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One of the most successful contests that has launched the careers of hundreds of new writers and illustrators of speculative fiction.

CONTENTS:
Introduction by Dave Wolverton
Fire by Elizabeth E. Wein, illustrated by Yuri Galitsin
An Afternoon with George by Steve Duff, illustrated by William Sala
Ghosts of the Fall by Sean Williams, illustrated by Denis Martynec
Story Vitality by L. Ron Hubbard
Borealis by D.A. Houdek, illustrated by Jessie J. Flores
The Dictates by Vaughn Heppner, illustrated by Jody C. McMurrian
The Monitor by John Richard C. DeRose, illustrated by Brian Lee Durfee
Adjusting the Moon by Karawynn Long, illustrated by Sebastijan Camagajevac
The Witchin' Man by Douglas Jole, illustrated by Lubov Nicolaeva
Breaking into Comics by Julius Schwartz
Memorese of Tommy by Pete D. Manison, illustrated by Sergei Khristosenko
Los Muertos by Lisa Smedman, illustrated by Mike Roberts
Lady's Portrait, Executed in Archaic Colors by Charles M. Saplak, illustrated by Brian Lee Durfee
No Excuses: Finding Time to Write by Kevin J. Anderson
Cinders of the Great War by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury, illustrated by Lubov Nicolaeva
Messages by Stoney Compton, illustrated by Mike Roberts
M, by Lisa Maxwell, illustrated by Gary Davis
Furor Scribendi by Octavia E. Butler
A Child's Handful of the Moon, illustrated by Jessie J. Flores
The Children China Made by Tom Drennan, illustrated by William Sala
Entropy, and the Strangler by Eric Flint, illustrated by Anthony Carpenter
About the Contests by Dave Wolverton

Paperback, 409 pages

Find out why...
She wanted a computer program that would map a man's soul. She didn't like what she found.
The old Eskimo could hear the animals speak, but just couldn't give them what they asked for.

Find out how...
Socrates saves the future of ape-kind.
A medieval hit man discovers the meaning of life.
The engineer knew the box was not from this world.

Find out if...
The woman brought mercy or murder.
A slave's manacles can become his salvation.
These are just some of the adventures that await...

CONTENTS:
The Last Indian War by Brian Burt, illustrated by Evan T. Thomas
The Winterberry by Nicholas A. DiChario, illustrated by Matthew Stork
Books and Taboos by L. Ron Hubbard
Bringing Sissy Home by Astrid Julian, illustrated by Jane Walker
Winter Night, with Kittens by Sam Wilson, illustrated by Shaun Tan
Invisible Man by Larry Ferrill, illustrated by Bob Hobbs
Naming Characters and Why by Algis Budrys
Surrogate by M.C. Sumner, illustrated Darren Albertson
The Coat of Many Colors by Christine Beckert, illustrated by Evan T. Thomas
Timepieces by Mike E. Swope, illustrated by Omar Rayyan
Notes to the New Artist by Edd Cartier
Anne of a Thousand Years by Michael Paul Meltzer, illustrated by Ira Crowe
Subterranean Pests by James S. Dorr, illustrated by Allen Koszowski
Getting Started by Lois McMaster Bujold
A Cold Fragrant Air by C. Maria Plieger, illustrated by John Caponigro
Blueblood by Bronwynn Elko, illustrated by Yevgeny Rzhanov
Not Simply Blue by Gene Bostwick, illustrated by Allen Koszowski
Write from the Heart by R. Garcia y Robertson
Scary Monsters by Stephen Woodworth, illustrated by Yevgeny Rzhanov
Pale Marionettes by Mark Budz, illustrated by Matthew Stork
Running Rings Around the Moon by Kevin Kirk, illustrated by Omar Rayyan
The Augmented Man by Wendy Rathbone, illustrated by Thomas Whittaker
More Than a Contest by Dave Wolverton
A Note from Frank Kelly-Freas

Paperback, 390 pages

Imagine...

Aliens who want to get to know you—by trading memories.

A graveyard where riot cops must keep the interred from escaping.

You've been hired to have a baby, but you're a man.

A heroine kept in cold storage until the world needs her again.

That people in the future are so good, they must return to the past to learn what is evil.

You've chosen to become a prophet . . . to an alien race.

The cyborg at your bedside is both your enemy and your enemy's worst nightmare.

These are just some of the adventures that await...

