Phil Rossi Audiobook, Spider Robinson, Peter Beagle and More
QuasarDragon — ... is a hotel room, a motel room, an inner-city squat, a cot in a hostel where the water won’t run, a hunter’s platform in a pinewood, a forsaken tree house, a root-cellar beneath a ruined country cottage, a hut perched on one hopping chicken foot, a boathouse in a campground, a sheet-tent in a graveyard, a park bench, a phone booth, a tool shed in suburbia, a window seat on a cross-country bus, an …" Online HERE. Free Speculative Fiction Online as a ton of new listings added to their database of online speculative fiction. ...

A Batch of Free Fiction for You!
SF Signal — ... Dreams: "Souling Night" by Kelly Dunn. "The Girl Who Swallowed the Sky" by Jacqueline Bowen. "Metal" by Larry Dunn. "The Bloodstone Queen" by Verna McKinnon. A teaser prequel to Gate of Souls, A Familiar's Tale, Book One. Audio Fiction @LibriVox: Short Science Fiction Collection Vol. 008 all by Alan Edward Nourse, read by many readers. Several new ones via Free Speculative Fiction Online: "Isostasy" [PDF], "Know How, Can Do" [PDF], ...

Horror Comics, David Barr Kirtley Audio, and More
QuasarDragon — ... Free Speculative Fiction Online has added many stories to their amazing database. The latest update (Oct. 25th) is ...

Steve Goble Fiction, Jeff Jones Art, The Magic Sword, and More.
QuasarDragon — ... reading HERE. And Fortress of Fortitude has the first robot to appear on the cover of a comic. “Bozo The Robot” is a bit cornier than usual, though it helps if you imagine his voice sounding like the opening "I am Iron Man!" from the Black Sabbath song. Cool for its historic value. Online HERE. Other Cool Free Speculative Fiction Online has just added a staggering number of free fiction links to its ...

Isaac Asimov - "Gold" (novelette, free): Asimov's own fanfic!
Variety SF — ... not read "King Lear"; found this part boring. While "The Gods Themselves" is among the better novels of Asimov, it's an unusual one. I'd read it years ago, & found this part the story easy to follow. Not boring, but not great either. Fact sheet. First published: Analog, September 1991. Rating: B. Download full text from Webscription. [via Free Speculative Fiction Online & Best Science Fiction Stories]. Winner of Hugo Award ...

Peter Beagle Audio, Headless Horrors, and More Coolness
QuasarDragon — ... And Free Speculative Fiction Online has updated their free fiction list with stories by Poul Anderson, Christopher Anvil, Leigh Brackett & Edmond Hamilton, Eric Flint, Simon Haynes, Elizabeth Moon, Mike Resnick, Mack Reynolds, and Vandana Singh. ...

Free fiction of Larry Niven, plus a couple of other things
Variety SF — via Free Speculative Fiction Online: Webscription has 3 stories online from Larry Niven's anthology "The Best of All Possible Wars". The only one I've read, "The Warriors" (download) is among Niven's better stories. Original free fiction feed seems to have not been delivering content since at least today afternoon. This is now fixed. Because of caching delays, it might still be an hour or more before content starts flowing again. Burst Fiction, one of the flash fiction sites being tracked, seems ...

Free Fiction, a New Podcast, Cool Comics, and More
QuasarDragon — ... their employees with peace of mind." Online HERE . [image] Manybooks has 2012: The Last Will and Testament of The Gods by Mike Cooper (2007). "Funny, thought provoking adventure of modern hero, created by Zeus to save the Earth, (Gaia) from the depredations of people by the 2012 deadline. A radically new take on the global warming problem. Will the Earth be saved by people or will it manage very welll without them?" Online HERE . [image] And Free Speculative Fiction Online has added a ton of new stories to its massive listings ...

A couple more.
QuasarDragon — ... Free Speculative Fiction Online has added even more great free SF links including such authors as Poul Anderson, Henry Kuttner, Robert Silverberg, and many other greats. The links are ...

Free fiction: Several more Nebula Awards 2008 short fiction preliminary nominees are now online
Variety SF — Mostly from Analog & Asimov's. I've added appropriate links to respective lists: short stories, novelettes, novellas. One of them also features in Dozois' Year's Best #26 (2009 edition). [via Free Speculative Fiction Online] ...

Delays
QuasarDragon — ... Cool Links 13 Adventures in Nerdliness Back in '81 Beam Me Up BestScienceFictionStories Cool-Mo-Dee Cosmobells - caution, older readers only. Crom! Crosseyed Cyclops Curmudgeons & Dragons Dark Worlds Blog Datajunkie Diversions of the Groovy Kind Dragonsfoot Escape Pod Fortress of Fortitude Frankensteinia Free Listens Free SF Reader Free Speculative Fiction Online Geek Orthodox Golden Age Comic Book Stories ...

