Our weekly exploration of free and inexpensive short fiction available on the internet. Here are a few stories we read this week that we wanted you to know about, including some nominees for the 2016 Nebula award.
“A Militant Peace” by Tobias Buckell (2014, $2.62 at Audible)
“No nation has ever seen an invasion force like this.”Tobias Buckell’s short story “A Militant Peace” was published in Mitigated Futures, a collection of tales dealing with “the future of war,
May 22nd, 2017. Kat Hooper, Tadiana Jones and Katie Burton | Frank Herbert, Sam J. Miller, Tobias Buckell | Audio, Horror, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 6 comments |
Royal Bastards by Andrew Shvarts
Royal Bastards (2017) marks the newest addition to YA epic fantasy — a genre that seems to be having a bit of a moment. We meet Tilla, our plucky young heroine and bastard to the Lord Kent, and her half-brother Jax, swigging wine on the palace roof and watching the arrival of the visiting Princess Lyriana. Despite their royal blood, the bastards are worlds apart from the legitimate royals, though all that may be about to change…
A great feast marks the welcome for Princess Lyriana,
May 22nd, 2017. Ray McKenzie´s rating: 3 | Andrew Shvarts | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
For We Are Many by Dennis E. Taylor
I really enjoyed Dennis E. Taylor’s We Are Legion (We Are Bob) last December after discovering it by accident as Audible’s Best SF of 2016. I generally tend to read fairly serious, literary, and ambitious SFF books and realized I needed a light break and We Are Legion (We Are Bob) was the perfect change of pace. The BOBIVERSE series really is a fun place to spend some time,
May 22nd, 2017. Stuart Starosta and Kat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Dennis E. Taylor | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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