Early ReviewersElise Stephens

Enter for a chance to win one of 100 advance copies (ePub edition) of L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 35 with this year’s 12 writer and 12 illustrator winners accompanied by Dean Wesley Smith, Rebecca Moesta, Mike Resnick, Rob Prior and Echo Chernik and Edited by David Farland The 35th collection of winners of the Writers and Illustrators of the Future competition features expertly crafted stories and art, spanning the gamut from hard core sci-fi to epic fantasy. Stories so fresh and new, they're 5–10 years ahead of the curve—the future is literally here and now. Each year, the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests’ blue-ribbon judges search the world to discover and introduce to you the very best new talent in sci-fi and fantasy. Created by L. Ron Hubbard, whose commitment to help new writers and artists gave rise to the annual Writers of the Future anthologies—a launching pad for writers and artists who are sure to command our attention for decades to come. Wondrous and powerful tales from some of the world’s best new writers and illustrators. Learn how to write or improve your craft with tips from award-winning and bestselling author and editor Mike Resnick and New York Times bestselling author L. Ron Hubbard. Internationally renown artist, Rob Prior, shares tips of the trade for aspiring illustrators.

Genre: Fantasy, middle grade 12-year-old Liam Finley has always loved to escape into the pages of a good book, but when he dreams of a dragon nest and wakes the next morning to find a real egg beneath his mattress, he wonders if his newest book of fairy tales might be much more real than simple fiction. Then the old gardener at Liam’s house shares a magical prophecy with Liam that might be about Liam himself. Soon the Irish countryside comes alive with magical dangers and secret puzzles. Liam hatches a baby dragon from his egg and finds himself thrust into a series of trials to prove himself as a hero and protector of the little fire-breather. But as the time to complete Liam’s quest runs thin, the sacrifices he must make grow ever more unbearable, until Liam is forced to question the rules of the magic itself, and face his heart’s ultimate test.

This is an ebook, which will be made available by the publisher in formats suitable for tablet, ereader, and desktop reading. Calvin isn’t a teenager, not really; instead, he’s spent his life trying to protect his mother and sister from his alcoholic father. Calvin keeps a knife close and sleeps with one eye open, even years after his father has left the family. A summer vacation spent at their late grandfather’s estate promises him and his sister the chance to leave their problems behind. Instead of blissful freedom, they find the old house harbors secrets at every turn, like a mysterious stone door in the forest with rumored powers to give its entrants the gift of future-seeing. When Calvin faces the return of his seemingly-reformed father, he throws himself through the door to receive the gift of foresight. But the door offers more doubt than certainty, and the future he sees is riddled with disturbing confusion. With a revenge-obsessed lawyer hunting him down and a secret society out to control him, Calvin must figure out how to stop what he’s started before he loses what he holds most dear. As he battles the legacies of his past and the shadows of his future, Calvin must accept help from unlikely sources, give trust he never thought possible, and learn that the greatest challenges lie not in the things to come, but in the present moment.