Review: Writers of the Future, Vol 34

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Writers of the Future, Vol 34 Writers of the Future, Vol 34 by L. Ron Hubbard
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Ugh... don't judge me. In fact, I'm here because I don't want to judge LRH's writing by my opinion of him. I hate cancel culture and today I decided to give LRH's scifi a try, based on a friend's suggestion.

So for now, that's all I'm here to review, but the publication appears to be promoting new unpublished authors so I would like to read and review all of their stories at some point.

'The Death Flyer' by LRH. (3-stars)
Well, this is not my typical fare. We have a story about a phantom train, not very original in concept but I must admit written quite nicely. Simple but very descriptive language. I haven't partaken of very much paranormal fiction since childhood but this didn't seem to have anything particularly surprising about it. I enjoyed the scene building at the start more than anything else, I think.

Unfortunately this was not at all scifi, so...? Maybe I'll have to try another. Goddamit.

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