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Reading SpecFic: A Literacy Resource

This site provides links to free online Speculative Fiction. SpecFic is a broad and wonderous term that encompasses many forms of speculative genre writing.

Care has been taken to choose only sites that do not infringe on the authors' copyright.

What Is "Speculative Fiction"?

"Speculative Fiction", or "SpecFic", is a term coined by Robert Heinlein decades ago to describe literature that transcends the artificial boundaries of "Science Fiction" and "Fantasy". It's an inclusive term, allowing no snobbery or safety in cliched plots and paper doll characters. Think of it as "What If..." stories allowed to unfold in a fluid, natural manner.

Free range writing. It's healthier.

Free SF Online: Speculative Fiction Stories

Statement from Free SF Online:
"All stories are available for free. This site does not link to pirated SF!
Sites violating the copyright of the respective stories by making them accessible
without the author's and/or publisher's agreement are not included."
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Strange Horizons

Strange Horizons is a free online magazine that publishes Speculative Fiction stories and articles each Monday and SpecFic art monthly.
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SpecFic Authors Who Share Their Work Online

Note:
Please respect the rights of the author and read and/or link to these works only. No stealing to add content to your website! It's both disrepectful and illegal.
Orson Scott Card
An impressively generous collection of OSC books, short stories, reviews, articles, essays & plays.
Neil Gaiman
A small collection of Neil's short stories online.
John Scalzi
John Scalzi's SF humor novel Agent To The Stars.

More Free Reading Online

SciFiction Archives
SciFiction was the online SF magazine of the SciFi channel. The SciFiction Archives contain both classic and original stories.
Science Fiction At Project Gutenberg
Science Fiction from Jules Verne forward.
Precursors of Science Fiction/Project Gutenberg
Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Mary Shelley, Voltaire, and others who were the leading edge into Speculative Fiction.
Baen Free Library
Science Fiction and Fantasy Electronic books. Free ebooks from authors such as David Weber, Lois Bujold, David Drake, Mercedes Lackey and other greats.

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