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Speculative North Issue #2 Free Download

The second issue of Spec North is a free Kindle download from Amazon until Oct 7th!

This is an awesome issue that has already hit Amazon #1 Bestseller status in the categories of science fiction short stories and fantasy anthologies!

If you’re living in USA, you can download it from here. If you’re living in Canada, you can download it from here. If you’re outside of these two countries, you can still get it free, but you’ll have to search for it from your country’s Amazon page.

Note: when you’re downloading free books from Amazon, don’t click the “read now” button, which requires a KU account; instead click “buy” for $0.00

I hope you enjoy issue #2 of Spec North! If you get a chance, let me know what you thought of the issue. Thanks so much for your support!

-David

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My Story “Kevin Was Bees” in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine!

Very happy to say that my SFF story “Kevin Was Bees” is in the current issue of Andromeda Spaceways Magazine (ASM #78)!

This story starts from the POV of someone who has been turned into a swarm of bees. The first two sentences:

This was a first. No one had ever been bees before.

The premise: on an advanced starship, they need someone to investigate a problem in a bio-preservation sector where humans aren’t allowed, so the computer makes Kevin into bees; Kevin finds out that, during the procedure, the problem was resolved, so his mission is complete. But he’s bees now.

Kevin’s consciousness gradually fractures into competing subgroups of bees, who develop their own hierarchy, mythology, and competing kingdoms, and whose control over the environmental regulators constitutes a kind of magic.

This story makes a lot of use of Arthur C. Clarke’s third law–that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. One POV is science fiction, and takes place on a futuristic starship, where a person made out of genetically engineered bees is in dialogue with an advanced AI; the other POV is fantasy, and takes place in a fantasy world with magic, myth, and warring kingdoms–that is, the world formed from the fractured pieces of Kevin’s consciousness.

I hope you check out the story, and I would love to hear what you think about it!

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Imps & Minions is currently a free download on Kindle!

Imps & Minions, published by tdotSpec Inc, is currently a free download on Kindle!

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From the Amazon description:

Imps & Minions explores the lives of the little guys of villainry, with 34 tales dedicated to servile underlings, mooks, henchmen, pawns, scamps and rapscallions. Whether it’s Riznax, the little imp who falls in love with his master’s library of ancient tomes, or the poor troll suffering the aftermath of a fairy tale, or the machine programmed to defend her overlord with every microchip in her chassis—in Imps & Minions, they all take center stage. The stories range in tone from whimsical and lighthearted to dark and tragic, and span the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and “superhero”, with a few that are harder to classify. Collectively, they provide diverse looks at the complex and multi-faceted lives of imps, minions, and villainous underdogs of all stripes. Above all, they are compelling tales that show us the trials and tribulations of a colourful cast of characters normally relegated to the background—this is Imps & Minions, and these are their stories.

Download it free here (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Imps-Minions-Odds-Ends-Interesting-ebook/dp/B07W1H961W

Or here (Canada): https://www.amazon.ca/Imps-Minions-Odds-Ends-Interesting-ebook/dp/B07W1H961W/

Please download a copy and share the link! I really appreciate the support!

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Colony anthology is currently a FREE download on kindle!

The Colony anthology, a collection of science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories on the theme of “colony”, is currently a free download on Kindle!

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Link for Canadians: https://www.amazon.ca/Colony-one-shot-anthology-speculative-One-shot-ebook/dp/B07ZBKCR2S/

Link for Americans: https://www.amazon.com/Colony-one-shot-anthology-speculative-One-shot-ebook/dp/B07ZBKCR2S/

Please download a copy and share with social media! I really appreciate the support! Thanks!

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The Sanctuary anthology is currently a FREE download–23 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories on the theme of “Sanctuary”!

The Kindle eBook for Sanctuary: an experimental anthology of speculative fiction is currently a free download from Amazon! For Canadians, you can download it free here. For Americans, you can get it from here. (For everyone else, you can still download it for free, but you’ll have to find the title in your country’s local Amazon.)

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I hope everyone downloads a free copy! Thanks for your support!

 

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Free SFF book! Strange Economics eBook is FREE this week!

“Strange Economics: Economic Speculative Fiction”, 23 SFF stories on the theme of economics, is free this week!

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From the Amazon description:

What if souls were a form of currency? What if our potential could be bought and sold? What is the value of a memory?

These economic questions and more are explored through twenty-three science fiction and fantasy stories, appearing for the first time in this collection.

This anthology also includes economics discussion questions accompanying each of the stories, written by professional economist Elisabeth Perlman, and an afterword/essay exploring the relationship between speculative fiction and economics, written by guest editor Jo Lindsay Walton.

Link for USA: https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Economics-Economic-Speculative-Fiction-ebook/dp/B07GZ89QH2

Link for Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07GZ89QH2

Please download a copy and share on social media–I would really appreciate it! Thanks!

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Nourishment anthology FREE download now through the weekend!

The Nourishment anthology has 25 stories and 70,000+ words of science fiction, fantasy, and horror on the theme of “nourishment”, and it’s FREE for Kindle download for the few days.

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Please download a free copy. I’d really appreciate it! Thanks!

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“True North” free for limited time on Kindle!

My story “True North” is free for a limited time on Kindle. You can download it here (US) and here (Canada). Please download a free copy and leave a review. I would really appreciate it!

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Two rangers hunt down a damaged climate control drone through the frozen, post-apocalyptic tundra of Northern Canada. True North was first published in the Aurora-nominated 49th Parallels anthology by Bundoran Press (2017), and is now available as a standalone short story.