Writers of the Future Volume 19 mass market
$7.99
The 19th installment in Hubbard’s annual contest series contains more top-notch stories than last year’s volume and is likely to satisfy science fiction and fantasy aficionados looking for fresh ideas and new twists on old conventions.
Luc Reid’s marvelous “A Ship That Bends” imagines a world that is literally flat, where seafarers try to maneuver around the edge and onto the other side. Joel Best’s “Numbers,” in which the essence of life can be boiled down to a single equation, has the detached, bleak feel of a Kubrick nightmare as well as the magnetism of one. Ken Liu’s “Gossamer,” an elegant twist on the first contact story, asks: what if we finally meet another life form, but have no idea how to communicate with them?
The clear winner, however, is Jay Lake’s “Into the Gardens of Sweet Night,” a quirky meditation on personal freedom and responsibility that follows a cosmos-trotting pug named Wiggles as it leads a young boy on a surreal journey to the supposedly mythical Garden of the title; think William Burroughs meets Men in Black.
Edited by Algis Budrys.
Short stories by Joel Best, Matthew Candelaria, Carl Frederick, Brandon Butler, Luc Reid, Steve Savile, Robert J Defendi, Geoffrey Girard, Michael Churchman, Steve Bein, Ken Liu, Ian Keane, Myke Cole and Jay Lake.
Illustrations by Jared Barber, Adrian Barbu, Staci Goddard, Vance Kelly, Asuka Komai, Mike Lawrence, Lulkien, Britt Spencer, Nina Ollikainen, Youa Vang and
Daniel Willis
Bonus stories and essays by L. Ron Hubbard, Algis Budrys, Will Eisner and Sean Williams.
Stories in the book
“Introduction” by Algis Budrys
“Numbers” by Joel Best
Illustrated by Mike Lawrence
“Trust is a Child” by Matthew Candelaria
Illustrated by Nina Ollikainen
“A Boy and His Bicycle” by Carl Frederick
Illustrated by Jared Barber
“Suspense” by L. Ron Hubbard
“A Few Days North of Vienna” by Brandon Butler
Illustrated by Staci Goddard
“A Ship That Bends” by Luc Reid
Illustrated by Mike Lawrence
“Bury My Heart at the Garrick” by Steve Savile
Illustrated by Vance Kelly
“A Silky Touch to No Man” by Robert J Defendi
Illustrated by Youa Vang
“To the Illustrators of the Future” by Will Eisner
“Dark Harvest” by Geoffrey Girard
Illustrated by Jared Barber
“From All the Work Which He Had Made …” by Michael Churchman
Illustrated by Adrian Barbu
“Beautiful Singer” by Steve Bein
Illustrated by Lulkien
“Gossamer” by Ken Liu
Illustrated by Nina Ollikainen
“Ten Years After” by Sean Williams
“Walking Rain” by Ian Keane
Illustrated by Daniel Willis
“Blood and Horses” by Myke Cole
Illustrated by Britt Spencer
“Into the Gardens of Sweet Night” by Jay Lake
Illustrated by Asuka Komai
“The Year in the Contests” by Algis Budrys
| Weight | 2 lbs |
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| ISBN | 9781592121656 |
| Format | Mass Market |
| Series | Writers of the Future |
| Genre | Fantasy, Science Fiction |
| Length | 548 pages |
