It’s Friday again… and unless I’m mistaken, this is one of those weekends where folk on both sides of the pond have a Monday off. Which is reason to be cheerful – so why not celebrate by reading some free science fiction stories online, eh? C’mon, your boss is probably coasting his way to close-of-business anyway, who’s gonna notice? Step this way…
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Here’s a bunch from ManyBooks:
- The Electronic Mind Reader by John Blaine
- The Mouthpiece of Zitu by J U Giesy
- Palos of the Dog Star Pack by J U Giesy
- “Of Time and Texas” by William F Nolan
- “Two Plus Two Makes Crazy” by Walter J Sheldon
- “Benefactor” by George H Smith
- “… And Gulliver Returns” by Bob O’Connor
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And a couple from FeedBooks:
- “The Sargasso of Space” by Edmond Moore Hamilton
- “The Copper-Clad World” by Harl Vincent
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Jason Stoddard‘s Creative Commons release of Eternal Franchise continues; we’re up to chapter 8.1
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Yet another Shadow Unit Season 2 DVD Extra: “The Truth”
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Issue #3 of Arkham Tales is now available for free download! This issue features a cover by George Cotronis, and contains fiction by Nicholas Ozment, J.C. Koch, Rob Brooks, Nandi Ekles, Eric W. Jepson, Maura McHugh, J.J. Beazley and Edward Morris.
Their server seems a little flaky at the moment (possibly just overloaded on release day) so give the refresh button a few jabs if you get a connection error.
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I’m not sure if it’s entirely meant to be read as fiction, but Ken MacLeod‘s “Invasion Dream” is a pretty weird read nonetheless.
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HUB Magazine #87 features “Nightlife” by Dean Grondo
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Here’s Memory part 37 by Jayme Lynn Blaschke
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The SF Signal gang have made my life a little easier with a couple of free fiction link posts. Meanwhile, here’s another few snippets that passed through there over the week:
- The latest issue of Three Crow Press includes fiction by Catherine Knutsson, Glenn Lewis Gillette, T A Moore, C M SheVLin, Nu Yang, Brian Dolton, Shannon Page and Jay Lake, Gary McMahon, David Priebe, and Rick Silva
- Conjunctions presents “Predecessor” by Jeff VanderMeer; looks like they have more free fiction over there, too, but a distinct lack of RSS feed.
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And to close us up, Sumit Dam sneaks in with “Lives of Quiet Desperation“.
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And that’s all, folks, as the cartoon pig used to say. Don’t forget to drop us a line if there’s something you think we should collect here next week, but more importantly, have the best weekend you can, OK? Peace…