Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
I want to read the book!
All characters reduced
L Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36 - Bestselling Anthology of Award-Winning Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Stories - cover

We are sorry! The publisher (or author) gave us the instruction to take down this book from our catalog. But please don't worry, you still have more than 500,000 other books you can enjoy!

L Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36 - Bestselling Anthology of Award-Winning Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Stories

L. Ron Hubbard, Nnedi Okorafor, Katherine Kurtz, Jody Lynn Nye, Sean Williams, Mike Perkins, Zack Be, F. J. Bergmann, Tim Boiteau, Andy Dibble, David Elsensohn, Michael Gardner, J. L. George, Katherine Livingston, Leah Ning, C. Winspear, Sonny Zae

Publisher: Galaxy Press

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Summary

Soar to new heights of Science Fiction & Fantasy. 
 
Who are the top science fiction writers and illustrators of the future? 
The answer is here. Get to know tomorrow’s brightest creative talents chosen by some of today’s bestselling authors and celebrated artists including Kevin J. Anderson, Orson Scott Card, Larry Elmore, Brandon Sanderson, Dan dos Santos, and Robert J. Sawyer.
 
Enter brilliantly realized worlds of dystopian politics, magical realism, post-apocalyptic adventure and romance, dark fantasy and more. 
 
Explore universes of unlimited possibility in which a cereal box becomes a Pandora’s box of good and evil . . . a troupe of artistic androids risk everything to catch the eye of a critic . . . and the foundation of a family, the very key to their existence, is not only inhabiting a home, but becoming it.
 
Discover the writers who push the boundaries—and break beyond 
them . . . the illustrators who envision the impossible—and render it 
real . . . the stories that challenge the way we see ourselves—and see the world in a new way.
 
The future of science fiction and fantasy is in your hands.
 
Anthology includes: 12 award-winning stories, 16 full-color illustrations, 4 bonus stories, and 4 articles offering art and writing tips.___________________________
 
4 bonus short stories by L. Ron Hubbard, Katherine Kurtz, Jody Lynn Nye and Nnedi Okorafor.
 
“Borrowed Glory” by L. Ron Hubbard: For a single day of glory and the settlement of a dispute among immortals, a life can be a satisfactory price.
 
“The Green Tower” by Katherine Kurtz: The magic is strong in the Green Tower, and two young girls struggle to discover its secrets.
 
“The Phoenix’s Peace” by Jody Lynn Nye: The Phoenix has always been the guardian of Dembia. Now there’s trouble in the land, and mysteriously, the Phoenix has left two golden eggs.
 
“The Winds of Harmattan” by Nnedi Okorafor:  A young woman seeks her destiny in the African winds of Harmattan.
___________________________
 
Art and writing tips by Echo Chernik, L. Ron Hubbard, Mike Perkins, and Sean Williams.
 
“The Illustrators of the Future Contest and the Art of This Anthology” by Echo Chernik: As a successful advertising and publishing illustrator, Illustrators of the Future Coordinating Judge and art director, Echo gives the story behind the cherished art included in this anthology.
 
“Steps in the Right Direction” by L. Ron Hubbard: In this interview, Ron describes the practical philosophy and energetic disciplines he applied with such telling success to his own career as a professional author.
 
“Breaking In” by Mike Perkins: Marvel and DC artist for Captain America, Thor, and Spider-Man shares valuable advice for anyone wanting to make it as a professional artist and illustrator.
 
“Making Collaboration Work for You or Co-writing with Larry and Sean” by Sean Williams: New York Times bestselling author, provides insight on the pitfalls and advantages of collaborating with another author.
___________________________
 
“Science fiction as a genre has always looked to the future and the Writers of the Future looks to the future of science fiction.” —Kevin J. Anderson
 
“Writers of the Future has my heartiest support and unqualified recommendation.” —Terry Brooks
 
“Writers of the Future, as a contest and as a book, remains the flagship of short fiction.” —Orson Scott Card
 
“L. Ron Hubbard ignited the spark of imagination, which in the minds of these new artists has become a blaze.” —Bob Eggleton
  
“Some of the most excellent speculative fiction that you can find anywhere. They’re cutting edge. They’re new.” —Nnedi Okorafor
 
“Without Writers of the Future, I wouldn't be where I am today.” —Patrick Rothfuss
 
“These are the people who are going to be creating trends.” —Brandon Sanderson
 
“The Illustrators of the Future is an amazing compass for what the art industry holds in store for all of us.” —Dan dos Santos
 
“Packed with brilliant stories and thoughtful essays, all wonderfully illustrated by the artist winners―always a joy to behold.” —Robert J. Sawyer
Available since: 04/07/2020.

Other books that might interest you

  • Short Ghost and Horror Collection 025 - cover

    Short Ghost and Horror...

    Various Various

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night.  Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.
    Show book
  • No One Is Afraid Of Monsters Anymore and Other Stories To Read To The Thing Under The Bed - cover

    No One Is Afraid Of Monsters...

