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FREE (Through July 4) Two Science Fiction Short Stories from my Mindscapes Short Story Collection

The two shortest stories from my Mindscapes: Ten Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories collection free through July 4 only. You can download them in your choice of eBook format only from Smashwords. Click on the following link (Click here) or on the cover below and scroll down on my author's page to download the eBook version free of charge as my gift.

And Happy Birthday America!

Free - Complete SF Short Story from My Mindscapes Collection -- "The Riddle of the Sphinx: Solved"

The Riddle of the Sphinx: Solved(C) 2014, 2017 Victor D. Lopez All rights reserved.Published in Mindscapes: Ten Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories




The midday sun blazed in blinding glory directly over the Great Sphinx of Giza as Dr. Zahi Hawass, the famous Egyptologist whose love of Egyptian antiquity seems rivaled only by his love of the camera, faced the score of reporters with his well worn Indiana Jones hat and best cat-who-swallowed-the-canary-smile.“Ladies and gen...

"Earth Mother" SF Short Story Preview

"Earth Mother" SF Short Story PreviewExcerpted from Mindscapes: Ten Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories (C) 2011, 2014 Victor D. Lopez (available in paperback, ebook and audiobook formats)
She awoke in the throes of a mind numbing panic.  Her eardrums sympathetically vibrated with the subliminal hum of an unseen, unheard yet very palpable force just below the threshold of audible frequencies.  Her heartbeat sloshed in her ears as though she were under water, desperat...

Free book of poetry -- One day only (Tuesday, June 27, 2017)

My book of poems, Of Pain and Ecstasy is available for free download for one-day only under Amazon's KDP Select program Tuesday, June 27. If you would like to download a copy free of charge for your Kindle reader or to read on any PC, you can click on the book's cover below. If poetry is not your cup of tea, please forward it to anyone you think may be interested.

Please note that the books will be free only on Wednesday, June 27. At other times, you will only be able to access the regular fre...

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 intriguing offer after nearly frightening her to death. He explains that his race is dying as women in his distant world are no longer able to carry embryos of their species to term. If she is willing to serve as a surrogate mother for an embryo for an accelerated gestation period of a few weeks, he promises to return to take away the child and to bestow upon her the gift of telepat...

WHAT PRICE TO LIVE THE DREAM?(C) 1990, 2011 Victor D. Lop...

WHAT PRICE TO LIVE THE DREAM? (C) 1990, 2011 Victor D. Lopez
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This short story (9500 words) is one of the eight short stories from Book of Dreams Second Edition: Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories and also appears as one of the short stories in Mindscapes: Ten Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories (C) 2014 by Victor D. López. 
Of the many crossroads we all face in life, some paths once taken ha...

Heroes Desconocidos: Parte V: Felipe 1931 - 2016

Heroes Desconocidos: Parte V (Unsung Heroes Part V --Spanish translation)Héroes DesconocidosVíctor D. López © 2011, 2017
Aunque estoy parado en los hombros de gigantes,   No veo mucho más lejos del puente de mi nariz.     La culpa es mía.    La vergüenza es mía.   Pues no soy digno de ustedes, mis queridos muertos.   


Heroes Desconocidos: Parte V: Felipe 1931 - 2016    

Naciste cinco años antes del comienzo de la Guerra Civil Española que vería a tu pa...

June Giveaway #4 -- SF Short Story "End of Days" plus extended preview

Please click on the following link to enter my second May science fiction short story giveaway for one of ten short stories from my Mindscapes short story collection:
https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/78d2e67f9ba4584a

I am reprinting an excerpt from this short story below where you will also find links to the Amazon version of the book and also the Mindscapes collection. You can click on the Mindscapes cover for a link to the Amazon book's page where a preview of "Eternal Quest" is also a...

Amazon June Giveaway #3: The Day the Dolphins Vanished (SF Short Story)

To enter my June Amazon Giveaway #3 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/b5507e9671c39f76. 
You can also sample a preview of the story below.
_________________________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    Mindscapes: Ten Science Fiction and Speculat...

Free with Audible free trial membership: Mindscapes: Ten SF and Speculative Fiction Short Stories

Earlier today I blogged a brief synopsis about the ten short stories in my Mindscapes short story collection. If you like audiobooks, you can get a free copy of the audiobook version with a free, no obligation one-month Audible trial membership. If you don't want to continue with Audible, you can cancel and keep the book which you can stream online, download to your favorite audio device or even burn onto four CDs to listen in your car. The professionally produced and narrated version by Dale...