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Dave Wolverton: Starlight and Ash (Shattered Shields Anthology, 2014)
A sample from this anthology.
As by ‘David Farland’.

The 2023 Hugo Awards Nominees

Best Novel

Travis Baldree: Legends & Lattes (Tor, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
Isfdb:
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Mary Robinette Kowal: The Spare Man (Tor, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
Isfdb:
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Silvia Moreno-Garcia: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Del Rey, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
Isfdb:
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Tamsyn Muir: Nona the Ninth (Tor.com, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2022.
A novel.

Not freely available online!

John Scalzi: The Kaiju Preservation Society (Tor, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
Isfdb:
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Ursula Vernon: Nettle & Bone (Tor, 2022)
Hugo for Best Novel 2023.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2022.
A novel. As by ‘T. Kingfisher’.

Not freely available online!

Best Novella

Alix E. Harrow: A Mirror Mended (Tor.com, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2023.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Seanan McGuire: Where the Drowned Girls Go (Tor.com, 2022)
Hugo for Best Novella 2023.

Not freely available online!

C. L. Polk: Even Though I Knew the End (Tor.com, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2023.
Nebula for Best Novella 2022.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2023.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Ogres (Solaris, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2023.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Ursula Vernon: What Moves the Dead (Tor Nightfire, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2023.
Isfdb:
As by ‘T. Kingfisher’.

Not freely available online!

Nghi Vo: Into the Riverlands (Tor.com, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2023.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Best Novelette

John Chu: If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You (Uncanny Magazine, July 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2023.
Nebula for Best Novelette 2022.

S. L. Huang: Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness (Clarkesworld #195, December 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2023.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2022.
Review:

Wole Talabi: A Dream of Electric Mothers (Africa Risen Anthology, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2023.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2022.

Catherynne M. Valente: The Difference Between Love and Time (Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance Anthology, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2023.

Recommended!

Marie Vibbert: We Built This City (Clarkesworld #189, June 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2023.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2022.
Reviews:

Hai Ya: The Space-Time Painter (Galaxy's Edge <Chinese Magazine>, April 2022)
Hugo for Best Novelette 2023.

Not freely available online!

Best Short Story

Lu Ban: The White Cliff (Science Fiction World, May 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2023.

Not freely available online!

Jiang Bo: On the Razor’s Edge (Science Fiction World, January 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2023.

Not freely available online!

Samantha Mills: Rabbit Test (Uncanny Magazine #49, November 2022)
Hugo for Best Short Story 2023.
Nebula for Best Short Story 2022.

Ren Qing: Resurrection (Science Fiction World, December 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2023.

Not freely available online!

Regina Kanyu Wang: Zhurong on Mars (Frontiers, September 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2023.

Not freely available online!

John Wiswell: D.I.Y. (Tor.com, August 2022)
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2023.
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2022.
Review:

The 2022 Nebula Awards Final Ballot

Novels

Nicola Griffith: Spear (Tor.com, 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2022.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
Isfdb:
A novel.

Not freely available online!

R. F. Kuang: Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution (Harper Voyager, 2022)
Nebula for Best Novel 2022.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Tamsyn Muir: Nona the Ninth (Tor.com, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2022.
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Ray Nayler: The Mountain in the Sea (MCD, 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2022.
Isfdb:
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Ursula Vernon: Nettle & Bone (Tor, 2022)
Hugo for Best Novel 2023.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2022.
A novel. As by ‘T. Kingfisher’.

Not freely available online!

Ursula Vernon: Nettle and Bone (Tor, 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2022.
A novel. As by ‘T. Kingfisher’.

Not freely available online!

Novellas

Becky Chambers: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Tor.com, 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2022.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

R. S. A. Garcia: Bishop’s Opening (Clarkesworld #184, January 2022)
Alternate link.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2022.
Reviews:

Jordan Kurella: I Never Liked You Anyway (Vernacular, 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2022.

Not freely available online!

C. L. Polk: Even Though I Knew the End (Tor.com, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2023.
Nebula for Best Novella 2022.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2023.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Kelly Robson: High Times in the Low Parliament (Tor.com, 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2022.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Novelettes

John Chu: If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You (Uncanny Magazine, July 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2023.
Nebula for Best Novelette 2022.

