This page lists a selection of my stories that are available for free, in various formats: online, ebook, and audio.  (For a complete listing of my published work, see the Bibliography page.)

• "The Final Ascent" in Clarkesworld is a 9,900-word SF story in which explorers discover a race of aliens who have a verifiable afterlife.  (More info)
• "No Strangers Any More" in Escape Pod (part 1, part 2) is a 9,600-word SF comedy about a British princess and an alien diplomat who wants to buy the Moon.  (More info)
• "Restoring the Magic" in Cast of Wonders is a 4,700-word fantasy story about conservationists reintroducing magical creatures to Europe.  (More info)
• "Escape from the Andromedan Empire" in Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show is a 5,800-word SF story about human minds being uploaded into computers and then getting hacked and pirated.  (More info)
• "Live-Tweeting the Apocalypse" in Daily Science Fiction is a 700-word flash piece about the end of the world as seen on Twitter.  (More info)
• "Demonstration Day" in Jim Baen's Universe is a 7,500-word SF comedy about eccentric scientists who get together at a secret convention where they discuss wacky theories and demonstrate dangerous experiments.  (More info)

• My collection The Shapes of Strangers, which contains 14 science-fiction stories, is sometimes available for free to Kindle Unlimited subscribers, depending on whether the publisher has currently enrolled it.  If it's not in KU right now, or you're not a KU subscriber, you can still download a free sample which contains the complete text of the first story, "After the Atrocity".  (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, more info)
• My collection Escape Routes from Earth has a free sample which includes the complete text of the first two stories, "Within These Well-Scrubbed Walls" and "Ormonde and Chase".  (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, more info)
• My collection Maps of the Edge has a free sample which includes the complete text of the first story, "Erosion" — this is my best known, most widely reprinted story.  (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, more info)

• My collection Escape Routes from Earth has a 10% free sample that includes at least one complete story.  (Smashwords, more info)
• My collection Maps of the Edge has a 10% free sample that includes at least one complete story.  (Smashwords, more info)
• "The Prize Beyond Gold" is a standalone free sample: a 5,500-word science fiction story set in a future where all athletics records have reached the limits of the physically attainable, so that they are almost impossible to break.  (Smashwords, more info)

• The collections Maps of the Edge and Escape Routes from Earth are also available through other retailers such as Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.  The sample or preview option is likely to include at least one complete story, but I haven't personally checked all these formats.

• Visit my Audio page for free MP3 downloads of more than 20 stories, totalling more than 14 hours of listening.