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Turn the page … open your eyes … and look into the future … Escape into other worlds with the best SF and Fantasy writers of the year.

“If you want a glimpse of the future—the future of science fiction—look at these first publications of tomorrow’s masters.” —Kevin J. Anderson

Featuring: 26 Award-winning Short Stories and Illustrations

Essays on writing and illustration by L. Ron Hubbard, Nnedi Okorafor, and Larry Elmore

Edited by David Wolverton

Cover art by Stephen Youll

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 29 contents:

“Introduction” by Dave Wolverton

“War Hero” by Brian Trent
Illustrated by Jon Eno

“Planetary Scouts” by Stephen Sottong
Illustrated by Joshua Meehan

“Twelve Seconds” by Tina Gower
Illustrated by Luis Menacho

“The Manuscript Factory” by L. Ron Hubbard

“The Grande Complication” by Christopher Reynaga
Illustrated by Olivia Xu

“Cop for a Day” by Chrome Oxide
Illustrated by Jon Eno

“Gonna Reach Out and Grab Ya” by Eric Cline
Illustrated by Daniel Reneau

“The Sport of Writing” by Nnedi Okorafor

“Vestigial Girl” by Alex Wilson
Illustrated by Jackie Albano

“Holy Days” by Kodiak Julian
Illustrated by Aldo Katayanagi

“The Ghost Wife of Arlington” by Marilyn Guttridge
Illustrated by Sida Chen

“Journey for a New Artist” by Larry Elmore

“Everything You Have Seen” by Alisa Alering
Illustrated by Karsen Slater

“Scavengers” by Shannon Peavey
Illustrated by James J. Eads

“Dreameater” by Andrea Stewart
Illustrated by Lucas Durham

“Master Belladino’s Mask” by Marina J. Lostetter
Illustrated by Tiffany England

The Year in the Contests

ABOUT THE CONTESTS

For almost three decades, L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests have discovered and nurtured the new stars of science fiction and fantasy, publishing their works and artwork in the annual anthology.