L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 35 by L. Ron Hubbard

Author:L. Ron Hubbard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sci-fi and fantasy anthology
Publisher: Galaxy Press
Published: 2019-02-26T22:32:51+00:00

Illustration by Sam Kemp

But the fourth part—the greatest part by far—was focused on the vials of blood they’d stolen. On analyzing the rogue cells that were eating Anya from the inside out.

X09 plunged down, glowing now, synthetic skin wicking off in white-hot bursts. The tidal force built until it was pulling them apart, into streams of metal, into particles.

In that last warped, overlong second, X09 thought of the Philosopher’s Stone. Of its ability to transmute base metal to gold, confirmed by an earthbound telescope way back in 2017.

They thought of the many humans who now flocked to these cosmic graveyards, seeking purification, and awaiting rebirth, in whatever form the stars saw fit to grant them.

And, finally, they thought of their last great hope: that the Stone’s true strength might not lie in its ability to purify the souls of the dead, but in cleansing the bodies of the living. X09 poured nine lives’ worth of hope into those vials.

There was the slightest shimmer, and then—

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