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Free Fiction Round-Up: July 26, 2011

31 Jul 2011  Books

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.



  • http://www.strugglingwordguy.com J.M. Perkins

    Hey Geek Manual;
    Thanks for linking to my story ‘Ignoring the Overlay’ on StarshipSofa. They do really excellent work, and I genuinely appreciate you guys getting the word out.
    -John

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