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 the

year.

24 Award-winning Authors and

Illustrators

3 Bonus Short Stories

by Kevin J. Anderson • L. Ron Hubbard • S. M. Stirling

Art and Writing Tips by

Lazarus Chernik • L. Ron Hubbard • Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Edited by Dean

Wesley Smith • Jody Lynn Nye

16-page color

gallery of artwork • Cover art by Tom Wood

Check out the stories Brandon Sanderson, Orson Scott Card, Nnedi

Okorafor, Robert J. Sawyer, Kevin J. Anderson, Jody Lynn Nye and others chose

as the best of the best.

Be amazed. Be amused. Be transported … by stories that take you by

surprise and take you further and deeper into new worlds and new ideas than

you’ve ever gone before….

Twelve captivating tales from the most exciting new voices in science

fiction and fantasy accompanied by three from masters of the genre.

A miracle? An omen? Or something else? One day, they arrived in

droves—the foxes of the desert, the field, the imagination….—“Kitsune” by Devon

Bohm

When a vampire, a dragon and a shape-shifting Chihuahua meet on a beach

in Key West, fireworks go off! But that’s just the background.—“Moonlight and

Funk” by Marianne Xenos

The Grim Reaper, trapped in an IRS agent’s dying body, must regain his

powers before he dies and faces judgment for his original sin.—“Death and the

Taxman” by David Hankins

In a metaverse future, a woman who exposes falseness in others must

decide what is real to her—the love she lost or the love she may have

found.—“Under My Cypresses” by Jason Palmatier

Vic Harden wasn’t lured by glory on a daring mission into the reaches of

outer 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 in

the 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 hero

must face down her enemies and demons to save Earth’s last best chance for

peace.—“Piracy for Beginners” by J. R. Johnson

Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I., faces one of his funniest and most perplexing

cases ever—an enlightened ogre, a salamander with low self-esteem, and a raging

fire dragon terrorizing the Unnatural Quarter!—“Fire in the Hole” by Kevin J. Anderson

Years after the Second Holocaust, the last surviving Jews on earth

attempt 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 to

Earth, I didn’t mean survey a derelict spaceship at the edge of the solar

system—but here I am.—“The Withering Sky” by Arthur H. Manner

High-powered telescopes bring galactic life to our TVs, and network tuner

Hank Enos figures he’s seen everything—until the day an alien boy stares

back.—“The Fall of Crodendra M.” by T. J. Knight

Knights, damsels and dragons, curses and fates foretold—the stuff of

legends and stories, but unexpectedly perverse.—“Constant Never” by S. M.

Stirling

Determined to save his wife, Tumelo takes an unlikely client through

South Africa’s ruins to the heart of the Desolation—a journey that will cost or

save everything.—“The Children of Desolation” by Spencer Sekulin

When a terrorist smuggles a nuclear weapon into London, a team regresses

in time to AD 1093 to assassinate a knight on the battlefield, thereby

eliminating the terrorist a millennia before his birth.—“Timelines and

Bloodlines” by L. H. Davis

The Grand Exam, a gateway to power for one, likely death for all

others—its entrants include ambitious nobles, desperate peasants, and Quiet

Gate, an old woman with nothing left to lose.—“The Last History” by Samuel Parr

You will

love this collection of the best new voices in science fiction and fantasy

because, as Locus magazine puts it, “Not only is the writing excellent...it is

also extremely varied. There’s a lot of hot new talent.”

Get it now.