Finish the story begun by one of the characters in the new novel. Start your version with “The robot felt…” Finish with “In the end, the robot felt nothing. He wasn’t programmed to.” The up-to-2000 words in between are all yours.

Then get friends and fans to vote for your story. Paul Malmont and a panel of industry judges will choose the winner from the top five vote-getters. The winning story will be published at the end of the paperback edition of “The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown.”

The winner grants Simon & Schuster and Paul Malmont a royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to use the story in all versions of The Astounding, The Amazing, and the Unknown and associated media including advertising and the author’s website.

The Winner will be announced at Comic Con International in San Diego!!