I really like this series. It's laid out well giving the reader a quick bio of the author as well as mixing some essays in with the short stories. This one had a few stinkers - the first 3. The first 2 were by new authors & then there was a silly, old space opera by Hubbard. I typically like silly old space operas, but Hubbard's writing has never done anything for me. I prefer his editing. The rest of the anthology was quite good & it was well narrated.I goofed & got this mixed up with #31 origi...

Originally posted on Tales to Tide You OverReviewing an anthology is a difficult task, and I’ll admit I dragged my feet on this one. I read it back in July of last year, but in some ways, this adds a weight to my comments based on which stories unfold before my eyes from a note here or there, and which didn’t have that staying power. As with all anthologies, some of the stories worked for me and some didn’t. I prefer to focus on the ones that did as people’s tastes vary, though I’ll mention a co...

A collection of short stories from authors with potentialOr perhaps on the verge of breaking out into wider recognition. Good news, there's quite a lot of them here. Bad news, many are Quite short, too short for my liking, only a couple pages each. Worthy of a night's distraction to peek at the works of those who may be more famous in a decade, but still too early in their careers to find much follow-up if you seek for others of their works.

The annual Writer's of the Future contest in writing and art culminates in that year's anthology representing the 12 quarterly finalists in each of the categories. It also includes a few other inclusions from past winners and the anthology editor. The genres range from fantasy to sci-fi, urban fantasy to steampunk. And the winners are consistently very good.My favorites of this year's winners each rate at 5 out of 5 stars. Jon Lasser's "The Star Tree" is an off-world, coming-of-age tale that see...

I reviewed this book for NetGalley.I have read several "Writers of the Future" anthologies and have always enjoyed and been very pleased by the quality of the writing and illustrations in the different volumes. This latest entry does not disappoint.Writers of the Future is a contest begun in the 1980's by L. Ron Hubbard to find new science fiction/fantasy talent, heavily towards the science fiction end. This is more than being about fiction - it's about dreams and aspirations of the future. Idea...

*I received a copy of this collection through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.*I am honestly not sure what to say about this collection. Fantasy is my favorite genre, and I've wanted to start reading more science fiction, and I like writing short stories, so I thought this would be a good fit. In some ways, I was right. None of these stories really stand out to me over the others. There were a few that I found interesting and would probably read more from, but none of them really caug...

Trying to read a book within two to three days isn’t a big deal for me. I was just defeated by fatigue and horrible formatting which made me want to tear my eyes out (though it is a digital ARC, so I can’t complain). The stories contained within Writers of the Future #32 are the best 3 of each quarter’s submissions for 2015, including 1 notable entry. I’ll try to summarise here my thoughts on each one. The Star Tree (Jon Lasser) - Chiq collects star system cards, what he believes to be deeds to

Writers of the Future is a compendium of new authors whose works noted authors have reviewed and thought to be examples of future good work. The stories cross multiple genres and for the most part are interesting crossing into steam-punk, hard science friction, fantasy, dystopian future, and horror. The volume is very readable and worth your time.

It is so hard to review short story collections like this. Some of the stories in here, like "Images Across a Shattered Sea," and "The Jack of Souls," were 5 star fantastic. Absolutely loved them. Others, like "the Star Tree," and "Mobius" and "Squalor and Sympathy" were interesting and well written. Unfortunately, that is only 5 of the 13 stories that I would classify as "good." The rest were entirely forgettable, and in a couple of cases (The Last Admiral) really terrible. I don't want to not

This was a great read! It really gives me the inspiration to write my own fantasy and sci-fi stories. Some stories were shocking, others had a unique humor, some made me teary eyed and some filled me with awe. Nonetheless I enjoyed them all and the illustrations that follow were perfect. They captured the story so well. I never knew about this competition before and I happened to come across this book by total chance but I'm so glad I did.

https://ravenandbeez.wordpress.com/20...This was a great read. Basically it’s a collection of short sci-fi and fantasy stories written by new and budding authors. As I read through them I felt so motivated to write because telling a beautiful story in a few pages is a crazy-cool accomplishment that these amazing people did VERY well.There’s nothing much to discuss when it comes to this book so I’ll just quickly mention some of my favourite short stories and why I liked them.The first one is Möbi...

I've read most of these anthologies and have enjoyed them all. Reading the best of the new authors is at worst a few minutes of wasted time and at best a fun, thought-provoking escape. There's been quite a few big time authors that got their start here. This volume was good but not the best. Still, I highly recommend it.

As usual the short stories were engaging and thought provoking, exactly as good scifi should be. I look forward to reading more volumes of Writers of the Future. Thank you,

Disclaimer: I got six stories plus the preview of one in exchange for an honest review. I won't go into every story in-depth as I only got six of the whole picture and I'd want to do that for the entire collection, but I'll just give you a general idea. The stories I read were The Star Tree by Jon Lasser, Cry Havoc by Julie Frost, Möbius by Christoph Weber, Freebot by R.M. Graves, Swords like Lightning, Hooves like Thunder by Kate Julicher & Last Sunset for the World Weary by H.L. Fullerton. I a...

Great collection of storiesThis was an good collection of stories ranging from ok to amazing I even looked up one of the authors so I could read more of their stuff. If you like science fiction or fantasy you will have a good chance of finding a new author to read.Over all it is a pretty normal Science fiction and fantasy collection but with new authors and some amazing pictures. It is geared towards writers and artists with chapters on how to write and some hilarious ones at the end on art crit...

Got through most of these; most of these are new authors and I do see a lot of potential for them. Some pretty striking tales about genetics and if we need to change into aliens to better adapt to life on other planets. Lots of trippy stories like that, some great articles from professionals and Mr. Hubbard himself on how to put together a story and deal with editors. Cool artist advice on how to put your stuff out to market. A great contest. Can't wait for the next one.

I get this anthology every year. The voices are always fresh and unusual and full of new twists. A great way to see what direction speculative fiction may be heading. This edition is the second volume to have full color illustrations for each story, and the best cover in 32 years of this anthology.

I found this a very mixed bag of short stories, most of them were not to my taste. Also something went wrong with the formatting, I could not see the title for any of the stories.Two of them really stood out were topic and atmosphere is concerned:- The one about a girl who through a parasite appears beautiful/ trustworthy to everyone she meets.- The one with the boy, who wants soo much to go out into the sun, but his parents will not let him, until he passes certain tests.These I would like to r...

This was mixed for me. I entirely skipped one story because I disliked it so much, but there were at least two that I thought were excellent. It felt like it averaged out to "like" rather than "okay". I enjoyed the way the illustrations were like a little surprise in each story. I love the cover art.

WOTF 32: ReviewAs with issues of past years; some stories left me in awe due to their imagination; some left me in wonder due to their ability to draw me into another world. While others just put left me wondering what was it about the story that impressed the judges.