Free fiction: Isaac Asimov, Cordwainer Smith, Geoffrey Landis
Variety SF — These are 2 or 3 months old links that were lost in my bookmarks. Via Free Speculative Fiction Online: 2 stories from Gregory Benford (Ed)'s "The New Hugo Winners-Volume IV" at Webscription: Geoffrey A Landis' "A Walk In The Sun"; download. Isaac Asimov's "Gold"; download; Analog, September 1991Two stories from Cordwainer Smith's collection "We the Underpeople" (ed Hank Davis) at Webscription: "The Dead Lady of Clown ...

Free fiction: 3 Lucifer Jones stories of Mike Resnick from South America Series
Variety SF — From forthcoming Hazards collection. Ones not online here are already at Subterranean Online - except for last 2 in ToC which probably are yet to be published. One of the good collections of non-genre humor. Two stories feature in my "best of the year 2007" list; several others are also pretty good. [via Free Speculative Fiction Online] ...

Free fiction: Two stories from my "best of 2008" list are now online
Variety SF — ... & David Brin's "The Smartest Mob" (download). Hmmm...I didn't know JBU was putting up some of the fiction from back issues (as well as the current issue) is online at Webscription. This page lists them all; open an issue, then look for "Sample Chapters". PS: When I find some time, I might make reprints feed automatically pick up new entries. For the moment, try it manually. [via Speculative Fiction Online] Related: My "best of the year 2008" picks. ...

Spider Gods and More
QuasarDragon — ... ", which appeared in Jonathan Strahan's anthology Eclipse Two , is now online. A free fiction link for the Hugo-nominated " Article of Faith " by Mike Resnick has been added to the list of 2009 Hugo Award Finalists . (Thanks, Baen's Universe !) The Cordwainer Smith Blog rounds up free Cordwainer Smith stories (See also: Frederick Pohl's introduction to the Cordwainer Smith collection When the People Fell .): [image] Free Speculative Fiction Online has added even more great free SF story links HERE [via SF ...

18 Recently Free SF/F Stories
SF Signal — Thanks to the ever-vigilant Free Speculative Fiction Online, these recently free stories came to my attention, an now yours: James P. Blaylock: "The Dry Spell" (Subterranean, Winter 2009) Amy Sterling Casil: "Chromosome Circus" (F & SF, January 2000) Amy Sterling Casil: "Mad for the Mints" (F & SF, July 2000) Amy Sterling Casil: "Shakespeare in Hell" (Elysian Fiction, May 2002) Amy Sterling Casil: "The Universe in the Bottom of a Cereal Box" (switch.blade Anthology, 2002) Amy ...

Archiving Blogroll of sidebar
Variety SF — ... links are picked up from Antick Musings, Locus, New York Times Paper Cuts, SF Scope, & Science Fiction Awards Watch, combined with first few results of a Google blog search query. Free & Paid Fiction section mixes links from Afterburn SF, Antipodean SF, Apex Digest, Audible, Clarkesworld, EscapePod, F&SF, Feedbooks, Free SF Reader, Free Speculative Fiction Online, Futurismic, Google blogsearch & Yahoo! search for ...

41 Free Fantastic Fictions
SF Signal — ... Here's another batch of free fiction coming to you from the ever-vigilant site Free Speculative Fiction Online, an increasingly indispensable resource for fiction of a free-ish nature. Be sure to check them out for alternate versions and a whole lot more. ...

Free fiction: A few stories from JBU 18 (April 2009) at Webscription
Variety SF — ... "Primrose Rescue"; download: I used to once like Sparhawk's stories, but now they appear to be just recycling of old stuff, & in stories that are way too long. I've been avoiding him off late, & haven't read this specific one. John Lambshead's "Storming Hell"; download; fantasy: Not read.PS: Another good story in this issue - Susan diRende's "Unpronounceable" - is not online. It's a light fun read. [via Free Speculative Fiction Online] ...

Jack McDevitt - "The Candidate" (flash fiction, free): When an AI was a strong candidate for the office of US President!
Variety SF — ... us complex, so let's bury our head in sand" type. Story summary. An AI with the personality of George Washington enters the fray, & surprises everyone with its acceptance as a valid & desirable candidate by stakeholder. Fact sheet. First published: Nature, 23 March 2006. Rating: B. Download full text from author's website. [link via Free Speculative Fiction Online] ...

