Unlucky for some, perhaps… but we’re no fans of superstition here at Futurismic. And how could it be unlucky to receive a big batch of free science fiction stories to read online, exactly?
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Here’s a fistful of shorts from Manybooks:
- “Resurrection” by Robert J Shea
- “Reluctant Genius” by Henry Slesar
- “Walls of Acid” by Henry Hasse (published pre-sixties, so almost certainly not that sort of acid)
- “Shepherd of the Planets” by Alan Mattox
- “Strange Alliance” by Bryce Walton
- “The Next Logical Step” by Ben Bova
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Strange Horizons presents “Obedience” by Brenna Yovanoff
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Pyr are hosting an excerpt from End of the Century by Chris Roberson
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Polu Texni presents “Very Truly Yours” part 3 by Seth Gordon
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Last week I forgot to mention that the new edition of Lone Star Stories also has poetry:
- “Migration” by Sonya Taaffe
- “By their spaceships ye shall know them” by Jo Walton
- “When Her Eyes Open” by Shira Lipkin
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Here’s some recent fictional output from Subterranean Online:
- “Grail-Diving in Shangrilla with the World’s Last Mime” by Ken Scholes
- “Three Fancies from the Infernal Garden” by C S E Cooney
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Hub Magazine presents “The Astronomer of Baghdad” by Matt Keefe
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Tor.com presents “Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction” by Jo Walton
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Here’s another freebie from Chris Roberson – “The Funeral Affair”
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The SF Signal gang are playing host to excerpts from David Moody’s Hater. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 appeared in previous weeks, and Chapter 3 is available now.
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SF Signal‘s magical internet colander also caught these little morsels that we’d otherwise have missed:
- The new issue of Abyss & Apex features fiction by Pauline J Alama, Marie Brennan, Fraser Sherman, Richard Foss, Karl Bunker, and Samantha Henderson
- MindFlights presents “A Native Soul” by Anne M Pillsworth
- The latest issue of Byzarium features fiction by Andrew Kaye, Andy Bolt and Elizabeth Hopkinson
- Big Pulp presents “To Know” by Amanda Walczesky, “Regrets Of A Conquistador” by Jonathan S Pembrook and “The Other Job” by Stephanie Scarborough
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There’s no flash from Gareth L Powell this week, but he has an except from his story “Arches”, which is on the long-list of this year’s Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.
Checking in for your regular Friday flash dosage this week are the following:
- Sumit Dam presents “The Man With the Musical Penis“
- Sarah Ellender takes a stand with “Lonestar on the Bridge“
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And there’s your lot for another week; don’t forget we’re always looking for tip-offs and recommendations, so if you think we’re missing things let us know! In the meantime, have a great weekend.