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Book Giveaway: Writers of the Future: Volume 39 edited by Jody Lynn Nye & Dean Wesley Smith Posted at 11:08 AM by Dave Post

Dave Post

Win one of 5 copies!
To celebrate the newest addition to the long-running Writers of the Future anthology series, Galaxy Press has 5 copies of L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future: Volume 39 edited by Jody Lynn Nye & Dean Wesley Smith to give away. That’s right, you can win it before you can even buy it on May 16. This contest is open world-wide. Note: US winners will receive a hard copy while winners outside the US will receive a digital download — unfortunately, we cannot mail the prizes elsewhere.

To enter, all you have to do is re-tweet this tweet:

…or comment here in the blog. Do both and double your chances! It’s about as easy as we can make it. We’ll have a random drawing from our re-tweeter pool and announce the winners on publication day, May 16, so tweet away and don’t forget to check back in a few weeks to see if you’ve won!


L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future: Volume 39In the world of speculative fiction… Your favorite authors… Have selected the best new voices of the year. 24 Award-winning Authors and Illustrators

3 Bonus Short Stories by Kevin J. Anderson, L. Ron Hubbard, and S. M. Stirling

Art and Writing Tips by Lazarus Chernik, L. Ron Hubbard, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch

16-page color gallery of artwork and 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 because, as Locus magazine puts it, “Excellent writing… extremely varied. There’s a lot of hot new talent.”

4 Comments

Stephen Poltz   |   25 Apr 2023 @ 05:08

This would be cool to win!

Lea   |   25 Apr 2023 @ 22:19

Wow! I love this. It would be great to win!

daxxh   |   26 Apr 2023 @ 15:24

I would love to win a copy!

Stephen Poltz   |   02 May 2023 @ 16:12

Hi, you can take my name off this list. An artist friend of mine gave me a copy. His first art piece was printed on p. 13 of this book. He gave me a signed copy today. I’m so excited for him!

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