Free Online
Check out my author page on Curious Fictions, which I’m (slowly) populating with ALL of my reprints by posting one new reprint each week. Some great glorious day, you’ll be able to read all my previously published work in one place online for free. (But it would be swell if you subscribed to my author page and kicked me a few bucks to support that plan.)
Meanwhile, below is an index of my free online fiction, pulled from my short stories page. Newer works are toward the top of each length category.
Very Short
100 – 500 words. ADD-friendly.
- “Castles in the Clouds”
- “Road Test”
- “Gallery”
- “A Matter of Perception”
- “Tourists”
- “The Other Half”
- “The Expurgated Version”
- “The Perfect Find”
- “Forever in Heaven”
- “One-Sided”
- “We Have an Objective”
- “Epiphany Sale”
- “Flow”
Short
500 – 1,000 words. For breaks from work.
- “How Black the Sky”
- “All Souls Proceed”
- “The Flight Stone”
- “The Separatists”
- “Surface Tension”
- “Hero”
- “One Year Later”
- “How the Snake Got the Fork in His Tongue”
- “Now Open”
- “Billions of Stars”
Medium
1,000 – 5,000 words. For outright procrastinating from work.
- “The Garden of Ending”
- “This Is a Letter to My Son”
- “In the Shadow of Dyrhólaey”
- “Nathan and the Amazing TechnoPocket NerdCoat”
- “Scales Made Manifest”
- “Boulder No. III”
- “Super Hero, Uncensored”
Long
5,000 – 10,000 words. Relax… slip in.
Even Longer
10,000+ words. Hey man, I’ve got all day.
- “Heart of Brass” (WARNING: erotica) Note: site log-in required; register for free
Podcasts
Some of my stories have been reprinted as podcasts. Have a listen!
- “The Garden of Ending” – story duration: 21:32 – (begin at 1:53)
- “This Is a Letter to My Son” – story duration: 31:33 – (begin at 1:08)
- “The Bomb-Thing” – story duration: 31:29 – (begin at 20:47)
- “Surface Tension” – story duration: 7:09 – (begin at 49:20)
- “Get Happy” – story duration: 17:03 – (begin at 28:36)
- “Billions of Stars” – story duration: 5:31 – (begin at 4:41)