Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #25 Silver Age Books http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2729 en 2008 TQF#25 contains horror from Bob Lock ("Jack"), Ralph Robert Moore ("Strangers Wear Masks of Your Face"), J.R. Parks ("Mississippi Sunshine") and John Hall ("In the Vale of Pnath"); fantasy from Rafe McGregor ("Murder in the Minster", a Ruritanian tale), Richard K. Lyon and Andrew J. Offutt ("Naked Before Mine Enemies"); science fiction from John Greenwood ("In the Mountain of Sanity", plus two more); and a lot of reviews and second-hand news items from the editor. science fiction fantasy magazine horror tqf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2729.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2729.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2729.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2729.mobi Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #23 Silver Age Books http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2911 en 2008 TQF#23 has science fiction from Wayne Summers and John Greenwood, fantasy from Richard K. Lyon & Andrew J. Offutt, horror from Anna M. Lowther and John Hall, and reviews galore. Altogether, there are 52,534 words of free reading material in this magazine (but no one will blame you for skipping the 4,394-word editorial). science fiction fantasy magazine horror tqf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2911.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2911.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2911.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2911.mobi Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #29 Silver Age Books http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5922 en 2009 Here is TQF29, seven stories high. Douglas Thompson takes the lead, with the eerie and poetic "Madame Mortadore & the Clouds". "Foundling" by Nick Sansone follows a painter through a troubled life foretold. "Imaginary Prisons" by David Tallerman also has a good deal to say on the subject of prophecies. John Hall delivers the last of his forgotten stories to our horror section, "The Feaster from the Stars". (Its final image is unforgettable.) John Greenwood then lets us have it three times in the third eye, as Newton Braddell wends his hopeless way across the world. The review section contains the usual batch from me, as well as ones by John Greenwood, Rafe McGregor and Steve Redwood, who consider Morpheus Tales #3, a Hound of the Baskervilles graphic novel, and Midnight Street #12 respectively. fantasy magazine SF horror tqf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5922.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5922.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5922.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/5922.mobi Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #26 Silver Age Books http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2684 en 2008 TQF#26 has one of our best ever covers, courtesy of the marvellous John Shanks. It shows the three kings doing battle with a demon on their way to Bethlehem. Eric R. Lowther tells the story in "We Three Kings". In the last of our series of stories by Richard K. Lyon & Andrew J. Offutt, Tiana pays a visit to the "Inn of the White Cat". In John Greenwood's series that never ends, Newton Braddell experiences "The Cruellest Month". And then John Hall tells the chilling story of "The Burrower Beneath". In the last quarter of the issue we have reviews of the latest from PS Publishing, among others. It's a rather shorter issue than usual (we had to hold some material over to next time), but it's a very nice one. The editorial is a bit rubbish – I'm still working through my feelings about losing at NaNoWriMo, so you'll have to bear with me – but if you skip that bit you'll have a great time with TQF#26. science fiction fantasy magazine horror tqf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2684.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2684.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2684.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2684.mobi Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #24 Silver Age Books http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2730 en 2008 TQF#24 contains 75,000 words of fiction and reviews. There's a full novel by the pseudonymous Howard Phillips, The Day the Moon Wept Blood, which is best avoided, but there is some better stuff: the ubiquitous Aaron Polson writes a scary little story of a little metal man; John Greenwood continues the saga of Newton Braddell; and Andrew Offutt and Richard Lyon fill in the gaps around their scarlet-haired adventurer, Tiana. science fiction fantasy magazine horror tqf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2730.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2730.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2730.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2730.mobi Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #27 Silver Age Books http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2768 en 2009 TQF27 presents a marvellous novel in full: Operation 1848 by Mike Schultheiss! Plus two short stories: "Orchid Strangelove and the Kiss of the Taipan" by Sam Leng and "Lost Futures" by Cyril Simsa. The issue is rounded out with the usual half-baked reviews, news and editorial musings. science fiction fantasy magazine horror tqf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2768.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2768.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2768.