Ok. This is going to seem odd. You see, I have an extended family member who is in a situation where his media intake is severely limited by external forces. However, he has long been a fan of fantasy and science fiction stories, often using them as a balm when times are tough. And times are tough for him.
His mother wants to provide him with that reading salve by copy/pasting short stories into the letters she writes to him.
Obviously, I pointed her to places like Project Gutenberg and Feedbooks as potential sources, but the problem is that most of those stories are old and this young man prefers new fiction.
What I’d like to ask is, would any of you be willing to give us a short story or two that his mom and I could use for this purpose?
Even just permission to copy/paste stories you have on your website would be great, or pointing us to places where you have published your work for free and in a format that would conducive to copy/pasting would be awesome!
Contact me directly at editor@graspingforthewind.com or just put your permission and links into the comments below.
You will be doing this young man an enormous service. We thank you.
John, I’d gladly donate to this cause. I’ve posted stories both on Wattpad, and on my blog. Many of them are found in both places, so she can feel free to copy/paste from wherever is most convenient. However, there is some content exclusive to Wattpad.
Links below:
http://www.wattpad.com/user/JeffMMiller
http://jmarkmiller.net
Also, I’m close to finishing some novels, and I would gladly send then in whatever format would be convenient when I’m done with revisions.
Another thought. I’m sure you know about the short stories posted at tor.com. Perhaps they would be OK with copying theirs as well. You might shoot them an email and ask.
Good idea. I didn’t want to assume. I’m sure that could potentially be infringement. But if I ask permission and they say yes, that would work.
Help yourself to anything on my site – I have a bunch of micro-fiction and short stories.
http://www.spell-sword.com
i was also about to propose the Tor.com short stories. They have a whole bunch available there. Then there’s the Baen free library, where the have whole books available to read online or to download in various formats. Beneath ceaseless skies is also a magazine/fanzine that publishes free stories at http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/ , maybe they might allow something like that. There’s also a lot of content available at http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine , could be worth a shot.
Good ideas. I’d have to ask first though.
Your welcome to use any of the stories linked to magazines I’ve appeared in. I have a list here, though some links no longer work due to magazines closing down.
http://www.rlcopple.com/published.php?ic=SS_Page
Then there are some good online magazines where stories are free to read:
Science fiction/fantasy:
http://www.mindflights.com/
Space Opera:
http://www.raygunrevival.com/
(Has quite a large archive, he could spend hours there)
Lots of choices here, sweet.
John, I don’t have any short stories, but I’d be happy to send a pdf of one of my books, if that would help. Send me an email and let me know.
Appreciate your willingness, but it has to be something we can stick into a letter, hence the request for a story.
I don’t have any long stories on my blog, but I lots of rather short ones (100-word flash mostly, some with photo prompts (my own) she can send for visual variety if she wants). There’s an index to them here: http://madison-woods.com/index-of-stories/
Awesome!
there are two stories by Jack Clemons in the first pdf of amazing stories, and I have two flash pieces here http://365tomorrows.com/06/17/rough-trade/ and here http://365tomorrows.com/11/02/house-for-sale/ you are welcome to use
Cool!
I’ve got 2 shorts out here:
http://www.scottmarlowe.com/post/Short-Fiction.aspx
You’re welcome to send them on.
Will do!
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Great! Thank you.
Hey, John,
I’ve got several shorts on my website. They are a sort of geeky pulp 2.0. Not for everyone, but fun action stories for those who like steam/dieselpunk and pulp. They can be cut and pasted from my website, but if you think your friend would be interested I’d be more than willing to send nice polished .pdf or .epub versions, etc. They are pretty big files though. So just let me know if you want some of them.
http://davidmarkbrownwrites.com/lost-dmb-files/
That’s excellent, thank you!
infinityplus.co.uk has a bunch of good stuff. i don’t think it’s new new, but a lot is previous decade.
True, but is it legal for us to “borrow” it? I don’t take stuff off sites just because it is on the internet. Do you happen to know or should I aks them direct. Thanks for the good lead, though.