The Great Geek Manual

Audio Fiction and Podcasts

• Listen to “Ankor Sabat” by C. Deskin Rink at Pseudopod.
• Listen to “Eden” by Phil Rossi at Podiobooks.com.
• Listen to “The History Within Us” by Matthew Kressel at Clarkesworld Magazine.
• Listen to “Lady Witherspoon’s Solution” by James Morrow at StarshipSofa.
• Listen to “The Next Invasion” by Robert Reed at Tor.com.
• Listen to “Remote Control” by R.R. Angell at Transmissions From Beyond.
• Listen to “The Scarecrow’s Boy” by Michael Swanwick at Infinivox.
• Listen to “Under The Red Sun” written and read by Ben Peek at Terra Incognita.

Novels and Preview Chapters

• WoorkUp has a list of The 5 Best Ebook Search Engines.

Novels and Preview Chapters

• Don’t forget! Author Jim Butcher is offering the first four chapters of the next Harry Dresden book, Changes, on his website.
• The original version of Alice in Wonderland, handwritten and hand-drawn by Lewis Carroll, has been posted online. The illustrations are amazing.
• TA Pratt is offering chapters of his latest (fifth) Marla Manson book, Broken Mirrors.

Poetry

• A Face Like an Imperfectly Shaven Tennis Ball by Helena Bell at Strange Horizons.

Serial Fiction

• “Clockwork Fagin” by Cory Doctorow:
  • Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
• “Martian Chronicles” by Cory Doctorow from the anthology Life On Mars:
  • Part 01, Part 02, Part 03, Part 04, Part 05
  • Part 06, Part 07, Part 08, Part 09

Short Stories

• Read “Beyond the Garden Close” by Mary Robinette Kowal at Apex Magazine.
• Read “Cross Purposes” by Elizabeth Moon at Suvudu.
• Read “The Final Now” by Gregory Benford at Tor.com.
• Read “The Kiss” by Lauren LeBano at Strange Horizons.
• Read “The Lovesong of Jack McNally” by J.M. McDermott at the author’s website.
• Read “Make Believe” by Michael Reaves from Fantasy & Science Fiction.
• Read “Merrythoughts” by Bill Kte’pi at Strange Horizon.
• Read “The Next Invasion” by Robert Reed at Tor.com.
• Read “Saving the Gleeful Horse” by KJ Bishop at Fantasy Magazine.
• Read “Seeds” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia at Hub Fiction.

Zines and Periodicals

• Port Iris is a new web zine that has just released its first issue, featuring three short stories, including “The Awful Majesty of Being Gary” by Aaron Polson, and some really top-notch interviews. [PDF]