Free Speculative Fiction Online 
Downloadable HTML (may be multiple pages).
A PDF file.
An audio file.
One or more ebook reader formats.
Sometimes stories are available as part of magazines, e.g. as a story within a larger PDF or audio file.
If these are the only formats available, there is no direct link for the story title.
Otherwise, these are provided as additional links.
I no longer link to stories or books that are only readable online
(mainly in order to avoid having to include lots of browse-inside-the-book entries).
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Stories are available under various licenses and via different distribution channels:
These licenses and categories basically ensure that the respective stories will always be available for free,
even if they should be removed from their current location.
The ‘Project Gutenberg’ and ‘Public Domain’ categories are based on US copyright law –
you’ll have to check the copyright laws of your country if you’re outside the United States!
These stories are under regular copyright, and therefore may not be available indefinitely.
Still, most of these magazines are expected to keep their content available for free.
Includes stories available via authors’ homepages/blogs, and stories provided as samples by publishers.
Should generally not be expected to be available for an extended time period.
This indicates that the respective story is not available online at all, or that you have to pay for it, or that you cannot download it.
These are only listed as part of award ballots.
Recommended stories are indicated like this:
