24 Award-winning Authors and Illustrators

3 Bonus Short Stories by Kevin J. Anderson L. Ron Hubbard S. M. Stirling

Art and Writing Tips by Lazarus Chernik L. Ron Hubbard Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Edited by Dean Wesley Smith Jody Lynn Nye

16-page color gallery of artwork Cover art by Tom Wood

Narrated by Jim Meskimen Taylor Meskimen Tamra Meskimen

In the world of speculative fiction

some of your favorite authors

selected these stories for you to read.

Check out what Brandon Sanderson Orson Scott Card Nnedi Okorafor Robert J. Sawyer Kevin J. Anderson Jody Lynn Nye and others chose as the best new voices of the year. Twelve captivating tales from the best new writers of the year plus three bonus stories by bestselling authors.

Join a team of time travelers who set out to save London from a terrorist's nuclear attack when a blast from the past changes everything.

Meet a vampire a dragon and a shape-shifting Chihuahua in Key West this is one beach party that's about to get wild

Follow Dan Shamble Zombie P.I. who's investigating the craziest case of his so-called life.

Find out what happens when death and taxes come together in the form of one IRS agent who faces the darkest audit of all.

From dark fantasy to space opera and time travel you will love these sci-fi and fantasy stories because as Locus magazine puts it Not only is the writing excellent...it is also extremely varied. Hot new talent.