Free Fiction for Friday 4/17/09
SF Signal — ... Pod: "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang, read by Ray Sizemore. "The Sincerest Form" by W.G. Hopkins, read by Alasdair Stuart. @PodCastle: "'I'll Gnaw Your Bones,' the Manticore Said" by Cat Rambo, read by Elizabeth Green Musselman. "Rotations and Consequences" by Katherine Sparrow, read by Rachel Swirsky More Free Fiction:Free Speculative Fiction Online has some new additions: "The Best Monkey" by Daniel Abraham " ...

Miscellaneous free fiction feed now also picks up Free Speculative Fiction Online
Variety SF — Free Speculative Fiction Online: Its links come in bursts - several together - at unpredictable times. I actually added it to misc feed may be a week back, but wanted to verify the content really comes. A few links came a couple of days ago - so it's working. Misc free fiction feed: specifications; subscribe. ...

Morning Comics
QuasarDragon — ... Cool Links 13 Adventures in Nerdliness Back in '81 Beam Me Up BestScienceFictionStories Cool-Mo-Dee Cosmobells - caution, older readers only. Crom! Crosseyed Cyclops Curmudgeons & Dragons Dark Worlds Blog Datajunkie Diversions of the Groovy Kind Dragonsfoot Escape Pod Fortress of Fortitude Frankensteinia Free Listens Free SF Reader Free Speculative Fiction Online Geek Orthodox Golden Age Comic Book Stories ...

All E-Fiction Post
QuasarDragon — ... The men who will seek to alter the status quo will be called..." In e-book downloads HERE . [image] And finaly from Manybooks , "Palos of the Dog Star Pack" by J.U. Giesy (1918). "The two men renewed their acquaintance at once. Gatua Kahaun taught Croft Hindustani and the mysteries of the Sanskrit tongue. When Croft's mission was finished he prevailed upon him to visit India before returning home." In e-book downloads HERE . Even More [image] Free Speculative Fiction Online has added even more free fiction database. Tons of good stuff ...

50 Free Fantastic Fictions For Friday
SF Signal — ... More free speculative fiction goodness (mostly) from the amazing resource Free Speculative Fiction Online. Lots of great authors here. Some of them are making repeat appearances here, but so what? Read 'em again! ...

25 Totally Free Tales by Top-Name Talent
SF Signal — More free speculative fiction goodness from Free Speculative Fiction Online, an amazing resource of -- what else? -- free fiction! J. G. Ballard: "The Autobiography of J.G.B." [vt The Secret Autobiography of J. G. B******] (Interzone, April 1996) J. G. Ballard: "The Dying Fall" (Interzone, April 1996) Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff: "Any Mother's Son" (Analog, May 2000) Jonathan Carroll: "Alone Alarm" (Interzone, December 1996) Jonathan Carroll: "Asleep in Wolf's Clothing" ...

TGIF
QuasarDragon — A few cool ones for now, likely much more later. Audio Fiction [image] At The Bronze Age of Blogs : Dramatizations of Robert E. Howard's "The Tower Of The Elephant" and "The Frost Giant's Daughter" in MP3 downloads. Available HERE . E-Fiction [image] Free Speculative Fiction Online has added another huge batch of free fiction to their already huge database of Free SF. Online HERE [via SF Signal ] Gaming [image] At Mongoose Publishing : Signs and Portents #69 with Traveller - A look at a new Aslan clan, to be ...

Silverberg Audio, Short SF and Fantasy, and More
QuasarDragon — ... Online HERE . [image] At Afterburn SF : "Boots" by C. L. Rossman. "He knew the day was going to go wrong when he got up and his boots didn’t fit." Online HERE . [image] Aphelion has its 133rd issue out with fiction by, Noel Carroll, Andy Echevarria, Ben Cooper, E. S. Strout, Dave Weaver, Richard Tornello, Lee Gimenez, Chris Sharp, Kristen Lee Knapp, Dan Edelman, N. J. Kailhofer, and Stuart Plotkin. Online HERE . [image] Free Speculative Fiction Online has added more free fiction links to its rather impressive ...

Audio Fiction, Comics, Flash Fiction, and More
QuasarDragon — Some rather awesome free stuff below (and some that are only very good :-) E-Fiction [image] At Manybooks : "Under Arctic Ice" by H.G. Winter, from Astounding Stories January 1933. "Ken Torrance races Poleward to the aid of the submarine Peary, trapped in an icy limbo of avenging sealmen." In e-book download HERE and online at Project Gutenberg HERE . [image] Free Speculative Fiction Online has added several more free fiction listings to their huge database HERE . Audio Fiction [image] At Spider on the Web : "Slow ...

