L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39: The Best New SF & Fantasy of the Year

 

In the world of speculative fiction…

Your favorite authors…

Have selected best new voices of theyear.

24 Award-winning Authors andIllustrators

3 Bonus Short Storiesby Kevin J. Anderson • L. Ron Hubbard • S. M. Stirling

Art and Writing Tips byLazarus Chernik • L. Ron Hubbard • Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Edited by DeanWesley Smith • Jody Lynn Nye

16-page colorgallery of artwork • Cover art by Tom Wood

Check out the stories Brandon Sanderson, Orson Scott Card, NnediOkorafor, Robert J. Sawyer, Kevin J. Anderson, Jody Lynn Nye and others choseas the best of the best.

Be amazed. Be amused. Be transported … by stories that take you bysurprise and take you further and deeper into new worlds and new ideas thanyou’ve ever gone before….

Twelve captivating tales from the most exciting new voices in sciencefiction and fantasy accompanied by three from masters of the genre.

A miracle? An omen? Or something else? One day, they arrived indroves—the foxes of the desert, the field, the imagination….—“Kitsune” by DevonBohm

When a vampire, a dragon and a shape-shifting Chihuahua meet on a beachin Key West, fireworks go off! But that’s just the background.—“Moonlight andFunk” by Marianne Xenos

The Grim Reaper, trapped in an IRS agent’s dying body, must regain hispowers before he dies and faces judgment for his original sin.—“Death and theTaxman” by David Hankins

In a metaverse future, a woman who exposes falseness in others mustdecide what is real to her—the love she lost or the love she may havefound.—“Under My Cypresses” by Jason Palmatier

Vic Harden wasn’t lured by glory on a daring mission into the reaches ofouter space—he was ordered out there by his editor.—“The Unwilling Hero” by L.Ron Hubbard

Dangerous opportunities present themselves when an alien ship arrives inthe solar system seeking repairs.—“White Elephant” by David K. Henrickson

With her spaceship at the wrong end of a pirate’s guns, a former war heromust face down her enemies and demons to save Earth’s last best chance forpeace.—“Piracy for Beginners” by J. R. Johnson

Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I., faces one of his funniest and most perplexingcases ever—an enlightened ogre, a salamander with low self-esteem, and a ragingfire dragon terrorizing the Unnatural Quarter!—“Fire in the Hole” by Kevin J. Anderson

Years after the Second Holocaust, the last surviving Jews on earthattempt to rewrite the past.—“A Trickle in History” by Elaine Midcoh

When I said I’d do anything to pay off my debts and get back home toEarth, I didn’t mean survey a derelict spaceship at the edge of the solarsystem—but here I am.—“The Withering Sky” by Arthur H. Manner

High-powered telescopes bring galactic life to our TVs, and network tunerHank Enos figures he’s seen everything—until the day an alien boy staresback.—“The Fall of Crodendra M.” by T. J. Knight

Knights, damsels and dragons, curses and fates foretold—the stuff oflegends and stories, but unexpectedly perverse.—“Constant Never” by S. M.Stirling

Determined to save his wife, Tumelo takes an unlikely client throughSouth Africa’s ruins to the heart of the Desolation—a journey that will cost orsave everything.—“The Children of Desolation” by Spencer Sekulin

When a terrorist smuggles a nuclear weapon into London, a team regressesin time to AD 1093 to assassinate a knight on the battlefield, therebyeliminating the terrorist a millennia before his birth.—“Timelines andBloodlines” by L. H. Davis

The Grand Exam, a gateway to power for one, likely death for allothers—its entrants include ambitious nobles, desperate peasants, and QuietGate, an old woman with nothing left to lose.—“The Last History” by Samuel Parr

You willlove this collection of the best new voices in science fiction and fantasybecause, as Locus magazine puts it, “Not only is the writing excellent...it isalso extremely varied. There’s a lot of hot new talent.”

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With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most enduring and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard. Then too, of course, there is all L. Ron Hubbard represents as the Founder of Dianetics and Scientology and thus the only major religion born in the 20th century.

As a published Finalist at the inaugural Writers of the Future ceremonies in 1985, Dean Wesley Smith was the first person ever to receive a WotF Award, accepting his framed certificate from judges Dr. Gregory Benford, Roger Zelazny, Robert Silverberg and Algis Budrys. Smith has published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He has over eight million copies of his books in print and has been published in nine different countries. He has written many original novels in science fiction, fantasy, mystery, thriller and romance, as well as books for television, movies, games and comics. He is also known for writing quality work very quickly and has written a large number of novels as a ghostwriter or under house names. With his wife (and fellow WotF judge) Kristine Kathryn Rusch, he wrote The Tenth Planet trilogy and The 10th Kingdom. Smith has also written books and comics for all three major comic book companies, Marvel, DC and Dark Horse. Smith is an avid poker player and a former golf pro. With Rusch, he was also cofounder and publisher of Pulphouse Publishing (which earned them a World Fantasy Award), before editing for VB Tech Journal, then for Pocket Books. At the moment he produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series starring Poker Boy. His monthly magazine, Smith's Monthly, consisting of only his own fiction, premiered in October 2013 and has not missed an issue yet, with over 70,000 words per issue, including a new and original novel every month. Dean Wesley Smith became a WotF judge in 2010.