Free Fiction Round One
In our very first installment of free fiction we have two stories written especially for the Chain Story. To get your stories, all you have to do is to click through to the author’s website and download the story for free. (The stories will remain free for at least the next three months.) If you enjoy the stories, you’ll find other opportunities to follow continuing adventures of these characters or in these worlds through other links.
Her vengeance became elemental!
The Conqueror-King's minion murdered her pirate husband. The Lady Rennata was condemned to follow him into a watery grave—until wind and wave swept her to a magical blade that commands all of Nature.
About the Author: Robert E. Vardeman has penned over 100 fantastical f&sf adventures—including the Reign of Hex & Steel trilogy with Richard Prosch—without once misplacing a dragon. He wrangles stories (and an ancient black cat) from his New Mexico lair when not teaching tai chi or hunting Tupperware in the desert via geocaching. A decorated wordsmith, he now leads Western Fictioneers and once wrangled sci-fi pros as SFWA’s VP.
To get your copy of Blade of the Storm Witch, click on the title or the cover image above.
The man hadn’t died easily.
A smoking hole sat where his heart should have been. Terror twisted his features, and he clutched an emerald reeking of magick as if would somehow save him. Neryon and Magistrate-Martial Logan find themselves in a race to find the killer before he has a chance to harvest more victims. But, with the amount of power used on his first target, there was a big gulf between finding and stopping; and no guarantee he wouldn’t kill them, too.
About the Author: Michael A. Stackpole is an award-winning novelist, game designer, computer game designer, podcaster, editor, screenwriter and graphic novelist. He's had over sixty novels published, the best known of those being the New York Times bestselling I, Jedi and Rogue Squadron. He has an asteroid named after him (165612). In 2023 the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers named him their Grandmaster by presenting him the Faust Award. His most recent novels are DARK SOULS: Masque of Vindication and BattleTech: A Night in the Woods.
To get your copy of Death Grip, click on the title or the image above.
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