Because I'm always behind in my reading, and because I want to let other folks know when there are good stories being published online -- for FREE -- I've been bookmarking a lot of stories by my friends and writers I admire.

I wanted to share these stories with you. In no certain order, here they are:

• "The Dream Factory," by Jenn Reese
• "Living with the Harpy," by Tim Pratt
• "The Memory of Water," by David Moles
• "The Cleansing Fire of God," by Jay Lake
• "Dogs in the Moonlight," by Jay Lake
• "Smooth Talking," by Tobias Buckell
• "The Woman in the Cherry-Red Convertible by the Platinum Sea," by Ilsa Bick
• "Ancestor Money," by Maureen McHugh
• "It's All True," by John Kessel
• And finally, Fantastic Metropolis has a cool new feature called "Taking the Pulse," which runs short excerpts from novels-in-progress that's worth checking out.

Okay, I think that's all of 'em. Did I miss a good story? Let me know in the Comments section. I haven't read these yet, but if folks get to discussing any of the stories, that would motivate me to do so sooner (I'm just about done reading the novella from Argosy). So much good fiction, so little time... Later.