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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40

“Introduction” by Jody Lynn Nye

“The Illustrators of the Future Contest” by Echo Chernik

Art Gallery

“The Edge of Where My Light Is Cast” by Sky McKinnon
Illustrated by Carina Zhang

“Son, Spirit, Snake” by Jack Nash
Illustrated by Pedro N.

“Nonzero” by Tom Vandermolen
Illustrated by Jennifer Mellen

“On Writing and Science Fiction” by L. Ron Hubbard

“The Last Drop” by L. Ron Hubbard and L. Sprague de Camp
Illustrated by Chris Arias

“The Imagalisk” by Galen Westlake
Illustrated by Arthur Haywood

“Life and Death and Love in the Bayou” by Stephannie Tallent
Illustrated by Ashley Cassaday

“Five Days Until Sunset” by Lance Robinson
Illustrated by Steven Bentley

“Forty Years of Writers of the Future” by Gregory Benford

“It Seemed Like Just Yesterday” by Dean Wesley Smith

“Shaman Dreams” by S. M. Stirling
Inspired by Dan dos Santos’s Starcatcher

“The Wall Isn’t a Circle” by Rosalyn Robilliard
Illustrated by Guelly Rivera

“Da-ko-ta” by Amir Agoora
Illustrated by Connor Chamberlain

“Squiddy” by John Eric Schleicher
Illustrated by Tyler Vail

“L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future at Thirty-Five!” by Bob Eggleton

“Halo” by Nancy Kress
Illustrated by Lucas Durham

“Ashes to Ashes, Blood to Carbonfiber” by James Davies
Illustrated by May Zheng

“Summer of Thirty Years” by Lisa Silverthorne
Illustrated by Gigi Hooper

“Butter Side Down” by Kal M
Illustrated by Selena Meraki

“The Year in the Contests”