What if there was a single contest to determine the most talented new writers across the genres of Sci-Fi and Fantasy? What if you could find all the award-winning stories—all in one anthology?What if you could turn the page, explore diverse new universes of possibility and see what is to come?Welcome to the world of the Writers of the Future. Where What if IS here.

A terrible fall has taken the life of his queen and left the king to raise his newborn daughter. The years have past and now it is time for the Princess Abigail to wed and insure the stability of the throne. In a proud, but inebriated, moment King Zahn foolishly compares his daughter's beauty to that of the Olympian goddesses.Waking the next morning in an open meadow, Zahn discovers the keep and everyone else inside have vanished. Months later it is revealed that all are safe but t...

BOY OF THE PROPHECYTwelve-year-old Cory Avalon was just another kid lost in Brooklyn's childcare system. He had no idea he was born with the gift of magic until the day he stood too close to that demonic mirror in an abandoned building, and fell through the shadowy veil into the enchanted world of Abydonne. Recognized as a rare magus, Cory is quickly apprenticed to the king's royal wizard, Math the Ancient, to learn how to control his natural talents before they overwhelm him....