Free Speculative Fiction Online: Robert Reed

Award-winning fiction:

A Billion Eves (Asimov's, October 2006)
Hugo for Best Novella 2007.
Featured in Richard Horton’s ‘SF: The Best of the Year 2007’.
Reviews: Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Award-nominated fiction:

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

The Utility Man (Asimov's, November 1990)
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 1991.
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Not freely available online!

Decency (Asimov's, June 1996)
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 1997.
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Not freely available online!

Chrysalis (Asimov's, September 1996)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 1997.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Fourteenth Edition.
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Not freely available online!

Marrow (SF Age, July 1997)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 1998.
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Not freely available online!

Whiptail (Asimov's, October 1998)
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 1999.
Featured in David Hartwell’s ‘Year’s Best SF 4’.
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Not freely available online!

Human Bay (Asimov's, May 1999)
World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 2000.
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Not freely available online!

Hexagons (Asimov's, July 2003)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novelette 2004.
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Not freely available online!

Eight Episodes (Asimov's, June 2006)
Alternate link.
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 2007.
Featured in Strahan’s ‘Best SF & F of the Year’, Volume One.
Reviews: Isfdb:

Truth (Asimov's, October 2008)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 2009.
Review: Isfdb:

Not freely available online!

Katabasis (F & SF, November 2012)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2012.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Thirtieth Edition.
Featured in Strahan’s ‘Best SF & F of the Year’, Volume Seven.
Reviews: Isfdb:
On Tilton’s ‘best fiction from 2012’ list.

Not freely available online!

Other fiction online:

Killing the Morrow (Starlight Anthology #1, 1996)
Available as part of this magazine.
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Finished (Asimov's, September 2005)
Featured in Richard Horton’s ‘SF: The Best of the Year 2006’.
Featured in Strahan’s ‘Best SF of the Year’, 2005 Edition.
Reviews: Isfdb:

Roxie (Asimov's, July 2007)
Available as part of this magazine.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Fifth Edition.
Reviews: Isfdb:

Five Thrillers (F & SF, April 2008)
Available as part of this magazine.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Sixth Edition.
Featured in Strahan’s ‘Best SF & F of the Year’, Volume Three.
Review: Isfdb:

Character Flu (F & SF, June 2008)
Available as part of this magazine.
Featured in Richard Horton’s ‘The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2009’.
Review: Isfdb:

Floating Over Time (Drabblecast, October 2008)
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Dewey Smith and the Meaning of All (Nature #455, November 2008)
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A Woman’s Best Friend (Clarkesworld #27, December 2008)
Alternate link.
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So You’re Going to Die (Drabblecast, February 2010)
Available as part of this magazine.
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The Next Invasion (Tor.com, March 2010)
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The Cull (Clarkesworld #48, September 2010)
Alternate link.
Reviews: Isfdb:

Our Candidate (Tor.com, March 2011)
Featured in Hartwell & Cramers’s ‘Year’s Best SF 17’.
Review: Isfdb:

Woman Leaves Room (Lightspeed, March 2011)
Featured in Richard Horton’s ‘The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2012’.
Featured in Strahan’s ‘Best SF & F of the Year’, Volume Six.
Reviews: Isfdb:
On Tilton’s ‘best fiction from 2011’ list.

Swingers (Tor.com, August 2011)
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Pack (Clarkesworld #60, September 2011)
Alternate link.
Reviews: Isfdb:

HETERO3 (Daily SF, September 2011)
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Eater-of-Bone (Eater-of-Bone Collection, 2012)
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Thirtieth Edition.
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Audio version serialized. Part 2.

Published somewhere on the World Wide Web.

Cloudburst (Daily SF, February 2012)
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Prayer (Clarkesworld #68, May 2012)
Alternate link.
Featured in Richard Horton’s ‘The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2013’.
Reviews: Isfdb:
On Tilton’s ‘best fiction from 2012’ list.

Bright Lights (Strange Horizons, May 2012)
Available as part of this magazine.
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Triumph (Daily SF, September 2012)
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Flowing Unimpeded to the Enlightenment (Lightspeed, October 2012)
Reviews: Isfdb:

The Golden Age of Story (Asimov's, February 2013)
Available as part of this magazine.
Reviews: Isfdb:

The Suit (Daily SF, May 2013)
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Mystic Falls (Clarkesworld #86, November 2013)
Alternate link.
Reviews: Isfdb:
On Tilton’s ‘best fiction from 2013’ list.
To be featured in Strahan’s Year’s Best SF & F, Volume Eight.

