight for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
- Download Right Ascension by David Derrico for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
- Download Shimmerspell: A Faerie Tale Girl Novella by Kimberly Spencer for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
- Download Thirst (Ava Delaney #1) by Claire Farrell for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
- Read an excerpt of A Blight of Mages Karen Miller by Karen Miller at Orbit Books.
- Read an excerpt of Blood in the Skies by G.D. Falksen at Tor.com.
- Read an excerpt of Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison at Scribd.
- Read an excerpt of Evolve 2 by Nancy Kilpatrick at Underwords.
- Read an excerpt of Never Knew Another by J.M. McDermott at Underwords.
- Read five sample chapters of Jim Butcher’s latest addition to the Dresden Files, Ghost Story: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5
Poetry
- In the End, Basking in Love by A. B. S. Dudevant
- The Infinite Quest by Clark Ashton Smith
- The Mesozoic Tour Guide by Ken Liu
- Mischlings by Michael R. Fosburg
- Terraforming Mars by Benjamin Cartwright
Short Stories
- Dowload “Bronsky’s Dates with Death” by Peter David from the July/August issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine.
- Read “The Bear Dresser’s Secret” by Richard Bowes at Electric Velocipede.
- Read “Black Horticulture” by David Tallerman at Abyss &Apex.
- Read “The Breaking” by Loren Eaton at Port Iris.
- Read “Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes” by Michael Bishop at Tor.com.
- Read “The Dala Horse” by Michael Swanwick at Tor.com.
- Read “Day Break” by Greg Mellor at Cosmos.
- Read “Death,Rebirth. An Heir,a Karakuri.” by J.M. Sidorova at Abyss &Apex.
- Read “Different Every Day” by Kyle McManus at Port Iris.
- Read “Endgame” by Shawn Carman at Legend of the Five Rings.
- Read “The Favored Son” by Philip Roberts at Short-Story.me.
- Read “Goddesses” (Part 1) by Shawn Carman at Legend of the Five Rings.
- Read “Holes” by Rajan Khanna at Abyss &Apex.
- Read “Insurgency” by Shawn Carman at Legend of the Five Rings.
- Read “Intelligent Design” by Sharon K. Reamer and Rob Rowntree at Port Iris.
- Read “The Machine” by M. Rickert at Fantasy Magazine.
- Read “Maria’s Crossroads” by Richard Marsden at Abyss &Apex.
- Read “The Old Equations” by Tom Godwin at LightSpeed Magazine.
- Read “The Peacock” by Ted Infinity and Nabil Hijazi at Strange Horizons.
- Read “Saplings” by Lindsey Duncan at MindFlights.
- Read “Siren’s Call” by James C.G. Shirk at Ray Gun Revival.
- Read “Time Waits for Norman” by Tereasa Easton at Another Realm.
- Read “Valley of the Girls” by Kelly Link at Subterranean Press.
- Read “We Go Back” by Tim Pratt at Escape Pod.
- Read “The Windfarmer’s Guest” by Lucas Ahlsen at Abyss &Apex.
Vintage Fiction
- Download the “The Black Brain” by Tarleton Fiske (March 1943) from Fantastic Adventures at the Internet Archive.
- Download the “The Retreat to Mars” by Cecil B. White (August 1927) from Amazing Stories at the Internet Archive.
- Download the “The Huddlers” by William Campbell Gault (May 1953) from IF Worlds of Science Fiction at Project Gutenberg.
- Download the “The Merchants of Venus” by A. H. Phelps (March 1954) from Galaxy Science Fiction at Project Gutenberg.
- Download the “The Scapegoat” by Richard Maples (June 1956) from Galaxy Science Fiction at Project Gutenberg.
- Download the “The Victor” by Bryce Walton (March 1953) from IF Worlds of Science Fiction at Project Gutenberg.
- Listen to “The Fire Of Asshurbanipal” by Robert E. Howard (December 1936) from Weird Tales at SFFAudio.
- Listen to Frankenstein by Mary Shelley at Librivox.
- Listen to The Time Machine by H. G. Wells at Librivox.
- Listen to the short story “Violet: A Fairy Story” by Caroline Snowden Guild.
- Read the x “Kin” by Bruce McAllister(Part 2) from Asimov’s Science Fiction.
Zines and Periodicals
- Read issue fourteen of On the Premises, featuring “Three-Quarter Martian” by C. R. Hodges, “The Knuth Number” by Micah Joel, “Marma Shells” by Deborah Walker, and more.
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