New author Frank Olson shatters the bridge between reality and dreams in his debut story. College student Adelaide Wilkinson shares her first published story. SFI's cadre writers share their imaginative worlds including the continuing Wind and the Water.The adventures of spunky Jei and her matter-of-fact robot continue in Michael Sorenson's Jei Pardy comic.

It got out of hand pretty quickly. Every lunchtime kids lined up for a turn to get their cubes solved. Emily probably could have charged a quarter a cube and had her own little racket going, but I think she solved them just for the challenge. I guess there were an unusual number of Rubik's Cubes getting solved at our junior high, and it drew attention. Patty Jo was the first one to notice the men in dark suits hanging around our school.Explore three short stories and beautiful artw...

In the castle of his master, Jindao maneuvers to determine the motives of an esteemed visitor.Have you wondered why you're able to solve problems while you sleep? Joe Clifton may know.An intelligence courier goes missing, and Corbridge is sent on the first operational mission of its kind to determine what happened.Enjoy thrilling stories and fantastical illustrations in this issue of Speculative Fiction Illustrated.

24 Award-Winning Authors and IllustratorsAccompanied by Orson Scott Card, Brandon Sanderson, Jody Lynn Nye, Jerry Pournelle, Ciruelo and Echo Chernik and Edited by David FarlandYour search for something new and different in sci-fi and fantasy ends here.Presenting this year’s collection of fresh voices, fabulous worlds, and fantastic new characters.Each year, the Writers and Illustrators of t...

(Non-romance, 5,000-word short story).Two young men stumble into an ancient secret that changes their world.When young King Darok of Coraji uncovers an ancient dragon key, he wonders if the dragon legends about his family are true. With the help of his friend, K'ni, Darok endeavors to discover the truth. Is it possible the dragon blood of the royal family is more than a myth?

Thomas discovers more to life with the help of Merlin and voices from a tall pine tree. He offers gratitude to the world and a little bit of magic.

One brother will be king and another a powerful mage, but it is a simple spell that will truly change their lives.Magic always comes at a price, but who will pay it?

I take energy from the subtle vibrations that blink throughout the cosmos. There is nowhere that I am not powered. When I awoke, I didn't know any of this. I didn't know anything. I was not and then I opened my eyesThere were thousands of people… monks really who were all worshiping me. They slowly stood up when they saw that I had animated. Many cheered but most were silent.I was sitting on a large flat rock, like marble. A mountain was behind me and a green valley lit by tw...

A stranger tells his story to his next victim. What he knows is that humanity is wrong.

This is the first part of the serialized story of the Rail-Walker. A woman caught in the dying world of humanity's future. Will she be able to escape the slow decay of her artificial home? And more important still, can the rest of mankind be saved? She must uncover the lost knowledge of the origins of man, so that she might find a future for us all. If she cannot then the last great haven of the human race will die a slow death under the glare of an increasingly hostile sun.

A Rising Knight: Vol1, Issue 12. You’ve met one half the Twisted in the demons, now it’s time to meet the other half. It’s time for Vlad to face the kind of monster that scares even Wizards. His word will be kept, angels will die and white ash rain from the sky.Vlad was a killer by fifteen, a warrior by sixteen, a revolutionary by seventeen and a legend by eighteen. He won't live to be nineteen. These are first steps Vlad will take to define his destiny. He will be born in darkness...

Snatched from a post-apocalyptic battlefield by galactic traders, Zania is sold to a clandestine ring of fighting Amazons on a planet lush with green jungles and teeming with deadly felines. She resents the gorgeous and overzealous Viking champion, Svend, who saves her life but too easily accepts his slavery. Adulated by a woman who claims to know her, hated by the jealous Amazon queen who fancies Svend, Zania seeks escape... But Svend knows the price of rebellion. And on this seemingly pe...