I have read reports that many people are finding they no longer have the attention span to read an entire novel, the most recent being this article in The Atlantic. No problem. Start with short fic…

I read ten pieces of short fiction this week ranging from about 1,500 words to almost 25,000 words. To view the entire list of what I read, look at the top ten entries in the table at the bottom of…

I considered declining the invitation. It was too weird, too expensive, too far, too dangerous, too weird. Way too weird. An invitation like that would never come again. I’d regret it if I didn’t go. ...

Below is a searchable index of all the short fiction published in the following online speculative fiction magazines. Each of the stories can be read for free by clicking on the link in the table. …

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one." – George R. R. Martin

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

This first story in the August 2025 issue of Clarkesworld magazine (Issue #227) left me wanting more. It takes place in a near future world where people who have suffered from a stroke can get a ne…