Michael Shotter<p>Kindle Edition just $1.99/£1.99 until June 17!</p><p>US:<br><a href="https://amazon.com/author/michaelshotter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.com/author/michaelshott</span><span class="invisible">er</span></a><br>UK:<br><a href="https://amazon.co.uk/stores/Michael-Shotter/author/B07GVS37JF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.co.uk/stores/Michael-Sh</span><span class="invisible">otter/author/B07GVS37JF</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/specfic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>specfic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/scifi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scifi</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/specfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>specfic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/speculativefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speculativefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ebookdeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebookdeal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ebookdeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebookdeals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/readers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/readingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>action</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a></p>
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Luna Station Quarterly<p>I stared at the family ghosts, oppressive as the humidity, and far more terrifying.</p><p>from "The Family Ghosts" by M. E. Garber</p><p><a href="https://www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/062" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lunastationquarterly.com/issue</span><span class="invisible">s/062</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Magazines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Magazines</span></a></p>
Lydia Schoch<p>The books I’m sharing are free as of today in Canada and usually the United States of America, too. If you do not live in those countries or are reading this after June 12, 2025, I do not know if they are free or available for you. </p><p>Please tag me if you want a boost for your lists of free speculative fiction books from other parts of the world. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paranormal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paranormal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBooks</span></a></p>
Phantastisch-lesen<p><a href="https://social.cologne/tags/Rezension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rezension</span></a> <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/speculativefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speculativefiction</span></a> "Für immer" von Maja Lunde ist kein Corona-Roman, weist aber Parallelen zur Zeit der Corona-Pandemie auf. Der gesellschaftliche Sprengstoff, den Verschwörungstheorien bergen, ist in der fiktiven Geschichte und der Corona-Krise ähnlich brisant. Die Geschichte über den Stillstand von Leben und Tod ist ein philosophisches Experiment in Bezug auf Sterblichkeit. Heraus aus der Tabuzone des Verschweigens und der Ablehnung, hin zu mehr Akzeptanz. <a href="https://www.booknerds.de/2025/06/maja-lunde-fuer-immer-buch/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">booknerds.de/2025/06/maja-lund</span><span class="invisible">e-fuer-immer-buch/</span></a></p>
JacquiG<p>An afternoon of editing. Working on two short stories and a poem. One story and the poem have intended submission destinations, the second short story will be filed for another day.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/AmWritingSpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/AmWritingPoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingPoetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Michael Shotter<p>Looking for a speculative-fiction universe to get lost in? Want books that can be read as individual standalone stories but that still contribute to an overarching mythos? Love science fiction, horror, the paranormal, thrillers, and more?</p><p>Look no further.</p><p><a href="http://michaelshotter.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">michaelshotter.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/specfic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>specfic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/scifi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scifi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/horrorbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>horrorbooks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/audiobooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>audiobooks</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/specfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>specfic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/speculativefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speculativefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paranormal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paranormal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audiobook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audiobooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>read</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/readingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Inner Worlds<p>"Rena came outside... to find the tree’s lowest branch lying among the daffodils, torn from the trunk like a chunk of stale bread. The shock was new and sharp. It broke through the fog inside her." </p><p>Friends, heed the content warnings. A beautiful, painful story about the limits of even the deepest bonds 💔🌿</p><p>Read "What We Cannot See" by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@atrailofleaves" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>atrailofleaves</span></a></span> <a href="https://inner-worlds.ghost.io/what-we-cannot-see-louise-hughes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inner-worlds.ghost.io/what-we-</span><span class="invisible">cannot-see-louise-hughes/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SpecFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecFic</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a></p>
:autobot: Glen the dog ☠<p>hey <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/ScienceMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceMastodon</span></a> or idk <a href="https://retro.pizza/tags/speculativefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speculativefiction</span></a> or anyone else, what do you think, if we had some terraforming power, how crazy would it be to infuse Earth's atmosphere with more oxygen? Would all life be like "hell yeah, we are all more stoked now" or would there be issues?</p>
Suzanne Aldrich (she/her)<p>Life’s been so weird this decade, I’ve been catching up on some seriously good sci-fi and dystopian series. Here’s what I’ve been binging lately:</p><p>🔩 Silo (Apple TV+) – Secrets, lies, and life underground<br>🌌 Andor (Disney+) – The Rebellion begins with a spark<br>🚀 For All Mankind (Apple TV+) – What if the space race never ended?<br>🧟♂️ The Last of Us (Max) – Fungi, fear, and fierce survival<br>🧠 Severance (Apple TV+) – Work-life balance, but terrifying</p><p>Got recs in the same vein? Drop them below 👇✨🛸</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NowWatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowWatching</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/StreamingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreamingLife</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BingeWorthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BingeWorthy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SciFiSeries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFiSeries</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DystopianFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DystopianFuture</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PostApocalyptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostApocalyptic</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MindBendingTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MindBendingTV</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SiloTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiloTV</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Andor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Andor</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ForAllMankind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForAllMankind</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TheLastOfUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheLastOfUs</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Severance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Severance</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TVRecommendations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TVRecommendations</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CatchUpTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatchUpTV</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EscapismMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EscapismMode</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/FediverseTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediverseTV</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MastoRecos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoRecos</span></a></p>