Sunday
QuasarDragon — ... but look where he wound up!" In e-book downloads HERE and online at Project Gutenberg HERE . [image] Also at Manybooks : "Spirit Island" by Henry Toke Munn (1922). "Arctic explorers, intent upon the discovery of gold among the islands northwest of Bafflinland, are abandoned by their Eskimo guides when they travel too close to the mysterious Spirit Island ..." In e-book downloads HERE . (No Project Gutenberg version available). [image] Free Speculative Fiction Online has updated their huge collection of free speculative fiction ...

95 More Totally Free Stories by Top-Name Talent
SF Signal — The always-awesome website Free Speculative Fiction Online has posted another batch of goodies by top shelf talent. Check this out: Poul Anderson: "The Valor of Cappen Varra" (Fantastic Universe, January 1957) Harry Bates & Desmond W. Hall (as Anthony Gilmore): "The Affair of the Brains" (Analog (Astounding), March 1932) Harry Bates & Desmond W. Hall (as Anthony Gilmore): "The Bluff of the Hawk" (Analog (Astounding), May 1932) Harry Bates & Desmond W. Hall (H. G. Winter): "Under Arctic Ice" (Analog ...

76 Free SF/F Audio Stories
SF Signal — ... Free Speculative Fiction Online has posted another batch of goodies by top shelf talent -- this time a collection of audio stories (mostly) found by trolling the archives at ...

Free Fiction and Stuff for 9/9/09
SF Signal — ... Wimmer, Casey Chan, M. Keaton, Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, Justin R. Macumber, L. S. King, Johne Cook, and Keanan Brand. @Book View Cafe: "Al-Ghazalah" by Judith Tarr (1989). "Bedlam" by Steven Piziks (2000). @Manybooks: Alien Within by Richard Allen (2009). Binary by Jay Caselberg (2009). "The Big Tomorrow" by Paul Lohrman (1953). From Free Speculative Fiction Online: Paul Di Filippo: "Return to Cockaigne" (Interzone, ...

120 More Awesome and Free SF/F/H Audio Stories
SF Signal — More free goodness from top-tier talent -- this time in audio form -- from an excellent resource: Free Speculative Fiction Online: Mike Allen: "An Invitation via Email" (Weird Tales, July 2008) Kevin J. Anderson: "Newts" (Jim Baen's Universe, April 2007) Steve Aylett: "Gigantic" (Disco 2000 Anthology, 1998) Paolo Bacigalupi: "Pump Six" (Pump Six and Other Stories Collection, 2008) Kage Baker: "Hellfire at Twilight" (Gods and Pawns Anthology, 2007) Kage Baker: "The Likely Lad" (Asimov's, ...

80 Recently-Free SF/F/H Stories
SF Signal — More free fictiony goodness from the ever-excellent website Free Speculative Fiction Online: Gregory Benford: "Paradise Afternoon" (Flurb #8, Fall 2009) Michael Bishop: "Vinegar Peace" [PDF or audio] (Asimov's, July 2008) Terry Bisson: "Billy In Dinosaur City" [audio] Jerome Bixby: "Zen" (Galaxy, October 1952) Nelson S. Bond: "Lighter Than You Think" (Fantastic Universe, August 1957) Fredric Brown: "Hall of Mirrors" (Galaxy, December 1953) Fredric Brown: "Two Timer" ...

REVIEW | The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade Books)
Mad Hatter's Bookshelf & Book Review — ... Free Speculative Fiction Online kindly working with Night Shade have three of Paolo's short stories  ...

77 Free Speculative Fiction Stories by 38 Authors
SF Signal — ... More free fictiony goodness from the awesome Free Speculative Fiction Online, this time as they play catch-up with fiction that's been online for some time: ...

The Best Places To Find Your Next Free Book Online [Afternoon Reading]
io9 — ... browse their science fiction and speculative fiction sections (they also have horror, romance, and many other genres). I was amazed to discover that they are serializing Vonda McIntyre's 80s classic Superluminal for free, and that's just one of many gems you'll discover by browsing here. (Often a book that's available as a complete download for cash is also available in serialized, chapter-by-chapter format for free - so check all your options.) Free Speculative Fiction Online One of my favorite resources online for ...

Free Fiction for 11/22/09
SF Signal — ... by Kelly Barnhill "In Dreams Tangible" by Su-Yee Lin "The White Part of the Apple" by Emily Tersoff "La Mer" by Simon Logan Audio Fiction: @Starship Sofa: "After The Fire" by Aliette de Bodard, read by Kate Baker. @Pseudopod: "The Disconnected" by David Steffen, read by Rich Sigfrit @PodCastle: "Change" by Greg van Eekhout, read by Dave Thompson. Via Free Speculative Fiction Online: Kelly Barnhill: "Notes on the Untimely Death of Ronia ...