This newest volume of Strange New Worlds features original Star Trek®, Star Trek: The Next Generation ®, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine®, Star Trek: Voyager®, and Star Trek: Enterprise™ stories written by Star Trek fans, for Star Trek fans!
Each of these stories features our favorite Trek characters in new and adventurous situations. In this anthology, we get to experience a new version of the Kobayashi Maru, feel what it's like to be inside the Borg collective, delight in tasting new foods, and encourage Starfleet's future.
This year's Strange New Worlds winners encompass newcomers and veterans alike, including Alan James Garbers, Kevin Lauderdale, Kevin Andrew Hosey, Paul C. Tseng, Kevin G. Summers, Sarah A. Seaborne, John Takis, Dan C. Duval, Amy Vincent, David DeLee, Muri McCage, Susan S. McCrackin, M.C. Demarco, Annie Reed, Amy Sisson, J.B. Stevens, Robert Burke Richardson, Lorraine Anderson, A. Rhea King, Derrek Tyler Attico, Geoffrey Thorne, and Paul J. Kaplan.
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Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.
Paula M. Block (with Terry J. Erdmann) have jointly written two previous Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ebook novellas: Rules of Accusation and Lust's Latinum Lost (and Found). They also are the coauthors of the nonfiction titles Star Trek Costumes: Five Decades of Fashion from the Final Frontier, Star Trek The Original Topps Trading Card Series, Star Trek The Next Generation 365, Star Trek The Original Series 365, Star Trek 101, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, The Secrets of Star Trek Insurrection, The Magic of Tribbles, and Star Trek: Action! Their additional titles include Monk: The Official Episode Guide and The 4400 Companion. They live in Southern Oregon with their two collies, Shadow and Mandy.
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Introduction
Dean Wesley Smith
STAR TREK®
Whales Weep Not [Third Prize]
Juanita Nolte
One Last Adventure
Mark Allen and Charity Zegers
Marking Time
Pat Detmer
Ancient History
Robert J. Mendenhall
Bum Radish: Five Spins on a Turquoise Reindeer
TG Theodore
A Piece of the Pie
G. Wood
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION®
The Soft Room [Second Prize]
Geoffrey Thorne
Protecting Data's Friends
Scott William Carter
The Human Factor
Russ Crossley
Tribble in Paradise
Louisa M. Swann
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE®
Fabrications
Brett Hudgins
Urgent Matter
Robert J. LaBaff
Best Tools Available
Shawn Michael Scott
STAR TREK: VOYAGER®
Homemade
Elizabeth A. Dunham
Seven and Seven
Kevin Hosey
The End of Night
Paul J. Kaplan
Hidden 230
Jan Stevens
Widow's Walk
Mary Scott-Wiecek
ENTERPRISE™
Savior
Julie Hyzy
Preconceptions
Penny A. Proctor
Cabin E-14
Shane Zeranski
SPECULATIONS
Our Million-Year Mission [Grand Prize]
Robert T. Jeschonek
The Beginning
Annie Reed
Contest Rules
About the Contributors