CONTENTS:
Introduction by Algis Budrys
Georgi by James C. Glass, illustrated by Thomas Denmark
A Plumber's Tale by Merritt Severson, illustrated by Sergey V. Poyarkov
Seventeen Short Essays on the Relationship Between Art and Science by
Michael C. Berch, illustrated by Christopher C. Beau
Search for Research by L. Ron Hubbard
Relay by Michelle C. Levigne, illustrated by Rob Alexander
Hopes and Dreams by Mark Andrew Garland, illustrated by James S. Reece
Pandora's Box 2055 by David Hast, illustrated by Rob Sanford
My Advice to the Undiscovered by Ray Aldridge
The Trashman of Aushwitz by Barry H. Reynolds, illustrated by Harold J. Fox
The Cab Driver from Hell in the Land of the Pioux Hawkes by Allen J.M. Smith, illustrated by Michael Grossman
The Difference by Frank Frazetta
Yarena's Daughter by Terri Trimble, illustrated by Charles Doughtery
You, Yourself, Are a Delight, and It Is Only Your Work That Is Overwrought or Lacking in Affect or Cliched or Drearily Je-
June, Karen Joy Fowler
Sensations of the Mind by Valerie J. Freireich, illustrated by Lawrence Allen Williams
The Raid on the Golden Horn by Don Satterlee, illustrated by Lawrence Allen Williams
It is Just Good Business by Kristine Katheryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith
A Plea for Mercy by Ojvind Bernander, illustrated by Rob Sanford
Balanced Ecology by William Esrac, illustrated by Ferenc Temil Temesvari
Writing and Selling Your First Novel by Dave Wolverton
An Exultation of Tears by Ross Westergaard, illustrated by Ferenc Temil Temesvari
Crow's Curse by Michael H. Payne, illustrated by Peter H. Francis
Why We're Glad to Be Here by Algis Budrys
A Note from Frank Kelly Freas

Paperback, 455 pages

What if...

You were a castaway on a far distant and deadly planet, and yet you were perfectly happy?

You were the latest in a long line of queens who could fortell the future, but this acted as a curse?

Suppose...

You were competing with someone else to build a time machine.

Your plan to raid a fortress was hung up on a seemingly trivial detail.

That the man or woman you loved wasn't what they seemed to be.

These are just some of the adventures that await...

CONTENTS:
Introduction by Algis Budrys
Daddy’s Girls by K.D. Wentworth
The Nomalers by Jamil Nasir
Blue Shift by Stephen M. Baxter
Just Don’t by Eolake
Stobblehouse Circulate by L. Ron Hubbard
Rachel’s Wedding by Virginia Baker
The Wallet and Maudie by Dan’l Danehy-Oakes & Alan Wexelblat
Dear Mom by Stephen C. Fischer
A Little Womanly Advice by Marta Randall
Prosthetic Lady by Paula May
Despite and Still by Marc Matz
A Walk by Moonlight by Mark Anthony
Wisdoms & Warnings: Writing SF for Younger Readers by Jane Yolen
Starbird by J. Steven
York A Ghost in the Matrix by Steve Martindale
Under Ice by C.W. Johnson
The Magic Picture by Hal Clement
The Disambiguation of Captain Shroud by Gary Shockley
Writing for the Future by Algis Budrys
Illustrating for the Future by Frank Kelly-Freas
About the Illustrators

 Paperback, 424 pages

"...one of the best collections of new SF I’ve ever seen." —Arthur C. Clarke
"These stories represent the best of the fresh talent in the field...."—Gene Wolfe
"Opening new trails into the worlds of SF..."—Jack Williamson
"There’s an explosion of talent in these pages."—Rocky Mountain News
"...the bestselling SF anthology series of all time."—Locus Magazine

CONTENTS:
Introduction by Algis Budrys
Tomorrow’s Miracles by L. Ron Hubbard
River of Stone by Michael Green
The Mirror by Nancy Farmer
The Zombie Corps: Nine-Lives Charlie by Rayson Lorrey
High Fast Fish by John Moore
A Winter’s Night by P.H. MacEwen
The Troublesome Kordae Alliance and How It Was Settled by Flonet Biltgen
Growlers by Larry England
What Do I See In You? by Mary A. Turzillo
The Gas Man by Richard Urdiales
The Fruit Picker by Jo Beverley
Black Sun and Dark Companion by R. Garcia y Robertson
6770: The Cause by Mark D. Haw
Mother’s Day by Astrid Julian
Buffalo Dreams by Jane Mailander
Heroic Measures by Paul Edwards
Old Times There by Dennis E. Minor
What a Story Is by Algis Budrys
The Right Kind of Writing Workshop by Orson Scott
Card Diving in at Sag Harbor by Tim Powers
To the Next Generation by Ramsey Campbell
SF Illustration As an Art by Frank Kelly Freas
About the Illustrators by Frank Kelly Freas

Paperback, 425 pages

"If you buy only one paperback in the SF field this year, make it this one."—Memphis Commercial Appeal
"...one of the best collections of the new science fiction I’ve ever seen." —Arthur C. Clarke
"Here’s skill and storytelling fervor aplenty. . ."—Robert Silverberg
"There’s an explosion of talent in these pages."—Rocky Mountain News
"...Some of the best writers...emerging here."—Locus
"...a large body of exuberantly well-told tales..."—Chicago Sun-Times

