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When the vampire puts the whammy on you. 3.5 out of 5
Last of a team, looking to kill some Priests and helping out mother and son in Entity land. 4 out of 5 http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/50326
Good for vampire disposal. 3.5 out of 5
The Eyes Of God – Peter Watts The Shadow Knows what lurks in your heart you big ol’ Chester. 3.5 out of 5 http://sad.duckandcover.cx/watts/
Of old Felport – and a crazy guy who thinks he was the original Chief Sorcerer decides to summon it. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Marla Mason – Little Better Than A Beast
Some living Vikings, a big dead Viking, a dwarf and a woman bad with jewellery. 4 out of 5
John Taylor, a box and a heart. 3 out of 5
That’s a Southron demon, the Archivist points out to the bad guy. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about The Archivist – A River Through Darkness and Light
Accountant taking sword paperwork problems. 3.5 out of 5 http://booktionary.blogspot.com/2011/12/free-fiction-jonathan-wood-on.html
Need extra clothes when raiding a wizard. 3.5 out of 5 http://booktionary.blogspot.com/2011/12/free-fiction-jonathan-wood-on.html
Lovecraftian monsters – just a really big snack for polar bears. 4 out of 5 http://booktionary.blogspot.com/2011/12/free-fiction-jonathan-wood-on.html
Shoot, then chop. 4 out of 5 http://booktionary.blogspot.com/2011/12/free-fiction-jonathan-wood-on.html
Continue reading about Arthur Wallace – The Changing of the Times
Snow – John Crowley Memorial replay random deterioration. 4 out of 5 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/starshipsofa/StarShipSofa_No_213_John_Crowley.mp3
Snow – John Crowley Memorial replay random deterioration. 4 out of 5 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/starshipsofa/StarShipSofa_No_213_John_Crowley.mp3
Snow – John Crowley Memorial replay random deterioration. 4 out of 5 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/starshipsofa/StarShipSofa_No_213_John_Crowley.mp3
Particle Theory – Edward Bryant Pion prostate pounding not a patch on what a sudden supernova or three can do. 4 out of 5 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2011/20111031/1particletheory-f.shtml
Particle Theory – Edward BryantPion prostate pounding not a patch on what a sudden supernova or three can do. 4 out of 5 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2011/20111031/1particletheory-f.shtml
Particle Theory – Edward BryantPion prostate pounding not a patch on what a sudden supernova or three can do. 4 out of 5 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2011/20111031/1particletheory-f.shtml
From Around Here – Tim Pratt Home is where the little island god is. 4 out of 5 http://www.castmacabre.org/2011/08/cm43-from-around-here-by-tim-pratt-pt-1.html http://www.castmacabre.org/2011/09/cm44-from-around-here-by-tim-pratt-pt-2.html
I need a masked hero. 3 out of 5
Dogged dad changeless. 3 out of 5 http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/cooper_06_10/
Continue reading about My Father’s Singularity – Brenda Cooper
Just Another Perfect Day – John VarleyMulti-dimensional Martian memory loop man for the job. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/just-another-perfect-day/
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An alien agent has undergone surgery to pass as a human and fight an espionage war with their galactic enemies on Earth – to try and sway the humans to their side. However, evolution has gotten in the way, and a super race of mutants with advanced mental abilities co-opt him to work with them [...]
