There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.
— Ray Bradbury
Free Online Magazines
Reading Education
Other Great Links
The reader/writer relationship is so close it can easily be likened to fish and water. An author who doesn't read is like a fish that can't swim. A fish out of water—or a writer without a reader—is a fish that cannot survive.
One of Writing Shift's goals is to promote reading. Since Writing Shift is an online fiction magazine, it's our hope readers here will find other online magazines to be enjoyable and satisfying. Below is a list of fiction magazines from around the web. Please share this list with your friends. Look through the list often, as material on each site is updated frequently.
To the writers: submit work to these magazines and when you are published, promote not only your own story, but others'.
To the readers: if you find a story you love, don't be afraid to tell someone about it.
The worst crime in this ocean is a good story unread.
Free Online Magazines
_____________Abyss and Apex Magazine of speculative fiction.
Another Realm Monthly magazine featuring Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.
Atom Jack A speculative fiction magazine.
Chiaroscuro Treatment of light and shade in words.
Concept Sci-Fi Speculative fiction E-zine in PDF format.
Futurismic Near-future science fiction and fact since 2001.
Ideomancer Speculative fiction.
New Myths Life from a side view mirror....
Strange Horizons A weekly speculative fiction magazine.
The Pedestal Magazine Magazine of literary and genre fiction.
The Sword Review An award-winning webzine featuring fantasy and sci-fi.
Three-lobed Burning Eye Stories that monsters like to read.
Reading Education
_____________Charity Guide Promote Reading: Share Books.
Erma Bombeck Book and reading statistics.
Get Caught Reading Getting kids involved with reading.
Library of Congress Lifelong Literacy program.
Literacy Connections Promoting literacy and a love of reading.
Read a Story Promoting literacy in young children.
The Literacy Project A resource for anyone interested in reading and education.
Other Great Links
_____________Baen Library Read your favorite Bean science-fiction authors for free.
The Essential Man's Library 100 Must Read Books.