    Winslow Swan

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Poor Dracula. It seems that the movie going public just isn't getting scared enough from the likes of vampires, werewolves, and even the Frankenstein monster. What can a group of monsters do? Find out in the short story written by the author of Click and The Convincer. Leave the lights on as you read these short stories to that thing that lurks under the bed, for it will enjoy them as much as you will. Meet the man who receives the DVR Plus and gets television shows that he had not counted on. The man that is fitted for Bi-focals and sees much more than he should have. The reincarnated killer who just can't get it right. All of these characters and more are presented for your terrifying enjoyment. Just remember to keep looking under the bed and see if the Thing likes them as well.
    Show book
  • No One has any Intention of Building a Wall - cover

    No One has any Intention of...

    Ruth Brandt

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Ruth Brandt's debut short story collection tackles stubborn, impulsive and adrenaline-seeking human nature. From the formation of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the early life of Turing, to modern day families, Brandt lays bare the social systems and customs we live by. 

To read and recognise Brandt's characters, is to recognise humans are social chameleons - an acknowledgement that through pain, loss and memories of war, we can choose to love and live with abandon. 
 
"Ruth Brandt carries the reader into the dark heart of our shared hopes and fears. Always subtle, with a deft understatement and a pared-back style, these are stories that open up our understanding of how we are. They are quietly unforgettable." - Jonathan Davidson, poet and memoirist

Extract:

 
In Wenceslas Square, after the synagogues and the memorial, we attached ourselves to an American tour group and listened to the story of the '89 Velvet Revolution, of Václav Havel's balcony speech. Rob marvelled and repeated sections, not knowing that he is recounting my own history.

You came looking for me after '89, I know. But everything was uncertain. Lines of communication suddenly closed. So what then of our role to 'contribute towards the downfall of capitalism' when my country had embraced that enemy? Where did I fit?

I was trained to be invisible. I could walk on sand and leave no footprints, pass along a street and be un-remarked upon. A social chameleon is what you'd made of me. And, Tomas, I was pregnant with another man's child - that's how deep my entrenchment in British society had become.

I was good by then, better than you could ever have known. I acquired a new passport, destroyed my papers and my one-time decoding pads. I disappeared for the second time in my life. I hid so that my child and I could have stability, certainty.

Here I am, lying in the shade of a tree in the Rose Garden on Petrin Hill, watching a triangle of sun creep across my foot. Rob has gone to fetch ice creams - he says he didn't imagine it being this hot here. The scent of roses infuses the air around me and with a man, who loves me enough to bring me to Prague as a birthday surprise, fetches me an ice cream, while all I can hear is my mother crying goodbye in our communist prefab flat. 'Just for a little while,' I told her, when in truth I had promised a lifetime commitment to the StB.

 "'Lucky Underpants' describes a romantic encounter that goes awry because the narrator becomes distanced by his thoughts. One thing definitely leads to another but not the kind of climax he was hoping for. In the space of less than a page we get a sense of character, a sense of the way his mind works. 'Nothing happened,' says his might have been lover, but for the reader plenty has happened, in fact.'" - Monica Ali on flash Lucky Underpants (Highly Commended 2018 Bridport Prize)
    Show book
  • The Bookworm - cover

    The Bookworm

    Lavanya R.N.

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    "Sesha is a silent boy who reads all the time... and he has a little brown book that no one
has ever seen the inside of. One day, Sesha speaks, and no one understands why he
speaks differently. But when they see his brown book and the magic he can create,
Sesha becomes a whole new person!"
    Show book
  • ASMR Lucid Nightmares The Eternal Chirp - Reading You to Sleep - cover

    ASMR Lucid Nightmares The...

    DexRay

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    ASMR Lucid Nightmares - The Eternal Chirp 
Another ASMR live reading from one of my Lucid Nightmares short stories. (Listen to the sample) 
Close your eyes, and enjoy the Eternal Chirp as you doze off into dreamland... 
Be sure to check out more from this series & other ASMR content from DexRay wherever it is that you downloaded this from. 
Sleep tight...
    Show book
  • Brooklyn Noir - cover

    Brooklyn Noir

    Pete Hamill, Pearl Abraham,...

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    This award-winning anthology of original crime fiction exploring Brooklyn’s many enclaves features new stories by Pete Hamill, Maggie Estep and others.New York’s punchiest borough asserts its criminal legacy with this collection of stories from some of today’s best writers. Brooklyn Noir moves from Coney Island to Bedford-Stuyvesant to Bay Ridge to Red Hook to Bushwick to Sheepshead Bay to Park Slope and far deeper, into the heart of Brooklyn’s historical and criminal largesse. Each contributor offers a new story set in a distinct neighborhood. Many of the stories that first appeared in this volume have garnered critical acclaim, including Pete Hamill’s Edgar Award finalist “The Book Signing”; Ellen Miller’s Pushcart Prize finalist “Practicing”; Pearl Abraham’s Shamus Award finalist “Hasidic Noir”; Arthur Nersesian’s Anthony Award finalist “Hunter/Trapper”; and Thomas Morrissey’s Robert L. Fish Memorial Award-winner “Can’t Catch Me”.Brooklyn Noir also features brand-new stories by Nelson George, Sidney Offit, Neal Pollack, Ken Bruen, Maggie Estep, Kenji Jasper, Adam Mansbach, C.J. Sullivan, Chris Niles, Norman Kelley, Nicole Blackman, Tim McLoughlin, Lou Manfredo, Luciano Guerriero, and Robert Knightley.
    Show book