CONTENTS:
Introduction by K.D. Wentworth
Garden of Tian Zi by Emery Huang • Illustrated by Douglas Bosley
The Shadow Man by Donald Mead • Illustrated by Brianne Hills
Life in Steam by Gra Linnaea • Illustrated by Ryan Behrens
On Writing and Science Fiction by L. Ron Hubbard
The Assignment of Runner ETI by Fiona Lehn • Illustrated by A.R. Stone
The Candy Store by Heather McDougal • Illustrated by Jamie Luhn
Risqueman by Mike Wood • Illustrated by Evan Jensen
Writers of the Future by Robert Silverberg
Gray Queen Homecoming by Schon M. Zwakman • Illustrated by Tobias A. Fruge
The Dizzy Bridge by Krista Hoeppner Leahy • Illustrated by Aaron Anderson
Gone Black by Matthew S. Rotundo • Illustrated by Luke Eidenschink
Persistence of Vision by Ron Lindahn
The Reflection of Memory by C.L. Holland • Illustrated by Oleksandra Barysheva
After the Final Sunset, Again by Jordan Lapp • Illustrated by Joshua J. Stewart
The Farthest Born by Gary Kloster • Illustrated by Mark Payton

Paperback, 545 pages

Explore . . .
The mega corps may rule the world, but the struggle for freedom lives on—in a garden of hope amid the ruins of what used to be China.
He's an ex-cop turned artist. She's a mathematical genius who could save the world . . . or destroy it. It all depends on how much they're willing to risk.
What's in a name? For one young girl, the answer lies in the mirror and in the hidden world behind it—a world of unlimited possibility and danger.

Behold . . .
Deep in space, in a world of deception, treachery and brutality, one soldier vows never to surrender . . .his honor.
A mythic creature rises from the ashes . . . with an ingenious plan to cheat death.
The Inquisitor has come to a forsaken planet to destroy a man-made abomination. But what if there is God in the machine?

Discover . . .
Sweet love, sweet revenge, sweet dreams—they're all for sale. If you're willing to pay the price.
What became of the lost souls of Hiroshima? Can their voices be heard in the void? Have the children of the bomb paid a price? The Shadow Man knows.
She races for charity, and the competition is fierce—sabotage, assassination, win at any cost. When you run for your life, there are no limits to how far you'll go.

Journey . . .
The road from illusion to beauty, from the art of deception to the ultimate truth . . . leads across the Dizzy Bridge.
For one fourteen-year-old girl, an interstellar colonist thirty light-years from home, coming of age is a real monster.
A real man, an Artificial woman, together they've been to the stars and back. Now they're about to discover how far they'll go—to stay together.
These are just some of the adventures that await...

CONTENTS:
Why There are The Contests by Algis Budrys
A Man in the Moon by Dr. Philip Edward Kaldon, Illustrated by William Ruhlig
Bitter Dreams by Ian McHugh, Illustrated by Robert J. Hall Jr.
Taking a Mile by J. Kathleen Cheney, Illustrated by James Galindo
Circulate by L. Ron Hubbard
Crown of Thorns by Sonia Helbig, Illustrated by William Ruhlig
Hangar Queen by Patrick Lundrigan, Illustrated by Robert Castillo
Snakes and Ladders by Paula R. Stiles
Illustrated by Gustavo Bollinger
The Well-Adjusted Writer by Rebecca Moesta
Epiphany by Laura Bradley Rede, Illustrated by Alexandra D. Szweryn
Cruciger by Erin Cashier, Illustrated by Stephen R. Stanley
Circuit by J. D. EveryHope, Illustrated by Brittany J. Jackson
A War Bird in the Belly of the Mouse by David Parish-Whittaker, Illustrated by Sean Kibbe
The Four C's to Success by Cliff Nielsen
Simulacrum's Children by Sarah L. Edwards, Illustrated by Kyle Phillips
The Bird Reader's Daughter by Kim A. Gillett, Illustrated by Ilya Shkipin
The Girl Who Whispered Beauty by Al Bogdan, Illustrated by Stephen Knox

Paperback, 503 pages

Behold . . .
Meet Viviana Fuentes. She's dead. But her facsimile lives on . . .
Etelka, the house whisper-girl, is a breath of fresh air, magical, mysterious and a little bit dangerous.
The night the circus freaks ran riot won't end until Marizella, the sword swallower's daughter, gets her magic knife back.

Journey . . .
Every man, woman and child on Earth has fallen victim to the plague.
A Planet Builder, launched into deep space, is on a mission to recreate the human race.
Earth is scorching hot, cities turned to deserts. The price of survival is brutally high and terrible choices must be made in the name of the greater good.
Pay the price of admission and you can climb into the cockpit and play dogfight to your heart's content. . . . But beware.

Explore . . .
Get to know GN 722 . . . affectionately known as Gina. She's the bomb. . . .
Hungry nightmares are eager to take flesh-and-blood form and devour all in their path.
Seeing into the future isn't all it's cracked up to be, especially if all you see is betrayal, greed, lust and war. . . .

Discover . . .
All knowledge, history and literature are strictly controlled, but one book could change all that.
He is their world. He is their universe. He is their god. He is Owen, and they are the nano-organisms saving him from certain death.
What happens if you create a machine with a heart and mind of its own?
These are just some of the adventures that await...