Writers of the Future Volume 38 (Gcontinues the tradition of excellence and impacted me on a variety of levels. As a reader, the stories and images simultaneously delighted, challenged, and provoked thought as (at least to me) only well-written original science fantasy can. Whether visiting the life of a young exchange student from a different planet (why DO we call our planet “Earth”?), hopping boxcars with your only friend (who happens to be a mythical creature), bodyguarding Earth’s President on…..