It’s Friday evening here in the UK, which can only mean one thing – a big batch of free science fiction to read on the intertubes, of course! So, without further delay…

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Just the one at ManyBooks:

• “The Calm Man” by Frank Belknap Long

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And an old-school novel at FeedBooks:

• The Great White Queen by William Le Queux

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Because he’s too modest to just step up and tell you himself, Futurismic blogger Edward Willett asked me to mention:

I’ve posted the first two chapters of my upcoming novel Terra Insegura (sequel to the Aurora Award-nominated Marseguro) to my new-and-improved website. Bonus: I’ve also posted MP3s of myself reading said chapters. Terra Insegura is published by DAW Books and will be in bookstores May 5.

Go take a look!

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Season 2 of Shadow Unit continues with “Dragons”

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Jason Stoddard presents chapter 5.2 of Eternal Franchise

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Via pretty much everywhere:

Neil Gaiman, Lou Anders, Bryan Talbot, Hal Duncan, Catherynne M Valente, Chris Roberson, Paul S Kemp and Rhys Hughes contributed fiction and articles that are part of issue 5 of Heliotrope, an appreciation to the legendary writer, Michael Moorcock.

Go get your Elric on.

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Subterranean Online presents “The Ascendant” by Ted Kosmatka

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Strange Horizons presents “As He Was” by Kit St. Germain

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Tor.com presents “Bugs in the Arroyo” by Stephen Gould

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Here’s the stuff that the ubiquitous metaphorical feelers of SF Signal  probed out from the week:

• Raygun Revival issue #52 features fiction by Andy Heizeler, L S King, Justin R Macumber, Keanan Brand, Jodi MacArthur, Martin Turton, Darrell B Nelson, and M Keaton
• PulpGen presents “The Chalice of Circe” by Willard Hawkins

Big Pulp presents:

• “Holding Fire” by Georgey Fluharty
• “Kenna’s Song” by Betsy Dornbusch
• “Long Way From Home” by Alice Folkart

And finally, some more free excerpts:

• Dead if I Do by Tate Hallaway
• World’s End by Mark Chadbourn
• The Discovery of Socket Greeny by Tony Bertauski

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Here’s two weeks worth of  Friday Flash Fictionto make up for me sloping off early last week:

• “Courtship Considered As Twelve Variations On The Game Of Chess” by Sumit Dam
• “Funeral” by Shaun C Green
• “GOOGLED24C36E6D230D48D” by Neil Beynon
• An excerpt from Gareth L Powell‘s forthcoming story “Fallout“
• “Huddle Formation” by Sumit Dam
• “Move On” by Neil Beynon
• “Lucy’s Toy” by Sarah Ellender

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And finally, a bonus for those of stern disposition (or a cephalopod festish) –The Complete Works of H P Lovecraft, available to read for free on the web. [via Matt Staggs]

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There you have it, folks. As always, get in touch if you have anything to plug, promote or recommend; our trained operators are waiting for your call – er, email. Have a great weekend!