Free Speculative Fiction Online: Ian McDonald

Award-winning fiction:

The Djinn’s Wife (Asimov's, July 2006)
Available as part of this magazine.
Hugo for Best Novelette 2007.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Fourth Edition.
Featured in Strahan’s ‘Best SF & F of the Year’, Volume One.
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Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Award-nominated fiction:

This list is limited to the Hugo Awards, the Nebula Awards, and the World Fantasy Awards. See here for further awards.

Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh (Empire Dreams Collection, 1988)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 1988.
Featured in Datlow et al.’s ‘Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror’, Second Edition.
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Not freely available online!

Some Strange Desire (Omni Best SF Anthology #3, 1993)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 1994.
Featured in Datlow et al.’s ‘Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror’, Seventh Edition.
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River of Gods (Simon & Schuster, 2004)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2005.
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Not freely available online!

The Little Goddess (Asimov's, June 2005)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2006.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Third Edition.
Featured in Strahan’s ‘Best SF of the Year’, 2005 Edition.
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Not freely available online!

Brasyl (Gollancz, 2007)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2008.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 2008.
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Not freely available online!

The Tear (Galactic Empires Anthology, 2008)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2009.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Sixth Edition.
Featured in Richard Horton’s ‘The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2009’.
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Not freely available online! Recommended!

Vishnu at the Cat Circus (Cyberabad Days Collection, 2009)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2010.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Seventh Edition.
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Not freely available online!

The Dervish House (Gollancz, 2010)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novel 2011.
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A novel.

Not freely available online!

Other fiction online:

Scenes from a Shadowplay (Asimov's, July 1985)
A sample from this collection.
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Empire Dreams (Asimov's, December 1985)
A sample from this collection.
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Floating Dogs (New Worlds Anthology, 1991)
A sample from this anthology.
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Big Chair (ConFuse Program Book, 1992)
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Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

An Eligible Boy (Fast Forward Anthology #2, 2008)
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Sixth Edition.
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The Dust Assassin (The Starry Rift Anthology, 2008)
Featured in Strahan’s ‘Best SF & F of the Year’, Volume Three.
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Tonight We Fly (Masked Anthology, 2010)
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Digging (Life on Mars Anthology, 2011)
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Ninth Edition.
Featured in Strahan’s ‘Best SF & F of the Year’, Volume Six.
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Recording Angel (Lightspeed, June 2011)
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Fourteenth Edition.
Reviews: Isfdb:

Driftings (Clarkesworld #76, January 2013)
Alternate link.
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The Fifth Dragon (Reach For Infinity Anthology, 2014)
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The Falls: A Luna Story (Meeting Infinity Anthology, 2015)
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Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan (Old Venus Anthology, 2015)
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The Guile (Tor.com, May 2018)
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Free Speculative Fiction Online

Ian McDonald

Award-winning fiction:

The Djinn’s Wife (Asimov's, July 2006)

Award-nominated fiction:

Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh (Empire Dreams Collection, 1988)

Some Strange Desire (Omni Best SF Anthology #3, 1993)

River of Gods (Simon & Schuster, 2004)

The Little Goddess (Asimov's, June 2005)

Brasyl (Gollancz, 2007)

The Tear (Galactic Empires Anthology, 2008)

Vishnu at the Cat Circus (Cyberabad Days Collection, 2009)

The Dervish House (Gollancz, 2010)

Other fiction online:

Scenes from a Shadowplay (Asimov's, July 1985)

Empire Dreams (Asimov's, December 1985)

Floating Dogs (New Worlds Anthology, 1991)

Big Chair (ConFuse Program Book, 1992)

An Eligible Boy (Fast Forward Anthology #2, 2008)

The Dust Assassin (The Starry Rift Anthology, 2008)

Tonight We Fly (Masked Anthology, 2010)

Digging (Life on Mars Anthology, 2011)

Recording Angel (Lightspeed, June 2011)

Driftings (Clarkesworld #76, January 2013)

The Fifth Dragon (Reach For Infinity Anthology, 2014)

The Falls: A Luna Story (Meeting Infinity Anthology, 2015)

Botanica Veneris: Thirteen Papercuts by Ida Countess Rathangan (Old Venus Anthology, 2015)

The Guile (Tor.com, May 2018)