Porky with a problem. 2.5 out of 5 http://www.tyngasreviews.com/2011/08/ffthree-little-pigs-by-justin-gustainis.html
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Recording Angel – Ian McDonald Africaforming. 4 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/recording-angel/
Frost Painting – Carolyn Ives GilmanUnrealistic artists. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/frost-painting/
Adam Smasher decides that maybe the Chairman is right. The super-rich banker hostages he ahs do deserve shooting. He walks away. 4 out of 5 http://escapepod.org/2011/08/04/ep304-union-dues-–-sidekicks-in-stockholm/ http://traffic.libsyn.com/escapepod/EP304_UnionDues_SidekicksInStockholm.mp3
Nonstop To Portales – Connie Willis The Williamson time tour. 4 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/nonstop-to-portales/
Fake alien Balance tampering ship story. Fake woman too. Most likely. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Jonathan Hamilton – 3 The Copenhagen Interpretation
Monuments To the Dead – Kristine Kathryn Rusch Rushmore reversal, woman. 3.5 out of 5 http://kriswrites.com/2011/08/22/free-fiction-monday-monuments-to-the-dead/
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The Edge of the World – Michael SwanwickUnwise excursion can get a bloke absolutely lost. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/the-edge-of-the-world/
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The Edge of the World – Michael SwanwickUnwise excursion can get a bloke absolutely lost. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/the-edge-of-the-world/
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The Edge of the World – Michael SwanwickUnwise excursion can get a bloke absolutely lost. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/the-edge-of-the-world/
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The Edge of the World – Michael SwanwickUnwise excursion can get a bloke absolutely lost. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/the-edge-of-the-world/
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Stuart Merrick is an adventurous sort, broke with no rellos – so a good subject to transport to another world on a planetary romance adventure. This time fighting spider-men with a trusty blaster AND a lightsaber by his side. 3 out of 5
Continue reading about Stuart Merrick – Kaldar World of Antares
Not so groovy ghuly girl. 4 out of 5 http://a1018.g.akamai.net/f/1018/19025/1d/randomhouse1.download.akamai.com/19025…
Extra brain? 3 out of 5 http://martyhalpern.blogspot.com/2010/05/taste-of-night-by-pat-cadigan-part-3-of…
Mind birth. 3.5 out of 5 http://ttapress.com/downloads/the-shipmaker.pdf
Alien booknerd byebye. 2.5 out of 5 http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=story&id=58363
Continue reading about The Starship Mechanic – Jay Lake and Ken Scholes
Prefer planetary romance to reality. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2010/12/21/aural-delights-no-168-allen-steele/
Continue reading about The Emperor of Mars – Allen M. Steele
Getting a banner kid. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/amaryllis/
Big black hole no death threat chop off. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-fall/ http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2011/01/in-fall-ted-kosmatka-2/
Bullets yet again. 2.5 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/flower-mercy-needle-chain/
Continue reading about Flower Mercy Needle Chain – Yoon Ha Lee
Dead minder trap. 3 out of 5 http://a1018.g.akamai.net/f/1018/19025/1d/randomhouse1.download.akamai.com/19025…
‘Massri’s dinosaur fantasy was off by a factor of at least 7.4.’ Sporky. 3 out of 5 http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/spring-2010/fiction-under-the-mo…
Continue reading about Under The Moons Of Venus – Damien Broderick
Vat man numeracy virus fear. 4 out of 5 http://craphound.com/walh/e-book/browse-all-versions
Communal network rejection assimilation Goes There, that’s Who. 4.5 out of 5 http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/#
No-name no girl chop choice. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2010/20100614/nighttrain-f.shtml
Charm knot. 3 out of 5 http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/fiction/holdfast/
Were Billy Goat faerie style on the Cubs. 3.5 out of 5
Ancient Engines – Michael Swanwick Immortality breakdown. 4 out of 5 http://gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/archivemp3/201250mp3_files/podcast_181.mp3
Ancient Engines – Michael Swanwick Immortality breakdown. 4 out of 5 http://gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/archivemp3/201250mp3_files/podcast_181.mp3
Ancient Engines – Michael Swanwick Immortality breakdown. 4 out of 5 http://gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/archivemp3/201250mp3_files/podcast_181.mp3
Elric is weak, out of drugs and looking for a fabled black plant cure to his condition. Only problem as it turns out that a giant man-eating plant is what he is looking for – and it also finds Melniboneans tasty, as Elric ventures there with some of his kind. 3.5 out of 5
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June Sixteenth At Anna’s – Kristine Kathryn RuschMundane recording time. 3 out of 5 http://kriswrites.com/2011/07/11/free-fiction-monday-june-sixteenth-at-annas/
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Nanoship landing. 3 out of 5 http://io9.com/5689271/can-a-story-about-mass-extinction-be-optimistic
Geeta business. 3 out of 5 http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/hoffman_06_10/
Continue reading about Futures In the Memory Market – Nina Kiriki Hoffman
They is tagging our stuff. 3 out of 5 http://martyhalpern.blogspot.com/2010/06/graffiti-in-library-of-babel-by-david.h…
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Predator prey colonist diplomacy. 3.5 out of 5 http://futurismic.com/2011/02/28/the-hebras-and-the-demons-and-the-damned/