S. B. Divya: Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold (Uncanny Magazine #46, May 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2022.
Isfdb:

S. L. Huang: Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness (Clarkesworld #195, December 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2023.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2022.
Review:

Wole Talabi: A Dream of Electric Mothers (Africa Risen Anthology, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2023.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2022.

Natalia Theodoridou: The Prince of Salt and the Ocean’s Bargain (Uncanny Magazine #48, September 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2022.
Isfdb:

Marie Vibbert: We Built This City (Clarkesworld #189, June 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2023.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 2022.
Reviews:

Short Stories

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki: Destiny Delayed (Asimov's, May 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2022.
Reviews:

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Ai Jiang: Give Me English (F & SF, May 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2022.
Review: Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Samantha Mills: Rabbit Test (Uncanny Magazine #49, November 2022)
Hugo for Best Short Story 2023.
Nebula for Best Short Story 2022.

Ian Muneshwar: Dick Pig (Nightmare Magazine #112, January 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2022.
Reviews: Isfdb:

Suzan Palumbo: Douen (The Dark, March 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2022.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 2023.

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

John Wiswell: D.I.Y. (Tor.com, August 2022)
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2023.
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2022.
Review:

The 2023 World Fantasy Awards Awards Ballot

Novels

C. S. E. Cooney: Saint Death’s Daughter (Solaris, 2022)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
Isfdb:
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Nicola Griffith: Spear (Tor.com, 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2022.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
Isfdb:
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Alex Jennings: The Ballad of Perilous Graves (Redhook, 2022)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
Isfdb:
A novel.

Not freely available online!

R. F. Kuang: Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution (Harper Voyager, 2022)
Nebula for Best Novel 2022.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Nghi Vo: Siren Queen (Tor.com, 2022)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novel 2023.
Isfdb:
A novel.

Not freely available online!

Novellas

Naseem Jamnia: The Bruising of Qilwa (Tachyon, 2022)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2023.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Dennis Mombauer: The House of Drought (Stelliform Press, 2022)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2023.

Not freely available online!

C. L. Polk: Even Though I Knew the End (Tor.com, 2022)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2023.
Nebula for Best Novella 2022.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2023.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Naben Ruthnum: Helpmeet (Undertow Publications, 2022)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2023.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Priya Sharma: Pomegranates (Absinthe Books, 2022)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Novella 2023.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Short Fiction

Eugen Bacon: The Devil Don’t Come with Horns (Other Terrors Anthology, 2022)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 2023.
Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Tananarive Due: Incident at Bear Creek Lodge (Other Terrors Anthology, 2022)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 2023.

Not freely available online!

Kate Heartfield: The Morning House (Podcastle, July 2022)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 2023.

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Kat Howard: Telling the Bees (The Sunday Morning Transport, January 2022)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 2023.

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Suzan Palumbo: Douen (The Dark, March 2022)
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 2022.
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 2023.

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Free Speculative Fiction Online

Links to Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories Online

Random story

Dave Wolverton: Starlight and Ash (Shattered Shields Anthology, 2014)

The 2023 Hugo Awards Nominees

Best Novel

Travis Baldree: Legends & Lattes (Tor, 2022)

Mary Robinette Kowal: The Spare Man (Tor, 2022)

Silvia Moreno-Garcia: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (Del Rey, 2022)

Tamsyn Muir: Nona the Ninth (Tor.com, 2022)

John Scalzi: The Kaiju Preservation Society (Tor, 2022)

Ursula Vernon: Nettle & Bone (Tor, 2022)

Best Novella

Alix E. Harrow: A Mirror Mended (Tor.com, 2022)

Seanan McGuire: Where the Drowned Girls Go (Tor.com, 2022)

C. L. Polk: Even Though I Knew the End (Tor.com, 2022)

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Ogres (Solaris, 2022)

Ursula Vernon: What Moves the Dead (Tor Nightfire, 2022)

Nghi Vo: Into the Riverlands (Tor.com, 2022)

