The Great Geek Manual

Audio Fiction and Podcasts

• Listen to “Blood Willows” by Caroline M. Yoachim at PodCastle.
• Listen to “First Flight” by Andrew Bale at Beam Me Up.
• Listen to “Ignoring The Overlay” by J. M. Perkins at StarShipSofa.
• Listen to “In Spite of Himself” by Nathaniel Lee at Journey Into…
• Listen to “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath The Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky at StarShipSofa.
• Listen to “The Line” by Grady J. Gratt at Pseudopod.
• Listen to “Moon Drops” by Florence Ann Marlowe at Wily Writers.
• Listen to “Must Have Own Weapons” by Edward McKeown at Dunesteef.
• Listen to “Mr One and a Million Monkeys” by JRD Skinner at FlashPulp.
• Listen to “Poe-etic Justice” by Julie Hoverson, adapted from Edgar Allen Poe.
• Listen to “Portage” by An Owomoyela at PodCastle.
• Listen to a serialized version of Journey to the Centre of the Earth at Drama Pod. Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17…

Comics and Graphic Novels

• CBR offers a preview of Captain America and Bucky #620
• CBR offers a preview of Fathom, Vol. 4 #1
• CBR offers a preview of Fear Itself: The Worthy #1
• CBR offers a preview of Flashpoint: Hal Jordan #2
• CBR offers a preview of Flashpoint: Project Superman #2
• CBR offers a preview of Frank Miller’s Holy Terror
• CBR offers a preview of Justice League (UNLETTERED) #1
• CBR offers a preview of The Vault #1
• CBR offers a preview of Venom #5
• CBR offers a preview of War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath #1
• CBR offers a preview of Wolverine/Deadpool: The Decoy #1
• Apes Comics offers a preview of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes Prequel Comic

Flash and Micro Fiction

• Listen to “Light and Lies” by Gideon Fostick, “London Iron” by William R. Halliar, and “Wheels of Blue Stilton” by Nicholas J. Carter on Escape Pod’s “Flash Extravaganza.”
• Listen to the flash fiction story “The Chimney Sweep and the Steeplejack” by Matthew Sanborn Smith at The Hairy Mango.
• Listen to the flash fiction story “Home is Where the Heart Is” by Bint Arab.
• Listen to the flash fiction story “In Memoriam” by Matthew Chrulew at Pseudopod.
• Listen to the flash fiction story “Pieces” by M.C. Funk at Pseudopod.
• Read the flash fiction “…And Counting” by Christopher Allen.
• Read the flash fiction “Forever Sixteen” by Amy Sundberg at Daily Science Fiction.
• Read the flash fiction “Monsters” by Anthony Conium at Flashes in the Dark.
• Read the flash fiction “Scorched Earth Policy” by Sergio Palumbo at AntipodeanSF.
• Read the flash fiction “Terahertz” by Simon Kewin at Brain Harvest.
• Read the flash fiction “A Test of Humanity” by Charley Daveler at 365tomorrows .

Novels and Preview Chapters

• 253 is a novel written for the Internet. Originally published in 1996, it is composed of 253 stories of 253 words about each of the 253 passengers on a London Underground train, headed for a crash.
• Download 101 Tips for Traveling with a Vampire by Joleene Naylor for the Kindle.
• Download Beautiful Sins by Jennifer Hampton for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
• Download The Burning Bridge by Poul Anderson from Arc Manor.
• Download Damon by Alistair Langston for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
• Download The Forging (Book 1 of the Raven’s Heart Trilogy) by M.S. Verish for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
• Download FROM ABOVE – A Novella by Jeremy Robinson at Smashwords.
• Download The Gods of Dream by Daniel Arenson for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
• Download Horker’s Law (The Six Books of Magic) by Mike Lee for the Kindle.
• Download The Hunting Party (Tales From The Middle Empires) by J. Patrick Sutton for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
• Download Maggie Come Lately (The Pathway Collection #1) by Michelle Buckman for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
• Download Missing Link and Operation Haystack by Frank Herbert from Arc Manor.
• Download One Bite by M.K. Elliott for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
• Download Necromancer: A Novella by Lish McBride for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
• Download Rogue Hunter: Gaia #1: Into the Abyss by Kevis Hendrickson for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
• Download Scent of Danger (Darklands) by Autumn Dawn for the Kindle.
• Download Simian’s Lair by David H. Burton for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
• Download Stories — A Prayer for Dead Kings and Other Tales by Scott Fitzgerald Gray at Smashwords.
• Download Storm World: Rise Of The Stormbearer by Jonathan DeCoteau.
• Download Storm World: Speaker Of The Gods by Jonathan DeCoteau.
• Download Storm World: The Wave Dancer by Jonathan DeCoteau at Smashwords.
• Download Swashbuckling Fantasy: 10 Thrilling Tales of Magical Adventure for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
• Download Thunder Valley (Thunder Valley Trilogy) by Thomas Kelly for the Kindle.
• Download The Weight of Blood (The Half-Orcs, Book 1) by David Dalglish for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
• Download The White Shadow Saga: The Stolen Moon of Londor by A. P. Stephens for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
• Read an excerpt of The Black Lung Captain by Chris Wooding at Scribd.
• Read an excerpt of The Crown of the Conqueror by Gav Thorpe at issuu.
• Read an excerpt of The Diviner by Melanie Rawn at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist.
• Read an excerpt of Fractal Despondency by Trent Zelazny at Underwords.
• Read an excerpt of Hell Ship by Philip Palmer at Orbit Books.
• Read an excerpt of I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Six’s Legacy at MTV.
• Read an excerpt of The Inferior by Peadar Ó Guilín at Frozen Stories.
• Read an excerpt of Pretty Little Dead Things by Gary McMahon at issuu.
• Read an excerpt of Reality 36 by Guy Haley at issuu.
• Read an excerpt of Roil by Trent Jamieson at issuu.
• Read an excerpt of Secrets of Ordinary Farm by Tad Williams and Deborah Beale.
• Read an excerpt of Zoo City by Lauren Beukes at Angry Robot.
• Read excerpts of The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson at Tor.com.
• Read a preview of the Eisner Award Winning book 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking by Paul Levitz

Poetry

• 16-bit Intel 8088 chip by Charles Bukowski
• My Unicorn by Martin Elster
• Our Father Who Art by Jeanie Tomasko
• Poems About Internet Dating

Short Stories

• Read “The Cure” by Rahul Mehta at Fifty-Two Stories.
• Read “Elias, Smith and Jones” by Mark English at Ray Gun Revival.
• Read “Face Value” by Karen Joy Fowler at LightSpeed Magazine.
• Read “I Am Your Son That Was” by Eric Ortlund at MindFlights.
• Read “Moon Drops” by Florence Ann Marlowe at Wily Writers.
• Read “Swans” by Kelly Link at Fantasy Magazine.

Vintage Fiction

• Download the x “Progress Report” by Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides (July 1953) from IF Worlds of Science Fiction at Project Gutenberg.