Time Travelers Wear Disguises (Daily SF, April 2014)
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wHole (Clarkesworld #93, June 2014)
Alternate link.
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Blood Wedding (Asimov's, July 2014)
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Pernicious Romance (Clarkesworld #98, November 2014)
Reviews: Isfdb:

The Empress in Her Glory (Clarkesworld #103, April 2015)
Alternate link.
Reviews: Isfdb:

Cremulator (Clarkesworld #108, September 2015)
Alternate link.
Reviews: Isfdb:

Parables of Infinity (Bridging Infinity Anthology, 2016)
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The Algorithms of Value (Clarkesworld #112, January 2016)
Alternate link.
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Musings on Time Travel (Nature #530, February 2016)
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I Like this Grandma better than the old One (Daily SF, March 2016)
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I miss the Before (Daily SF, May 2016)
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The Universal Museum of Sagacity (Clarkesworld #116, May 2016)
Alternate link.
Review: Isfdb:

How to Listen to Music (Daily SF, August 2016)
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The Next Scene (Clarkesworld #121, October 2016)
Alternate link.
Review: Isfdb:

Two Ways of Living (Clarkesworld #126, March 2017)
Alternate link.
Reviews: Isfdb:

The Significance of Significance (Clarkesworld #130, July 2017)
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Obliteration (Clarkesworld #137, February 2018)
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Insights (Daily SF, March 2018)
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Kingfisher (Clarkesworld #143, August 2018)
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Guide-Dance (Daily SF, December 2018)
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Painwise (Clarkesworld #149, February 2019)
Reviews: Isfdb:

Bonobo (Clarkesworld #153, June 2019)
Reviews: Isfdb:

And So On (Drabblecast, June 2019)
Available as part of this magazine.
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The Statistical Grandeurs (Drabblecast, June 2019)
Available as part of this magazine.
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Dance, Siege, Swoop (Drabblecast, August 2019)
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In the Walls (Daily SF, December 2019)

Nameless He (Clarkesworld #167, August 2020)
Reviews: Isfdb:

Every flavor of infinite … (Daily SF, August 2020)

Conversations in the Dark (Clarkesworld #171, December 2020)
Review: Isfdb:

Poubelle (Clarkesworld #177, June 2021)
Reviews: Isfdb:

Free Speculative Fiction Online

Robert Reed

Award-winning fiction:

A Billion Eves (Asimov's, October 2006)

Award-nominated fiction:

The Utility Man (Asimov's, November 1990)

Decency (Asimov's, June 1996)

Chrysalis (Asimov's, September 1996)

Marrow (SF Age, July 1997)

Whiptail (Asimov's, October 1998)

Human Bay (Asimov's, May 1999)

Hexagons (Asimov's, July 2003)

Eight Episodes (Asimov's, June 2006)

Truth (Asimov's, October 2008)

Katabasis (F & SF, November 2012)

Other fiction online:

Killing the Morrow (Starlight Anthology #1, 1996)

Finished (Asimov's, September 2005)

Roxie (Asimov's, July 2007)

Five Thrillers (F & SF, April 2008)

Character Flu (F & SF, June 2008)

Floating Over Time (Drabblecast, October 2008)

Dewey Smith and the Meaning of All (Nature #455, November 2008)

A Woman’s Best Friend (Clarkesworld #27, December 2008)

So You’re Going to Die (Drabblecast, February 2010)

The Next Invasion (Tor.com, March 2010)

The Cull (Clarkesworld #48, September 2010)

Our Candidate (Tor.com, March 2011)

Woman Leaves Room (Lightspeed, March 2011)

Swingers (Tor.com, August 2011)

Pack (Clarkesworld #60, September 2011)

HETERO3 (Daily SF, September 2011)

Eater-of-Bone (Eater-of-Bone Collection, 2012)

Cloudburst (Daily SF, February 2012)

Prayer (Clarkesworld #68, May 2012)

Bright Lights (Strange Horizons, May 2012)

Triumph (Daily SF, September 2012)

Flowing Unimpeded to the Enlightenment (Lightspeed, October 2012)

The Golden Age of Story (Asimov's, February 2013)

The Suit (Daily SF, May 2013)

Mystic Falls (Clarkesworld #86, November 2013)

Time Travelers Wear Disguises (Daily SF, April 2014)

wHole (Clarkesworld #93, June 2014)

Blood Wedding (Asimov's, July 2014)

Pernicious Romance (Clarkesworld #98, November 2014)

The Empress in Her Glory (Clarkesworld #103, April 2015)

Cremulator (Clarkesworld #108, September 2015)

Parables of Infinity (Bridging Infinity Anthology, 2016)

The Algorithms of Value (Clarkesworld #112, January 2016)

Musings on Time Travel (Nature #530, February 2016)

I Like this Grandma better than the old One (Daily SF, March 2016)

I miss the Before (Daily SF, May 2016)

The Universal Museum of Sagacity (Clarkesworld #116, May 2016)

How to Listen to Music (Daily SF, August 2016)

The Next Scene (Clarkesworld #121, October 2016)

Two Ways of Living (Clarkesworld #126, March 2017)

The Significance of Significance (Clarkesworld #130, July 2017)

Obliteration (Clarkesworld #137, February 2018)

Insights (Daily SF, March 2018)

Kingfisher (Clarkesworld #143, August 2018)

Guide-Dance (Daily SF, December 2018)

Painwise (Clarkesworld #149, February 2019)

Bonobo (Clarkesworld #153, June 2019)

And So On (Drabblecast, June 2019)

The Statistical Grandeurs (Drabblecast, June 2019)

Dance, Siege, Swoop (Drabblecast, August 2019)

In the Walls (Daily SF, December 2019)

Nameless He (Clarkesworld #167, August 2020)

Every flavor of infinite … (Daily SF, August 2020)

Conversations in the Dark (Clarkesworld #171, December 2020)

Poubelle (Clarkesworld #177, June 2021)