The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black (short story!)
You know at BSC we love Small Beer Press, Gavin Grant, and Kelly Link, and we are always pleased to see new work from a group and team that displays an inability to have unawesome (in this case, it is a word) fiction attached to their names. The don’t lose this characteristic even in their [...]
Charlie Huston’s Already Dead & Hank Thompson trilogy – Read them for Free
One of our contributors, Aaron Tieser, brought to my attention that BSC favorite-Charlie Huston recently posted news about some of his books being made including the outstanding Already Dead (check out Brian’s review). This is a great opportunity for people who haven’t jumped on board yet, perhaps disbelieving that somebody could make vampire(s) remotely interesting and actually kick-ass. You now have your free chance to read it, and more.
Info after the jump…
Read What Burns Within by Sandra Ruttan for free
This week the third book in Sandra Ruttan’s Nolan, Hart and Tain series, Lullaby for the Nameless, is out. To coincide with the release Sandra’s publisher, Dorchester, has made What Burns Within, the first book in the series available to read, in its entirety, for free.
Find the link after the jump…
Read Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies for Free
Just last week we noted some art that Scott Westerfeld posted from his upcoming book Leviathan, and this week he (and Simon & Schuster) are back offering his Uglies for free online consumption.
More after the jump…
Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia adaptation casts Colin Firth and Kevin Spacey
Most people know about 1984 and Animal Farm, or at least one or the other, though as widely regarded those works are the stigma of these books being part of a school curriculum during an age when most of us aren’t trying to read what we are told to, I think at least one generation may have decided to subconsciously pass on his other work. I find it very interesting how film actually has this huge (even something as big and as lasting The Lord of the Rings) reach regarding being able to possibly make us take a look back at works.
More after the jump . . .
The Occasional e-Clare: Free Horror Fiction
Over at my other e-home, Women of Mystery, we’re told we have the exclusive link to download a free horror novella, SERIAL, by Jack Kilbourn and Blake Crouch. We’re also having a contest through Friday to give away, at random, 5 copies of Jack Kilbourn’s (aka J.A. Konrath’s) latest horror novel AFRAID.
Read the novella and contest entry info after the jump . . .
Free Download of New Jason Starr Novel Panic Attack
Chance to download Jason Starr’s forthcoming novel, Panic Attack, being published by St. Martin’s Press.
Get more info after the jump . . .
Free Fiction – Deeds of Men by Marie Brennan
Got this email from Orbit pointing to some free fiction by Marie Brennan via a novella that takes place in between Brennan’s last book Midnight Never Come and her forthcoming In Ashes Lie (June).
Get it after the jump . . .
Free Fiction – Moorcock’s Elric The Stealer of Souls
So yeah, I’m a fan of Moorcock, and Random House has made available for free one of his Elric books. Stealer of Souls; the first part of their rerelease of the classic series that they are putting under the banner Chronicles of the Last Emperor of Melnibone.
Get the download info after the jump . . .
Free Reads – download Lee Child’s Persuader
Bantam Dell/Random House is releasing the NY Times bestselling novel by Lee Child, Persuader, for free download.
This is the 7th book in Child’s Jack Reacher series . . .
Free Reading: download Sunborn by Jeffrey Carver
Author Jeffrey Carver is releasing his novel, Sunborn. It’s the fourth book in his Chaos Chronicles series and was published by Tor last Ocotber.
Don’t let the fact that it’s the 4th installment sway you . . .
Charles de Lint’s Spiritwalk as a free e-book!
Tor.com has released Charles de Lint’s Spiritwalk as a free e-book.
Originally published in 1992, and the sequel to de Lint’s Moonheart . . .
