{"id":1301,"date":"2017-03-28T11:49:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T16:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?page_id=1301"},"modified":"2022-10-18T18:40:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T22:40:10","slug":"fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Free Horror\u00a0Fiction<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul><!--\n \t\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170706025017\/http:\/\/www.evilgirlfriendmedia.com\/1680\/news\/lure-lake-19-david-erik-nelson\/\">The Lure of Lake 19<\/a>\u201d (Evil Girlfriend Media\u2019s <i>Speculate!<\/i> webzine, March 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n--><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tor.com\/2022\/07\/27\/this-place-is-best-shunned-david-erik-nelson\/\">This Place is Best Shunned<\/a>\u201d (<em>Tor.com<\/em>., July 27, 2022)<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/pseudopod.org\/2019\/05\/24\/pseudopod-649-whatever-comes-after-calcutta\/\">Whatever Comes After Calcutta<\/a>\u201d (<em>PseudoPod<\/em>, Issue #649, May 24, 2019\u2014audio performance and full text at the link; 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