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Free Fiction Round-Up: October 25, 2011

12 Nov 2011  Books

Audio Fiction and Podcasts

  • Listen to “Bad Kitty” by Jason Dextradeur at Cast of Wonders.
  • Listen to “The Box” by Christopher Munroe at Journey Into.
  • Listen to “The Big Splash” by George R. Galuschak at Drabblecast.
  • Listen to “Clockwork Fagin” by Cory Doctorow at Escape Pod.
  • Listen to “The Cord” by Chris Lewis Carter at Pseudopod.
  • Listen to “The Gateway of the Monster (Featuring Carnacki)” by William Hope Hodgson at PodCastle.
  • Listen to “Her Husband’s Hands” by Adam-Troy Castro at Lightspeed Magazine.
  • Listen to “The Magick” by Kristina C. Mottla at Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
  • Listen to “The Man from the Future” by Edmond Hamilton at Dramapod.
  • Listen to “The Man who was Dead!” by Thomas Knight at Dramapod.
  • Listen to “The Name-Day” by Saki at Cast of Wonders.
  • Listen to “Never Blood Enough” by Joe Haldeman at StarShipSofa.
  • Listen to “We Honor those Who Serve” by Steve Singleman at Beam Me Up.
  • Listen to “We Were Wonder Scouts” by Will Ludwigsen at PodCastle.

Comics and Graphic Novels

  • Bleeding Cool offers a preview of Danger Academy #1
  • CBR offers a preview of Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #1
  • CBR offers a preview of Green Lantern: New Guardians #2
  • CBR offers a preview of Justice League Dark #2
  • CBR offers a preview of Superman #2

Flash and Micro Fiction

  • Read the flash fiction “Animal Math” by Jack Rousseau at Weirdyear.
  • Read the flash fiction “A Fear of Shadows” by Christopher Geoffries at Quantum.
  • Read the flash fiction “Free Lunch” by Will McIntosh at DailyScienceFiction.
  • Read the flash fiction “Halfway House” by Matthew Sanborn Smith.

More Links

  • Read the interactive Halloween story “Margot’s Room” by Emily Carroll.

Novels and Preview Chapters

  • Download Jigsaw by Douglas Smith for the Kindle at Amazon.com.
  • Read an excerpt of the new anthology In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination by Margaret Atwood at Scribd.
  • Read an excerpt of Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel at Scribd.
  • Read an excerpt of Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence at BlackGate.
  • Read an excerpt of Star Wars: Riptide by Paul S. Kemp at Scribd.
  • Read an excerpt of Swords of the Dead by Danek S. Kaus at BuyZombie.