Best Novelette

John Chu: If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You (Uncanny Magazine, July 2022)

S. L. Huang: Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness (Clarkesworld #195, December 2022)

Wole Talabi: A Dream of Electric Mothers (Africa Risen Anthology, 2022)

Catherynne M. Valente: The Difference Between Love and Time (Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance Anthology, 2022)

Marie Vibbert: We Built This City (Clarkesworld #189, June 2022)

Hai Ya: The Space-Time Painter (Galaxy's Edge <Chinese Magazine>, April 2022)

Best Short Story

Lu Ban: The White Cliff (Science Fiction World, May 2022)

Jiang Bo: On the Razor’s Edge (Science Fiction World, January 2022)

Samantha Mills: Rabbit Test (Uncanny Magazine #49, November 2022)

Ren Qing: Resurrection (Science Fiction World, December 2022)

Regina Kanyu Wang: Zhurong on Mars (Frontiers, September 2022)

John Wiswell: D.I.Y. (Tor.com, August 2022)

The 2022 Nebula Awards Final Ballot

Novels

Nicola Griffith: Spear (Tor.com, 2022)

R. F. Kuang: Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution (Harper Voyager, 2022)

Tamsyn Muir: Nona the Ninth (Tor.com, 2022)

Ray Nayler: The Mountain in the Sea (MCD, 2022)

Ursula Vernon: Nettle & Bone (Tor, 2022)

Ursula Vernon: Nettle and Bone (Tor, 2022)

Novellas

Becky Chambers: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Tor.com, 2022)

R. S. A. Garcia: Bishop’s Opening (Clarkesworld #184, January 2022)

Jordan Kurella: I Never Liked You Anyway (Vernacular, 2022)

C. L. Polk: Even Though I Knew the End (Tor.com, 2022)

Kelly Robson: High Times in the Low Parliament (Tor.com, 2022)

Novelettes

John Chu: If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You (Uncanny Magazine, July 2022)

S. B. Divya: Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold (Uncanny Magazine #46, May 2022)

S. L. Huang: Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness (Clarkesworld #195, December 2022)

Wole Talabi: A Dream of Electric Mothers (Africa Risen Anthology, 2022)

Natalia Theodoridou: The Prince of Salt and the Ocean’s Bargain (Uncanny Magazine #48, September 2022)

Marie Vibbert: We Built This City (Clarkesworld #189, June 2022)

Short Stories

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki: Destiny Delayed (Asimov's, May 2022)

Ai Jiang: Give Me English (F & SF, May 2022)

Samantha Mills: Rabbit Test (Uncanny Magazine #49, November 2022)

Ian Muneshwar: Dick Pig (Nightmare Magazine #112, January 2022)

Suzan Palumbo: Douen (The Dark, March 2022)

John Wiswell: D.I.Y. (Tor.com, August 2022)

The 2023 World Fantasy Awards Awards Ballot

Novels

C. S. E. Cooney: Saint Death’s Daughter (Solaris, 2022)

Nicola Griffith: Spear (Tor.com, 2022)

Alex Jennings: The Ballad of Perilous Graves (Redhook, 2022)

R. F. Kuang: Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution (Harper Voyager, 2022)

Nghi Vo: Siren Queen (Tor.com, 2022)

Novellas

Naseem Jamnia: The Bruising of Qilwa (Tachyon, 2022)

Dennis Mombauer: The House of Drought (Stelliform Press, 2022)

C. L. Polk: Even Though I Knew the End (Tor.com, 2022)

Naben Ruthnum: Helpmeet (Undertow Publications, 2022)

Priya Sharma: Pomegranates (Absinthe Books, 2022)

Short Fiction

Eugen Bacon: The Devil Don’t Come with Horns (Other Terrors Anthology, 2022)

Tananarive Due: Incident at Bear Creek Lodge (Other Terrors Anthology, 2022)

Kate Heartfield: The Morning House (Podcastle, July 2022)

Kat Howard: Telling the Bees (The Sunday Morning Transport, January 2022)

Suzan Palumbo: Douen (The Dark, March 2022)