Allyson Shaw<p>I found this photo by Reg Connon of the northern lights over the (once) abandoned Tarlair swimming pool in MacDuff. The pool, one of my old haunts in Banffshire, inspired this story published in Fireside Quarterly. <a href="https://firesidefiction.com/the-middening" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">firesidefiction.com/the-midden</span><span class="invisible">ing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ShortFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AbandonedPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbandonedPlaces</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a></p>
Michael Kazarnowicz<p>I got "The Book of Elsewhere" by China Mieville and Keanu Reeves as a gift from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://unstraight.club/@Nightwolf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nightwolf</span></a></span>. Haven't read anything by either author before, and really wanted to love it.</p><p>It was okay. I found the story and themes to be a bit basic and kept expecting more. Maybe you need to be a fan of the BRZRKR comics for it to really hit home?</p><p>I'll give another book of Mieville's a chance, because I enjoyed the prose.</p><p><a href="https://unstraight.club/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://unstraight.club/tags/speculativefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speculativefiction</span></a> <a href="https://unstraight.club/tags/ChinaMieville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChinaMieville</span></a> <a href="https://unstraight.club/tags/KeanuReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeanuReeves</span></a> <a href="https://unstraight.club/tags/BRZRKR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRZRKR</span></a></p>
Luna Station Quarterly<p>Chang’e and I understand too well the damage angry men on Earth can do.</p><p>from "A Moon Goddess to Watch Over Me" by Susan Kaye Quinn</p><p><a href="https://www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/061" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lunastationquarterly.com/issue</span><span class="invisible">s/061</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Magazines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Magazines</span></a></p>
Inner Worlds<p>🌸💀✨️ Issue 7 is out now! ✨️💀🌸</p><p>12 stories ready to break your heart, make you wince, fill you with bittersweet longing, or just make you kind of uneasy. You will feel things. </p><p><a href="https://inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-seven-editors-note/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-se</span><span class="invisible">ven-editors-note/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SpecFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecFic</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/LitMag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LitMag</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/HorrorFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HorrorFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/HorrorCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HorrorCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/HorrorFam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HorrorFam</span></a></p>
Luna Station Quarterly<p>He’s done it. On the first try. Dope-strength euphoria. Now who’s the loser?</p><p>from "To Bethany, with Teeth" by Kelli Dianne Rule</p><p><a href="https://www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/061" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lunastationquarterly.com/issue</span><span class="invisible">s/061</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Magazines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Magazines</span></a></p>
Luna Station Quarterly<p>An ancient power lies ahead—the power to choose. A people will end today. Will it be yours?</p><p>from "Canary, Canary" by Amara Mesnik</p><p><a href="https://www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/061" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lunastationquarterly.com/issue</span><span class="invisible">s/061</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Magazines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Magazines</span></a></p>
Lydia Schoch<p>The books I’m sharing are free as of today in Canada and usually the United States of America, too. If you do not live in those countries or are reading this after May 29, 2025, I do not know if they are free or available for you. </p><p>Please tag me if you want a boost for your lists of free speculative fiction books from other parts of the world. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paranormal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paranormal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBooks</span></a></p>
Brett Hodnett<p>HUMAN is free today (May 29) for Kindle $0.<br>If you didn't get a copy during my <a href="https://c.im/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> giveaway at release, Kindle readers have another chance to get one. </p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/HUMAN-Brett-Hodnett-ebook/dp/B0F1NCPGXP" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.com/HUMAN-Brett-Hodnett</span><span class="invisible">-ebook/dp/B0F1NCPGXP</span></a></p><p>A remarkable exploration of family, society, and what makes us human, HUMAN will take you from the post-apocalyptic world of the near future, to the two very different societies that emerge 15 million years later, where those few surviving individuals have evolved to become something that we might not fully recognize as human.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/HUMAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HUMAN</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BooksOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BooksOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Livres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Livres</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EPUB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPUB</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ebook</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FreeBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBook</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FreeBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBooks</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GiveAway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiveAway</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BookMarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookMarketing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ReadAllTheBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReadAllTheBooks</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WhatToRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatToRead</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Readers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Readers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FediHuman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediHuman</span></a></p>
Inner Worlds<p>"Everyone flutters, flaring with the strongest of yellows, a rich goldenrod-alarm.</p><p>At the edge of the trees waits a stranger, a human, the first we've encountered in so very long."</p><p>Read "The Spellbook of the Moth Witch" by Devan Barlow in our last issue: <a href="https://inner-worlds.ghost.io/the-spellbook-of-the-moth-witch-devan-barlow/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inner-worlds.ghost.io/the-spel</span><span class="invisible">lbook-of-the-moth-witch-devan-barlow/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SpecFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecFic</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/LunarPunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LunarPunk</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a></p>
Jesse Miksic<p>Reading Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun” and it just occurs to me: is this book a self-conscious inversion of “Never Let Me Go”? A story about continuing a life that’s ending, rather than ending a life (“completing”) to continue another?</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/sciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciFi</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/speculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speculativeFiction</span></a></p>
Luna Station Quarterly<p>It’s not a bad life, really, out here where they’re learning to let things live again.</p><p>from "Sun Flowers" by Samantha Rich</p><p><a href="https://www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/061" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lunastationquarterly.com/issue</span><span class="invisible">s/061</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WomenWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWriters</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Magazines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Magazines</span></a></p>
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