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Free speculative fiction short story through November 27, 2017 with Coupon Code ZE68J-- "Eternal Quest"

On its surface, this speculative fiction short story (7,800 words) deals with one man's obsessive quest for knowledge and the devastating price he must pay for the knowledge he ultimately acquires. Beneath the surface, this story is about deep friendships complicated by unrequited love, split loyalties, the interplay of id, ego and superego, (or Plato's appetites, reason and the spirited element that Freud "borrowed" and "re-labeled" for his own purposes) and existentialist lessons learned mu...

Free with coupon code through November 24, 2017 -- SF short story "End of Days"

This short story poses a novel theory of cosmology involving the role of black holes in the creation and extinction of a limitless number of multiverses including our own. It explores scientific arrogance and the ability of determined terrorists to exploit it, using two suitcase nukes and a commercial plane in a field experiment that will begin an irreversible countdown to the end of days. To download your copy free of charge, click on the cover photo above or click here and use the...

Happy Veterans Day to All veterans!

Once a year we formally acknowledge the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform who have served in war zones, too many of whom did not return, and too many of whom returned with scars that will never fully heal. Thank you for your sacrifice. Thank you for your willingness to fight for causes greater than yourselves. Thank you for making possible the freedom we all enjoy that is ONLY possible because of your sacrifice and is never, every free.

Our veterans ask little or nothing of us. They se...

Free through November 19 - Of Pain and Ecstasy: Collected Poems

I am making the electronic versions of my book of my first book of poems free through Smashwords until November 19, 2017. I cannot give any of my books away through Amazon or other retailers unless I buy these unless I give Amazon exclusivity for the distribution of my books, which I am unwilling to do. I can't even buy and gift my titles to anyone outside the U.S. as Amazon restricts purchases to one's own country in order to prevent piracy. Thus, although I make my books available in most o...

Free--Two SF Short Stories to first 100 readers (Expires November 15, 2017)

You can download the two shortest stories from my Mindscapes SF and speculative fiction collection free of charge from Smashwords through November 15 ("Justice" and "The Riddle of the Sphinx: Solved") by clicking on the book cover below and entering the coupon code RAE25 at checkout. 



In the first short story, "Justice", a man is being tried for the last remaining capital offense in a kinder, gentler, truly unified world in the not too distant future. In the second, "Riddle of the Sp...

"Earth Mother" SF Short Story Amazon Giveaway Plus Extended Free Preview (November Amazon Giveaway #1) Ends November 21, 2017

You can click on the following link for a chance to win a copy of the short story "Earth Mother" from my  Mindscapes  short story collection for your Kindle: https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/95b72732c15dfb2a
Win or lose, you can read a preview of the short story below. Good luck!
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SF Short Story Preview: "Earth Mother" (C) 2011, 2014 Victor D. Lopez


A mysterious visitor from another world wakes a young, ambitious woman in the middle of the night to deliver an intri...

Free SF Short Story Download

Through November 7, 2017, you can download a free copy of my short story "End of Days" -- one of the ten short stories in my Mindscapes SF and speculative fiction collection. Just click on the following link for a free coupon code: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

The short story poses a novel theory of cosmology involving the role of black holes in the creation and extinction of a limitless number of multiverses including our own. It explores scientific arrogance and the ability of determined terrorists to exploit it, using two suitcase nukes and a commercial plane in a field experiment that will begin an irreversible countdown to the end of days. The end is near, and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it!

Free through November 7, 2017 -- "End of Days" SF short story. The end is very near and there is nothing you can do about it.

This short story poses a novel theory of cosmology involving the role of black holes in the creation and extinction of a limitless number of multiverses including our own. It explores scientific arrogance and the ability of determined terrorists to exploit it, using two suitcase nukes and a commercial plane in a field experiment that will begin an irreversible countdown to the end of days. To download your copy free of charge, click on the cover photo above or click here and use the coup...

Free--Two SF Short Stories with Coupon (Expires October 31, 2017)

You can download the two shortest stories from my Mindscapes SF and speculative fiction collection free of charge from Smashwords through October 31 ("Justice" and "The Riddle of the Sphinx: Solved") by clicking on the following link and entering the  coupon code RAE25 at checkout: Click Here. 

For more information about my non-fiction, fiction and poetry books, you can visit my Amazon Author's Page here. 
NOTE: The short story collection is available on paperback, audi...

Amazon October Giveaway #2 -- "The Day the Dolphins Vanished"

To enter my October Amazon Giveaway #2 for a chance to win a copy of the complete short story for your Kindle, please click on this link:  https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/01f452f9b0ff40f2. [Ends October 31, 2017]
You can sample a preview of the story below before entering the giveaway.
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The Day the Dolphins Vanished - SF Short Story Preview
THE DAY THE DOLPHINS VANISHED(C) 2010, 2017 Victor D. LópezThe following story excerpt is from my short story collection  &nb...