Watch Maria and Regina talk about today's FREE sci-fi and fantasy BESTSELLERS! (They don't stay free for long!)
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Watch Maria and Regina talk about today's FREE sci-fi and fantasy BESTSELLERS! (They don't stay free for long!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCBw...
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Mar. 6, 2026
We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes books by two USA Bestselling authors and a ten-book space opera box set!
Spell Check Episode 33: Work Hard and Be Nice
Wiz gets some encouraging advice before the first day on the job.
Phineas Four
There came a pounding on Phineas Four's door. He knew it was Five. This had been a long time coming.
The Catalyst Installment 8
“Cause of death seems consistent with poison. But it’s the other anomalies…” The coroner’s narration trailed off. He was clearly flummoxed. “I’ve never seen anything like this.”
How to Write Believable Dialogue
Dialogue can be realistic, or it can crash and burn. Save yourself the grief of writing bad dialogue that takes readers out of the story and start creating great dialogue.
MetaStellar's spring submission cycle opens at midnight! We're looking for original, never-published sci-fi, fantasy, and horror stories of up to 1,200 words in length, and we pay 10 cents a word for accepted stories!
www.metastellar.com/write-for-us...
The Man from Earth and its Take on Immortality
John Oldman asks a question: “What if a man from the Paleolithic survived 14,000 years until the present day?”
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 27, 2026
We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a magical deal with a demon, a wolf shifter trying to reconnect with his lost mate, and a bookstore…
Reality Spun Back to Fish
Something is off, has been for a while. The wriggling of Allison’s left pinky toe in calculus Wednesday made me think, “Huh, just like a minnow”. It’s been getting worse since.
Spell Check Episode 32: Job Search
Wiz needs to level up the finances.
The Catalyst Installment 7
She dropped her head to the side over one shoulder—crack, then the other. Crack. The sound was oddly pleasing, and she wondered what it would be like to squeeze a throat hard enough for the bone to crack beneath her fingers.
How to Write More than One POV
Writing more than one point of view can expand your story to new heights, but how do you handle all that responsibility?
Mad Sisters of Esi Review: Lucubrations on Memory and the Creation of Stories
The novel’s form complements its content as it is basically a story about the inner functioning of stories.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 20, 2026
We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes hopeful takes on climate change, cozy Irish magic, and Egyptian gods.
The Earwax Queen of Fogger’s Notch
An audiologist in a quirky small town of Fogger's Notch secretly loves her job now and a hundred years from now.
Spell Check Episode 31: Two Gnomes
The identity of Wiz's date is revealed!
Author Perspectives: A. L. Munson on Writing What You Know and Rejecting Stereotype
Grace Kielstra interviews A. L. Munson, one of MetaStellar’s authors, on the strong sense of place she shows in her writing, why it's important to her to write stories rooted in her personal experiences, and how…
Spiders Eat Their Own
In a spider nursery, widows care for all manners of spiders, but not everything is as it seems.
Alliance
Soldiers survive a catastrophic explosion only to be told that their side is responsible. Then, they find out how history is written.
The Catalyst Installment 6
The voice inside said he’d simply remembered where he belonged. And after all the years he’d spent researching the great man, the country’s finest president, Randall finally understood the man completely.
Alghorithms are nothing more than bubbles
“I left Mars after the blackout. Opted out of all public registries. Needed space to breathe, free from tracking and algorithms.”
Good Exposition vs. Bad Exposition
Before you make the mistake of info-dumping, find out how to craft excellent exposition that captivates your readers!
Exploring Fairytale Retellings: Ukrainian Folklore
As with the legends of many Eastern European countries, Ukrainian folklore as known in the English-speaking world is often subsumed into a generic category of Slavic fairytales.
Watch Maria, Emma and Regina talk about today's five top bestselling and FREE sci-fi and fantasy books!
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Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Feb. 13, 2026
We read the first few chapters of each of the top five free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list is all about fantasy, with witches, vampires, and demons. Oh, and also one EMP disaster.
Spell Check Episode 30: Butterflies
A friendly visitor flies by Wiz and Wiz's date.
