List of Freely Available Stories
This is a resource to list links to freely available Speculative Fiction stories.
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Wikipedia describes Speculative Fiction as an umbrella term encompassing the more highly imaginative fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as related static, motion, and virtual arts.
Online Libraries
This section contains full libraries/book repositories.
Gutenberg
Precursors of Science Fiction Bookshelf
Feedbooks
Creative Commons - Science Fiction
Hugo Awards/Nominees Selection
Most Popular Public Domain - Science Fiction
Most Popular Public Domain - Fantasy
Most Popular Public Domain - Horror
Other Libraries
Free Speculative Fiction Online
PodioBooks (Free serialized audio books)
Author Websites
This section contains links to books from individual authors websites:
Reddit Recommends
This section contains links to single books/stories (sorted by author).
These stories may exist within the library or author websites already listed but have been flagged as good stories by fellow redditors:
God's Debris by Scott Adams
Wĭthûr Wē by Matthew Alexander
Flying in the Face of God by Nina Allan
The Last Question by Isaac Asimov
The Shipmaker by Aliette de Bodard
Star Dragon by Mike Brotherton
One of Our Bastards is Missing by Paul Cornell
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Duplicate by Alex Feinman
Afterlife by Simon Funk
The Highest Treason by Randall Garrett
It Takes Two by Nicola Griffith
The Truth Machine by James L. Halperin
Fine Structure by Sam Hughes
Non-Zero Probabilities by N.K. Jemisin
Spar by Kij Johnson
Act One by Nancy Kress
Golem XIV Stanislaw Lem
Bridesicle by Will Mclntosh
Apocalypsopolis by Ran Prieur
The Bride of Frankenstein by Mike Resnick
Postsingular by Rudy Rucker
The Ware Tetrology by Rudy Rucker
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
Ventus by Karl Schroeder
Accelerando by Charles Stross
A Colder War by Charles Stross
Overtime by Charles Stross
Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Eros, Philia, Agape by Rachel Swirsky
Blindsight by Peter Watts
The Island by Peter Watts
Starfish by Peter Watts
The Things by Peter Watts
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams
Arrhythmia by Neil Williamson
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowski