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

by L. Ron Hubbard, Dean Wesley Smith (Editor)

Overview

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 youve 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 drovesthe 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 thats just the background.Moonlight and Funk by Marianne Xenos

The Grim Reaper, trapped in an IRS agents 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 herthe love she lost or the love she may have found.Under My Cypresses by Jason Palmatier

Vic Harden wasnt lured by glory on a daring mission into the reaches of outer spacehe 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 pirates guns, a former war hero must face down her enemies and demons to save Earths 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 everan 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 Id do anything to pay off my debts and get back home to Earth, I didnt mean survey a derelict spaceship at the edge of the solar systembut 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 hes seen everythinguntil the day an alien boy stares back.The Fall of Crodendra M. by T. J. Knight

Knights, damsels and dragons, curses and fates foretoldthe 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 Africas ruins to the heart of the Desolationa 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 othersits 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. Theres a lot of hot new talent.

Get it now.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781619867659
Publisher:	Galaxy Press, LLC
Publication date:	05/16/2023
Series:	L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Series , #39
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	513
Sales rank:	74,123
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

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.