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This is your window into incredible worlds of wizardry, warfare, and wonder. This is your escape into fantastic realms of the human mind lurking just beyond your imagination …

“Not only is the writing excellent … it is also extremely varied. There’s a lot of new talent in it.” —Locus magazine

Featuring: 26 Award-winning Short Stories and Illustrations

Three bonus short stories by L. Ron Hubbard, Orson Scott Card, and Mike Resnick

Essays on writing and illustration by L. Ron Hubbard, Robert Silverberg, and Val Lindahn

Edited by David Wolverton

Cover art by Stephan Martiniere

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 30 contents:

“Introduction” by Dave Wolverton

“Another Range of Mountains” by Megan E. O’Keefe
Illustrated by Sarah Webb

“Shifter” by Paul Eckheart
Illustrated by Michael Talbot

“Beneath the Surface of Two Kills” by Shauna O’Meara
Illustrated by Cassandre Bolan

“Artistic Presentation” by L. Ron Hubbard

“Beyond All Weapons” by L. Ron Hubbard
Illustrated by Adam Brewster

“Animal” by Terry Madden
Illustrated by Seonhee Lim

“Rainbows for Other Days” by C. Stuart Hardwick
Illustrated by Andrew Sonea

“Giants at the End of the World” by Leena Likitalo
Illustrated by Trevor Smith

“…And Now Thirty” by Robert Silverberg

“Carousel” by Orson Scott Card
Illustrated by Vincent-Michael Coviello

“The Clouds in Her Eyes” by Liz Colter
Illustrated by Kirbi Fagan

“What Moves the Sun and Other Stars” by K.C. Norton
Illustrated by Kristie Kim

“Long Jump” by Oleg Kazantsev
Illustrated by Adam Brewster

“These Walls of Despair” by Anaea Lay
Illustrated by Bernardo Mota

“Synaptic Soup” by Val Lakey Lindahn

“Robots Don’t Cry” by Mike Resnick
Illustrated by Andrew Sonea

“The Shaadi Exile” by Amanda Forrest
Illustrated by Vincent-Michael Coviello

“The Pushbike Legion” by Timothy Jordan
Illustrated by Cassandre Bolan

“Memories Bleed Beneath the Mask” by Randy Henderson
Illustrated by Vanessa Golitz

“A Word on the Art Direction” by Stephen Hickman

List of Illustrations by Artist

The Year in the Contests

ABOUT THE CONTESTS

For over three decades, L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers & 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.