Publisher: Galaxy Press
Pub. Date: June 17, 2012
ISBN: 9781619860766
ASIN: B007TC8FRM
Pages: 594
Buy Link: Paperback, Kindle
Review:
Writers of the Future is a yearly writing contest founded by the late L. Ron Hubbard. The contest takes placed quarterly. The contest is held quarterly for new unpublished writers with the winner receiving $1,500. The quarterly winners compete for an additional $5,000 and a trophy with a gold quill and star set in red-based lucite. The four top writers from each quarter also get published in an annual anthology.
I was well aware of the Writers of the Future anthology, but I have never read one before Volume XXVIII, which I received free of charge from Galaxy Press in exchange for my honest review.
Volume XXVIII features pure science fiction from new authors such as Marie Croke, William Ledbetter, David Carani, Roy Hardin, M. O. Mureil, William Mitchell, Nick T. Chan, Harry Lang, Lost Pine, Shaun Tan, Corry L. Lee, Tom Doyle, Gerald Warfield, and Scott T. Barnes. The introduction is by K. D. Wentworth and author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes about The Importance of Short Fiction. For a bonus is the essay Story Vitality by L. Ron Hubbard. Along side these stories are illustrations by Emily Gandin, J.F. Smith, Paul Pederson, Hunter Bonyun, Rhiannon Taylor, Craig Trowbridge, Mago Husang, Pat R. Steiner, Greg Opalinski, Fiona Meng, Jay Richard, and John W. Haverty Jr.
The stories are intriguing, ranging from classic science fiction plots such as rain implants, island of floating garbage, cyborgs, trips to Mars, and aliens. My favorite would have to be Fast Draw by Roy Hardin. I also enjoyed The Rings of Mars by William Ledbetter and Contact Authority as both reminded me of the Twilight Zone. The other stories are well written, but the plots didn't keep my interests. Writers of the Future anthologies are one of the last pulp-like short stories out there. Overall, I enjoyed reading Volume XXVIII and I recommend it to others.
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