Continue reading about The Hebras and the Demons and the Damned – Brenda Cooper
Alien bad news hid. 3 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-cassandra-project/
Continue reading about The Cassandra Project – Jack McDevitt
‘Massri’s dinosaur fantasy was off by a factor of at least 7.4.’ Sporky. 3 out of 5 http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/spring-2010/fiction-under-the-moons-of-venus-by-damien-broderick/
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Dead poet’s society. 2.5 out of 5 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2010/20100329/somadeva-f.shtml
Continue reading about Somadeva: A Sky River Sutra – Vandana Singh
Abigail Irene has Spring Heeled Jack issues. 3.5 out of 5 http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/winter-2011/audio-the-tricks-of-london-by-elizabeth-bear/
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Start of a story in which Hok meets Plorr. 3 out of 5
Continue reading about Hok – Battle In the Dawn 8 Untitled Hok Fragment
Hok decides to literally take a wife – who is not at all pleased with the idea, until he lets her go. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Hok – Battle In the Dawn 6 For The Love Of Oloanna
Martian invade – to find that twelve of them won’t do the job with the Flint people and others have a quick witted leader. Even in the face of rayguns. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Hok – Battle In the Dawn 7 Day of the Conquerors
Hok becomes a young chief when his father is killed, and leads his tribe in savage defense against the Neanderthals that occupy the area they have travelled to. 3.5 out of 5
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A meteor brings Hok the means to make a sword. 3.5 out of 5
Continue reading about Hok – Battle in the Dawn 4 Hok and the Gift of Heaven
Wraithy Sleeper retcon. 3 out of 5 http://www.tor.com/stories/2011/06/ghost-girl-takes-manhattan
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An ex-lawyer cop learns the ropes, and solves a fraternity assault and ace clothes snatcher problem. 4 out of 5 http://www.tor.com/stories/2011/06/the-rook?start=1
Continue reading about Wild Cards – 21 Fort Freak 01 The Rook
“In other news, Ian Whates has kindly agreed to take a new 7000 word story of mine, “For the Ages”, to appear in SOLARIS RISING, a new original anthology which I would imagine will appear in 2012. My story was inspired by this Scientific American article on The End of Cosmology (unfortunately behind paywall) which [...]
Bullets yet again. 2.5 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/flower-mercy-needle-chain/
Continue reading about Flower Mercy Needle Chain – Yoon Ha Lee
No-name no girl chop choice. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.strangehorizons.com/2010/20100614/nighttrain-f.shtml
Communal network rejection assimilation Goes There, that’s Who. 4.5 out of 5 http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/#
Sandmagic – Orson Scott CardDesert power. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/new-fiction/sandmagic/
AI wrangling. 3 out of 5 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/for-want-of-a-nail-is-a-hugo-nominee/
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Angelica lives advances. 3 out of 5 http://www.seanmcmullen.net.au/eightmiles.htm
Party unicorn slices. 3 out of 5 http://www.tor.com/stories/2010/11/ponies
Party unicorn slices. 3 out of 5 http://www.tor.com/stories/2010/11/ponies
Communal network rejection assimilation Goes There, that’s Who. 4.5 out of 5 http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/#
First swale or anything, Neuter Kimball. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.ericjamesstone.com/blog/stories/that-leviathan-whom-thou-hast-made/
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Knight future. 3.5 out of 5 http://aliettedebodard.com/bibliography/online-fiction/the-jaguar-house-in-shadow/
Continue reading about The Jaguar House In Shadow – Aliette de Bodard
Prefer planetary romance to reality. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2010/12/21/aural-delights-no-168-allen-steele/
Continue reading about The Emperor of Mars – Allen M. Steele
Getting a banner kid. 3.5 out of 5 http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/amaryllis/
Venus terraform fall. 3 out of 5 http://www.asimovs.com/2011_04-05/images/511Nebula10_sultan.pdf
Continue reading about The Sultan of the Clouds – Geoffrey A. Landis
Digient maturity porn port choice. 4 out of 5 http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/fall-2010/fiction-the-lifecycle-…
Continue reading about The Lifecycle of Software Objects – Ted Chiang
Magic type straw men. 3 out of 5 http://subterraneanpress.com/index.php/magazine/summer-2010/fiction-the-lady-who…
Continue reading about The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath The Queen’s Window – Rachel Swirsky
Sheena and Bob have to escape an ant army across the Gorge of Skulls. http://qd2.blogspot.com/2011/04/lost-comet-and-sheena-and-crawling.html http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2011/04/sheena-and-the-crawling-death-morgan-w-thomas/
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CREATORS Cover Artist(s): George Klein Curt Douglas Swan Writer(s): Leo Dorfman Penciller(s): Jim Mooney Inker(s): Jim Mooney ROLL CALL Bouncing Boy Brainiac 5 Chameleon Boy Colossal Boy Cosmic Boy Invisible Kid Lightning Lad Matter-Eatter Lad Mon-El : Action Comics 297 – The Forbidden Weapons of Krypton Phantom Girl Saturn Girl Shrinking Violet Star Boy Sun [...]
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CREATORS Cover Artist(s): George Klein Ira Schnapp Curt Douglas Swan Writer(s): Jerome Siegel – ‘Jerry’ Penciller(s): John Forte Inker(s): John Forte Letterer(s): Joe Letterese ROLL CALL Bouncing Boy : Adventure Comics 304 – The Stolen Super-Powers!! Brainiac 5 : Adventure Comics 304 – The Stolen Super-Powers!! Chameleon Boy : Adventure Comics 304 – The Stolen [...]