Poetry

  • Tickling the Dragon by Jeannine Hall Gailey

Short Stories

  • Read “Absolute Zero” by Nadia Bulkin at Fantasy Magazine.
  • Read “And Out Came Words of Fire” by Paul Jessup at Innsmouth Magazine.
  • Read “Apologue” by James Morrow at Tor.com.
  • Read “Avalonis” by Deborah Dalton at Short-Story.me.
  • Read “Cats” by Jake Walters at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “The Comfort of Wood” by J.C. Hart at Lorelei Signal. 
  • Read “Curvature of the Witch House” by Wendy N. Wagner at Innsmouth.
  • Read “The Dead” by Michael Swanwick at Tor.com.
  • Read “Deep Clean” by Adam Brown and Paul Haines at COSMOS Magazine.
  • Read “Dinner Guests” by Ivan Dorin at AE Scifi.
  • Read “Disconnected” by William C. Rasmussen at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “Fillet of Cirrhosis” by Jacob Jacobson at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “Firstborn” by Karen L. Kobylarz at Lorelei Signal.
  • Read “Freeborn in the City of Fallacies” by Andrew Drilon at Philippine Genre.
  • Read “Grace Immaculate” by Gregory Benford at Tor.com.
  • Read “Gaslight” by Jeffrey Ford at The Revelator.
  • Read “Graffito Flow” by W. H. Pugmire at Innsmouth Magazine.
  • Read “Haunted” by Finale Doshi-Velez at Lorelei Signal.
  • Read “Held Close in Syllables of Light” by Rose Lemberg.
  • Read “Her Husband’s Hands” by Adam-Troy Castro at Lightspeed Magazine.
  • Read “Her Ladyship, the Dragon” by Edgar Mason at Lorelei Signal.
  • Read “In Soul Possession” by C. Kevin Barrett at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “Just A Closer Walk With Thee” by Frank Stascik at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “The Last Dragon” by M.C. Elam at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “The Last Ereph” by JD Byrne at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “Loaners” by Aaron Polson at Lovecraft eZine.
  • Read “The Lord of Endings” by John R. Fultz at Lovecraft eZine.
  • Read “Last of the Living” by David Moody at the author’s website.
  • Read “The Little Bear” by Justina Robsonat at Lightspeed Magazine.
  • Read “The Man of Stars” by Lucy Stone at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “Maun of the Dead” by Sarah Lotz at The World SF Blog.
  • Read “The Misadventures of Wart Wafer: The End of the Crimson Circle” by Joshua S. Simpkins at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “Nexxus Point” by Sean Jones at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “Nick Kaufmann, Last of the Red-Hot Superwhores” by Nick Mamatas.
  • Read “Particle Theory” by Edward Bryant at Strange Horizons.
  • Read “The Prize” by V. Anne Arden at Lorelei Signal.
  • Read “The Prophecy of Zarah” by Jenne Kaivo at Lovecraft eZine.
  • Read “The Queen is Not Amused” by Ken Goldman at Lorelei Signal.
  • Read “Sally’s Man” by Milan Smith at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “The Second Sphinx” by Rebecca Stefoff at Innsmouth Magazine.
  • Read “Six More Weeks of Winter” by Philip Roberts at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “Sky Full of Fire” by Corinna Sara Bechko at Lovecraft eZine.
  • Read “Snake Eyes” by Zeke Jarvis at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “Some Fortunate Future Day” by Cassandra Clare at LightSpeed Magazine.
  • Read “Stephanie in the Church” by Melissa Stanziale at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “The Stranger From Out of Town” by John Prescott at Lovecraft eZine.
  • Read “The Talisman’s Trinket” by P.C. Hodgell at Baen.
  • Read “To the Gods of Time and Engines, a Gift” by Dean Wells.
  • Read “Time’s End” by Pamela J. Jessen at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “Trading Hearts at the Half Kaffe Café” by Charles de Lint at Tor.com.
  • Read “Two Quiet Days” by Rusty Priske at Legend of the Five Rings.
  • Read “Vampire Brides from Planet Hell” by Nick Lewandowski at Ray Gun Revival.
  • Read “Waiting” by Kyle H. Patrick at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “Warnings” by Alice King at Absent Willow Review.
  • Read “We Are All Ghosts” by Peter Darbyshire at Innsmouth Magazine.
  • Read “We Can Watch the White Doves Go” by T.J. McIntyre at Innsmouth.
  • Read “The Weaver of Linlea” by Lauren Bailey Fawcett at Lorelei Signal.
  • Read “Wishbones” by Cherie Priest at Tor.com.
  • Read “Witching Weather” by Pamela J. Jessen at Absent Willow Review.

Vintage Fiction

  • Listen to the classic horror story “The Canterville Ghost” by Oscar Wilde from The CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
  • Listen to the classic horror story “The Fall of The House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe from The CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
  • Listen to the classic horror story “The Golem” from CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
  • Listen to the classic horror story “The Mysterious Stranger” by Mark Twain from The CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
  • Listen to the classic horror story “An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce from The CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
  • Listen to the classic horror story “The Sealed Room Murder” by Andy Post from The CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
  • Listen to the short story “The Judge’s House” by Bram Stoker at Classic Tales.
  • Listen to the short story “The Thing on the Fourble Board” at “Quiet, Please.”
  • Read the classic horror novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.
  • Read the classic horror novel Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
  • Read the classic horror novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
  • Read the classic horror story “Animal Ghosts” by Elliott O’Donnell.
  • Read the classic horror story “Fall Of The House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe.
  • Read the classic horror story “House of Souls” by Arthur Machen.
  • Read the classic horror story “The Phantom Ship” by Frederick Marryat.
  • Read the classic horror story “Shunned House” by H.P. Lovecraft.
  • Read the classic horror story “Tale of Terror” by Edith Birkhead.
  • Read the classic story “Tales of Terror and Mystery” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Zines and Periodicals

  • The Autumn 2011 edition of Goblin Fruit is now online, featuring “The Girl With Silver Hands” by Nina Pelaez and “The Magician, Reversed” by Joseph Harker.



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