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2768.mobi Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #22 Silver Age Books http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2910 en 2008 TQF#22 offers, from Mike Schultheiss, "Darwin's Corridor", a rousing tale of action, colonialism, love, anthropology and philosophy on a far-off planet. Then we have “The Spirits of ’26”, by Robert Laughlin, a Silverberg-esque story of ambition, dedication and calamity. Sam Leng returns to our pages with “A Matter of Taste”, another short, sharp tap on the shoulder, and Richard K. Lyon and Andrew J. Offutt supply another in their series of Tiana adventures. In my editorial I take a trip down memory lane, it having been ten years since I started to use the name Silver Age Books, while at the other end of the issue John Greenwood describes the next events in the unfortunate life of Newton Braddell, researcher unextraordinary. In total, 44,409 words of free fantasy goodness... science fiction fantasy magazine horror tqf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2910.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2910.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2910.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2910.mobi Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #16 Silver Age Books http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2936 en 2007 This issue’s brilliant cover by John Shanks has doubtless alerted you to the main content of this issue: Howard Phillips relates to us The Doom That Came to Sea Base Delta! Then Lawrence Dagstine tells of “Our Plight on Amaros”, in a high concept tale of human despair on an alien world. This issue also brings the next part of After All, by Michael Wyndham Thomas. Wash that down with another sip of Newton Braddell, and then you'll be ready for another Lost Classic of the Silver Age, a tale of one Cleabella Danger, with thanks to the plucky fellow who rescued her book from a space pirate! And dropped into the mix at the very last minute, an extract from the novel-in-progress, Chameleon Man Gets Lost, by Caroline Marwitz: “The Good Fortune Driving School for Men”. science fiction fantasy magazine horror tqf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2936.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2936.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2936.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2936.mobi The Time Machine H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/32 urn:isbn:0812505042 en 1895 Novels Science Fiction <p>The book's protagonist is an amateur inventor or scientist living in London who is never named; he is identified simply as The Time Traveller. Having demonstrated to friends using a miniature model that time is a fourth dimension, and that a suitable apparatus can move back and forth in this fourth dimension, he builds a full-scale model capable of carrying himself. He sets off on a journey into the future.</p> This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/32.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/32.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/32.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/32.mobi Beasts of New York: A children's book for grown-ups Jon Evans http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976 en 2007 An urban fantasy about the wildlife of New York City, starring a squirrel protagonist who has to find his way from exile in Staten Island back to his home in Central Park. http://www.beastsofnewyork.com/ fantasy animals urban fantasy http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2976.mobi How To Disappear Completely David Bowick http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115 en 2009 www.bowick.net/books/ Sitting at the top of a Ferris wheel overlooking the Boston skyline, Josh’s life takes an unexpected turn, and things will never be the same. Along with the many surprises on his life’s new path, he’ll come to take life advice from a family of ducks, get in a bloody war with a dog, lose his job over a spilled drink, wake up in the hospital, apply to work at an adult-themed novelty bakery, and find out that people often aren’t what they seem. When you're at the top of the world, there's nowhere to go but down. fiction Contemporary comedy David Bowick how to disapear completely http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/3115.mobi The Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2973 urn:isbn:0486424618 en 1594 Plays <p>The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins. Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of Ephesus. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to wrongful beatings, a near-incestuous seduction, the arrest of Antipholus of Ephesus, and accusations of infidelity, theft, madness, and demonic possession. (From Wikipedia)</p> http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2973.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2973.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2973.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2973.mobi Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #30 Silver Age Books http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7819 en 2009 The issue opens with "Citadel Ninety-Nine" by Michael Canfield, in which a bloodthirsty army tears its way across a strange, strange world. Also in this issue… John Greenwood plots the next point in Newton Braddell's weary journey. Jon Vagg shows what really goes on at conventions in "DeadSoulsCon". K.J. Hays tells the story of "The Zombie Who Went to Town in Style". K.J. Hannah Greenberg writes about creatures in mailboxes in "Just One Case of Flash: Another Chimera Story". And Ben Thomas & Skadi meic Beorh win this issue's best title award with "The Periodic Honking of the Fruit-Seller's Truck". The issue ends with our usual bountiful selection of reviews, including comment on all of this year's British Fantasy Award-nominated novels, two books from Rhys Hughes, and a collection by Steve Redwood. fantasy magazine SF horror tqf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7819.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7819.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7819.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7819.mobi Hole David Lovato http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1181 en 2006 People had called him mad, crazy, insane; but he had built this place, this underground shelter anyway. He had always known he’d be right; and even as the bombs hit dirt and made every living thing and every dead thing disappear, he was sitting on his couch-cot reading a book. Things were good, then. Things were Hell now. science fiction fantasy drama horror psychological apocalyptic http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1181.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1181.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1181.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1181.mobi Mars Girl Jeff Garrity http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1206 en 2008 "Mars Girl is reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut's early satire ... [It's] a bizarre, satirical romp that offers a glimpse into the media and politics of a future that is probably nearer than most would like to admit." -City Pulse, Lansing, Michigan Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. You are free to download and distribute "Mars Girl" with attribution for noncommercial purposes. www.marsgirl.us science fiction politics Satire media http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1206.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1206.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1206.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/1206.mobi The Curse of Capistrano (The Mark of Zorro) Johnston McCulley http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3840 urn:isbn:1591940710 en 1919 Novels Romance Adventure <p>The Curse of Capistrano is a 1919 novella by Johnston McCulley and the first work to feature the fictional character Zorro (zorro is the Spanish word for fox). After the enormous success of the 1920 film adaptation, The Mark of Zorro, the story was republished under that name. Prior to being published in novella form, The Curse of Capistrano appeared as five serialized installments in the pulp magazine All-Story Weekly.</p> <p>[from Wikipedia]</p> This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3840.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3840.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3840.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3840.mobi Beautiful Red M. Darusha Wehm http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2548 en 2007 The future is boring. Technology has solved most of the world’s most pressing problems, leaving people with tedious work and mundane play. Jack is a Security Officer Class 5, which sounds important, but isn’t. However, her banal life as a cubicle worker by day and tinkerer by night is interrupted when she discovers that her employer’s computer system has been invaded. Jack enlists the help of her only friends – her co-worker, Gilles and Adrian, an online friend she’s never met – to help her track down the source of the invasion. Her investigation leads her to a shadowy group called the Red, where Jack learns that not everyone lives a life of quiet servitude. Even though she believes that the Red are responsible for a series of gruesome attacks, Jack begins to become attracted to their worldview. In her search for the people responsible for the attacks, she confronts the leaders of the group as well as her own burgeoning sense of self-awareness. science fiction thriller computers ai mystery cyberpunk future women http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/2548.mobi Abbi... Louisa Rowe http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7548 en 2009 Abbi is a normal girl. She still lives at home with her mother. Then one day she meets Mark and her world is turned upside down. Suddenly nothing is as it seems and people keep trying to drive a wedge between them. Novel fiction romance http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7548.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7548.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7548.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7548.mobi Probability Angels Joseph Devon http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4688 en 2009 Matthew Huntington’s problems seem to keep growing. Not only is he seeing things in garbage cans but his mentor doesn’t think he’s working up to his full potential, his best friend can’t offer any solace but drunken confusion, and his wife is dying in Central Park. Of course, the fact that Matthew himself died over two decades ago isn’t helping things. And then things start to really go wrong. Come explore the world of Matthew and Epp and see what a samurai from Feudal Japan has to do with the course of modern physics, what a two-thousand year old Roman slave has to do with the summit of Mount Everest, and what a dead man from Brooklyn has to do with the fate of the world. science fiction fantasy Blog fiction Creative Commons 21st Century devon “New York” brooklyn “physics” “murder” “angels” “dark fantasy” ”immortal” http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4688.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4688.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4688.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/4688.mobi The Planet X Survival Guide the 11th hour author http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7497 en 2009 Planet X and its solar system is real. It is already visible in the sky. The time is short. It is already having affects on planet earth. Global warming. Increase in earthquakes and storms. These events will all accelerate until 2012 or 2013, ending in a massive earthquake. This is your free guide to surviving the passing of Planet X. survival occult Prophecy End Times 2012 planet x nibiru http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7497.png http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7497.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7497.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/7497.mobi