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CREATORS Cover Artist(s): George Klein Ira Schnapp Curt Douglas Swan Writer(s): Jerome Siegel – ‘Jerry’ Penciller(s): John Forte Inker(s): John Forte Letterer(s): Joe Letterese ROLL CALL Bouncing Boy : Adventure Comics 303 – The Fantastic Spy! Brainiac 5 : Adventure Comics 303 – The Fantastic Spy! Chameleon Boy : Adventure Comics 303 – The Fantastic [...]
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CREATORS Cover Artist(s): George Klein Ira Schnapp Curt Douglas Swan Writer(s): Jerome Siegel – ‘Jerry’ Penciller(s): John Forte Inker(s): John Forte Letterer(s): Milton ‘Milt’ Snappin ROLL CALL Bouncing Boy : Adventure Comics 302 – Sun-Boy’s Lost Power! Brainiac 5 Chameleon Boy Colossal Boy Cosmic Boy : Adventure Comics 302 – Sun-Boy’s Lost Power! Invisible Kid [...]
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CREATORS : Superman 157 – Superman’s Day of Doom! Cover Artists Curt Swan, George Klein Writers Jerry Siegel Pencilers Curt Swan Inkers George Klein ROLL CALL : Superman 157 – Superman’s Day of Doom! Bouncing Boy Brainiac 5 Chameleon Boy Colossal Boy Cosmic Boy Invisible Kid Lightning Lad : Superman 157 – Superman’s Day of [...]
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CREATORS Cover Artists Curt Swan, Sheldon Moldoff Writers Jerry Siegel Pencilers John Forte Inkers John Forte Letterers Milt Snappin ROLL CALL Bouncing Boy : Adventure Comics 301 – The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy! Brainiac 5 Chameleon Boy : Adventure Comics 301 – The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy! Colossal Boy : Adventure Comics 301 [...]
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CREATORS : Superboy 100 – The Day Pete Ross Became a Robot! Cover Artists Curt Swan Writers Jerry Coleman Pencilers George Papp Inkers George Pap ROLL CALL : Superboy 100 – The Day Pete Ross Became a Robot! Bouncing Boy Brainiac 5 Chameleon Boy : Superboy 100 – The Day Pete Ross Became a Robot! [...]
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CREATORS : Action Comics 290 – Supergirl’s Super Boy-Friends! Cover Artist(s): George Klein Kurt Schaffenberger Curt Douglas Swan Writer(s): Jerome Siegel – ‘Jerry’ Penciller(s): Jim Mooney Inker(s): Jim Mooney ROLL CALL : Action Comics 290 – Supergirl’s Super Boy-Friends! Bouncing Boy Brainiac 5 Chameleon Boy Colossal Boy Cosmic Boy Invisible Kid Lightning Lad Mon-El Phantom [...]
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CREATORS Cover Artist(s): George Klein Ira Schapp Curt Douglas Swan Writer(s): Jerome Siegel – ‘Jerry’ Penciller(s): Curt Douglas Swan Inker(s): George Klein Letterer(s): Milton ‘Milt’ Snappin ROLL CALL Bouncing Boy Brainiac 5 Chameleon Boy Colossal Boy Cosmic Boy Invisible Kid Lightning Lad Mon-El Phantom Girl Saturn Girl Shrinking Violet Star Boy Sun Boy Supergirl Superboy [...]
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CREATORS : Action Comics 289 – Superman’s Super-Courtship! Cover Artist(s): George Klein Ira Schapp Curt Douglas Swan Writer(s): Jerome Siegel – ‘Jerry’ Penciller(s): Jim Mooney Inker(s): Jim Mooney Colorist(s): (Unknown Creator) Letterer(s): Milton ‘Milt’ Snappin ROLL CALL : Action Comics 289 – Superman’s Super-Courtship! Bouncing Boy : Action Comics 289 – Superman’s Super-Courtship! Brainiac 5 [...]
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CREATORS Cover Artist(s): George Klein Curt Douglas Swan Writer(s): Leo Dorfman Penciller(s): Jim Mooney Inker(s): Jim Mooney ROLL CALL Bouncing Boy Brainiac 5 Chameleon Boy Colossal Boy Cosmic Boy Invisible Kid Lightning Lad Mon-El : Action Comics 288 – The Man Who Made Supergirl Cry! Phantom Girl Saturn Girl Shrinking Violet Star Boy Sun Boy [...]
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