In January of 2011 we started posting free short stories we thought might be of interest to Baen readers. The first stories were "Space Hero" by Patrick Lundrigan, the winner of the 2010 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Contest, and "Tanya, Princess of Elves," by Larry Correia, author of Monster Hunter International and set in that universe. As new stories are made available, they will be posted on the main page, then added to this book (to save the Baen Barflies the trouble of doing it themselves). This is our compilation of short stories for 2018. As is usual with such copyrighted material from Baen, the contents may be copied and shared but NOT sold. All commercial rights are reserved to Baen Books. Pain is the Fuelby Travis S. Taylor An Eagle's Flightby Brendan DuBois The Midshipmanby David Drake Father Avenir and the Fire Demons of Yellowstoneby Kevin J. Anderson and Sarah A. Hoyt Ghost Flotilla U-boats: Embarkationby Susan R. Matthews Homunculusby Stephen Lawson By Echo Lightby Tim Powers Dark Fallby David Weber Love in the Time of Interstellar Warby Brendan DuBois See of Darknessby Mike Massa Axabrastby Brad R. Torgersen Chancellor Wittby Susan R. Matthews