via FREE Fiction / Raindrop.io https://raindrop.io Something terrible had happened. Linnea did not know what it was. But her father had looked pale and worried, and her mother had told her, very fiercely, “Be brave!” and now she had to leave, and it was all the result of that terrible thing. via Poc…

via FREE Fiction / Raindrop.io https://raindrop.io Among the universe’s civilizations, some conceive of the journey between stars as the sailing of bright ships, and others as tunneling through the crevices of night. Some look upon their far-voyaging as a migratory imperative, and name their vessels…

via FREE Fiction / Raindrop.io https://raindrop.io Presenting a new original science fiction story, “A Clean Sweep With All the Trimmings,” by author James Alan Gardner, a Damon Runyon-esque tale of courteous guys, bulletproof dolls, and the fedora-clad spacemen that bring them together. via Pocket

via FREE Fiction / Raindrop.io https://raindrop.io A dog detective is hired by a female human to investigate a murder that she committed. But of course, all is not as it seems. Before I take on an investigation for someone, I first make at least a cursory investigation of that someone. via Pocket Knowledgeable Creatures | Tor.com via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2NInacA

via FREE Fiction / Raindrop.io https://raindrop.io As Tor.com departs from its longtime home, the iconic Flatiron building, we present this sweet farewell from Seanan McGuire. via Pocket

via FREE Fiction / Raindrop.io https://raindrop.io Presenting a new original story, “Uncle Flower’s Homecoming Waltz,“ by author Marissa K. Lingen, a tale in which children and adults must be taught how to daydream properly; a respite against the never-ending war that rages around them. This story w…

via FREE Fiction / Raindrop.io https://raindrop.io Ritter was newly returned from seeding the harbor of Odessa with kraken eggs, an act of sabotage that would deny the Mongolian Wizard access to the Black Sea for years to come, when a uniformed young man appeared at his door with a telegram. “Tella-…

via FREE Fiction / Raindrop.io https://raindrop.io Egypt, 1912. In an alternate Cairo infused with the otherworldly, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) divine. via Pocket A Dead Djinn in Cairo | Tor.com via Instapaper https://ift.tt/2yzzgRh

A suspenseful near-future story about what happens during the vetting process of a researcher from the Middle East, who is trying to enter the US to continue his studies, and the immigration lawyer assigned to his case, who is dying of cancer. via P…

The Hundredth House Had No Walls | Tor.com via Instapaper https://ift.tt/34Ciygm The King was bored. For five hundred years he had been King of the country of Myth and Shadow, and he was a good king, if a slightly bewildered one. The countryside rolled with treacherous forests rammed full of all the requisite enchanted creatures…

via FREE Fiction / Raindrop.io https://raindrop.io When Vivian and her daughter witness the family matriarch die without leaving a corpse, Vivian can no longer ignore the family “gift” or the choice that lies before her. I nearly drop the plate I am holding. via Pocket

Book 2 in the Luna Lake series. When a border dispute between two bear clans destabilizes shapeshifter relations throughout Europe and threatens to reveal their existence to humans, the Sazi High C…

Clockwork Fairies by Catherine Rambo with art by Gregory Manchess

Tor.com is honored to reprint “Amicae Aeternum” by Ellen Klages, as featured in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 9—publishing May 12th from Solaris. Distant worlds, time tra…

The fate of two civilizations depends on one troubled family.

A contemporary tale of love in all its forms — and of one robot’s quest to know it, and himself, on his own terms.

After the collapse of civilization Nora and her family live a quiet life in the Midwestern Plains until a great fiery god of the sky descends and makes her an irresistible offer—an offer that will …

Miss Pippa Kipling and her automaton companion, the Porter, exterminate pests of the supernatural variety. What should be a typical job in your average haunted cavern soon derails in an inconvenien…

Does a renewed world still have a place for those who only know how to destroy? While defending a tea-growing commune in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, one person seeks an answer.

“Blue is a Darkness Weakened by Light” is about a lonely young woman, recently moved to the big city, who is looking for love. What she finds is a friend and confidante who is much olde…

In a cyber-enhanced, futuristic Chicago, Sonata knows near-immortality is achievable through downloading her mind into a cyborg body after death. But this young artist wants to prove that living fo…

A meditation about the evolution and influence of a song written in 1902 over the next 150 plus years.

When rumors of an uprising in Metaltown’s factories hits Bakerstown, sixteen-year-old wannabe reporter Caris knows she’s found the story that will finally prove her worth to the Journal…

Ratspeak is the the shrill and sly language of the rats of New York City’s subway. When a curious boy is granted his wish to speak and understand the secret language of the rats, he brings a …

Taranis and his men forage for the collected tribes of the Crow as they march against the Romans, but he brings back more than he bargained for when he frees a beautiful and mysterious prisoner, Al…

From the author of The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and the forthcoming Death’s End comes a story about unborn memories.