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List of Freely Available Stories

This is a resource to list links to freely available Speculative Fiction stories.

Any Redditor can edit this page, so if you find a story online that isn't covered please add the link to this list or contact a printSF moderator to do it for you.

If you find any broken links please contact a printSF moderator

Please respect authors' copyright. Do not post non-fair-use links to copyrighted works.

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

Science Fiction Bookshelf

Fantasy Bookshelf

Horror Bookshelf

Precursors of Science Fiction Bookshelf

Gothic Fiction Bookshelf

Feedbooks

Creative Commons - Science Fiction

Cyberpunk Selection

Hugo Awards/Nominees Selection

Utopian/Dystopian Selection

Creative Commons - Fantasy

Most Popular Public Domain - Science Fiction

Most Popular Public Domain - Fantasy

Most Popular Public Domain - Horror

Other Libraries

Baen Free Library (Authors)

Baen Free Library (Books)

Free Speculative Fiction Online

ManyBooks Science Fiction

PodioBooks (Free serialized audio books)


Author Websites

This section contains links to books from individual authors websites:

Cory Doctorow

Greg Egan

H.P. Lovecraft

Charles Stross

Peter Watts


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