Free Fiction, Round Nine
For our ninth installment of free fiction, we are delighted to bring you two fantasy stories. To get your copies of these stories, all you have to do is to click through to the authors’ website, scroll down just a bit and download the PDFs for free. (The story will remain free for at least three months from the date of publication.) These guys really did a great job formatting their PDFs—it almost feels as if you’re reading an old pulp magazine.
If you enjoy the stories, you’ll find opportunities to follow continuing adventures of these characters through other links.
She came to them spinning a tale of woe. An army of undead lay siege to the Manor she called home. She had barely escaped and sough adventurers brave enough to free her people.
But to do that Birr Blackjaw and his companions would have to wrest an ancient artifact from the hands of a cult leader who had his own army, and a hellish pet none could hope to defeat.
To get your copy of this witty and epic fantasy tale, The Cursed Cuff, click on the cover above or on the link and scroll down to the link from which you can download the PDF.
Aaron Rosenberg is the author of over 50 novels, including the DuckBob SF comedy series, the Areyat Islands fantasy pirate mystery series and the Twin Cities Cryptids urban fantasy/cozy series. He’s written many tie-in novels in a variety of universes including Warhammer, Star Trek, World of Warcraft, Stargate: Atlantis, Shadowrun and Eureka. Aaron is a founding member of Crazy 8 Press and resides with his family in New York. You can follow him online at Gryphonrose.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/gryphonrose, and on Bluesky and X @gryphonrose.
Something drew the mage onward, always toward the northwest, through restless evenings and dark dreams of ill portent. Yet when Jareth’s traveling companion, the swordswoman Talin, asks him why, he has no idea.
And then they reached a tiny town at the edge of nowhere, wherein lurked an evil with roots sunk deep in times beyond remembering; an evil that has chosen their visit as a time to awaken.
To get your copy of this moody and dark sword and sorcery tale, Of Nightmares & Jewels, click on the cover above or on the link and scroll down to the link from which you can download the PDF.
Robert Greenberger is a writer and editor with a wide range of experience that’s had him working with graphic novels and narrative fiction. He’s worked for both Marvel and DC Comics, The Weekly World News and revitalized Famous Monsters of Filmland. He is a founder of Crazy 8 Press. In addition to writing, he teaches High School English in Maryland and is an adjunct professor at Maryland College Institute of Art. You can find him at Bobgreenberger.com.
