L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future XXIII

Contents Introduction (Writers of the Future Volume XXIII) • essay by Algis Budrys Primetime • by Douglas Texter; interior artwork by Randall Ensley The Sun God at Dawn, Rising from a Lotus Blossom • by Andrea Kail; interior artwork by Yuliya Kostyuk The Frozen Sky • by Jeff Carlson; interior artwork by Bogdan Stetsenko Art and Communication • essay by L. Ron Hubbard The Stone Cipher • by Tony Pi; interior artwork by Lars Edwards Obsidian Shards • by Aliette de Bodard; interior artwork by Marcus Collins Ripping Carovella • by K. J. Zimring [as by Kim Zimring]; interior artwork by Artem Mirolevich If Only I Had the Time • essay by Kevin J. Anderson Our Last Words • by Damon Kaswell; interior artwork by Amelia Mammoliti Saturn in G Minor • by Stephen Kotowych; interior artwork by Randall Ensley By the Waters of the Ganga • by Stephen Gaskell; interior artwork by Artem Mirolevich Pilgrimage • by Karl Bunker; interior artwork by Peter Town Here's the Thing • essay by Judith Miller The Gas Drinkers • by Edward Sevcik; interior artwork by Geir Lanesskog The Phlogiston Age • by Corey Brown; interior artwork by Bryan Beus Mask Glass Magic • by John Burridge; interior artwork by Lorraine Schleter The Year in the Contests (Writers of the Future Volume XXIII) • essay by Algis Budrys Contest Information (Writers of the Future Volume XXIII) • unattributed essay