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Where to find free science fiction, fantasy horror short stories. Presented by Rm Harrington Short Stories. Select free-to-read picks by authors I like. Exerts followed by links to the full story as well as the author website.
From “The Janitor in Space” by Amber Sparks –
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“She scrubs the fingerprints from the instrument panels, watches the lights flicker and dim. She wonders how many rags she’ll go through, how ma
ny surfaces have to get clean before she can finally empty herself of the past. She doesn’t know about metaphors but she knows that even the smallest human vessel has boundless storage for sorrow. Was there a right way to take in so much sorrow it burned clean through the lungs and heart? Was there a right way to atone?”
“Janitor in Space” by Amber Sparks
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From “Endangered” by Allegra Hyde
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“The artists were kept in cages. This was for their own good. The world had gotten really ugly, really fast, and the artists, generally, did not have the skills to survive. Most did not know how to shoot guns, for instance. Or how to make bombs out of soda bottles.”
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Some sci-fi short stories are a must read. Such it is with the Amer Sparks brief from the life of “The Janitor in Space.” It’s sweet, simple and easy science fiction reading.
“The Janitor in Space” by | July 1, 2014
Printed online at American Short Fiction, “The Janitor in Space” comes from the pages of “The Unfinished World.” It’s speculative science fiction from Amber Sparks. As the title suggest, it’s a tale about a janitor in space. It’s also about good astronauts leaving behind liquid salt, bloody tampons and dead skin flakes. And it also considers the meaning of “good” behavior. Don’t miss this beautiful space tale. Find the author at: You can find her most days @ambernoelle and some days at ambernoellesparks.com.
Rocket Ship to Hell by Jeffrey Ford
In this original fantasy sci-fi short stories published at Tor, Science Fiction and Fantasy Universe, Jeffrey Ford awakens the science fiction bug that abides within every reader. Don’t miss, “Rocket Ship to Hell.”
An introduction to the Jeffrey Ford method of applying metafiction. You will not be disappointed.
“It’s hard to breathe in space. Your nose gets totally plugged.”