As a part of our Man and Machine campaign we were fortunate enough to also fund a Best of collection. We have made our final determinations and are proud to share with you the following:

The embers of war still glow as memories of strange skies over an alien landscape, light-years from home, bring back the sensations of battle; a time when personal sacrifice meant the difference between salvation for all, or total destruction.  

Gathered here is a cross-section of stories from the first decade of the Defending The Future series. Written by the known and up-and-coming in the military science fiction genre, these stories represent the fan-requested highlights from the series.

DRUM ROLL….

And now, we are excited to announce the stories selected for The Best of Defending The Future, in no particular order.

From Breach the Hull  

• Jack McDevitt – Black to Move  
• John C. Wright – Peter Power Armor  
• Lawrence M. Schoen – Thresher  
• Jeffrey Lyman – Compartment Alpha  

From So It Begins  

• Andy Remic – Junked  
• Danielle Ackley-McPhail – First Line  
• Charles E. Gannon – To Spec  
• Bud Sparhawk – The Glass Box  
• CJ Henderson – Everything’s Better with Monkeys  

From By Other Means  

• James Chambers – Mother of Peace  
• Jeff Young – Blankets  
• Mike McPhail – Sheepdog  
• John G. Hemry – Dawn’s Last Light  
• Robert E. Waters – Devil Dancer  

From No Man’s Land  

• Nancy Jane Moore – Gambit  
• Maria V. Snyder – Godzilla Warfare  
• Brenda Cooper – Cracking the Sky  

From Best Laid Plans  

• Keith R.A. DeCandido – The Stone of the First High Pontiff  
• David Sherman – Chitter Chitter Bang Bang  
• Judi Fleming – Iron Horses

COMING NEXT…

As a company we cut our teeth on anthologies. Now we are ready to graduate to something more meaty. Our next campaign begins Monday and we are really excited about it. 

>This one is for two original novels: The Sister Paradox, a fantasy offering by Jack Campbell; and POST, a science fiction dystopia novel by Brenda Cooper. You can check out the campaign in advance at http://tiny.cc/Novels2016.

FROM OUR FRIENDS…

Finally, for those who haven’t heard yet, Joshua Palmatier of Zombies Need Brains started a new campaign yesterday. This one is for three anthologies, about Robots, Water, and Death. Check it out here: http://kck.st/2craV5X. One day in and they are a third of the way there. There are some really awesome authors involved, like Jody Lynn Nye, Faith Hunter, Gini Koch, Misty Massey and Rosemary Edgehill, just to name a few.

Have a good night and enjoy your weekend. Me, I’m off to Star Trek Mission New York at the Javits Center. If by chance you happen to be there a well, come say Hi! I’ll be at the Quidd booth, which is #331.

Best,
Danielle