Discover the Next Generation of Christian Storytellers…

The ninth edition of Voices of the Future weaves together short stories of fellowship and freedom in a memorable and heartwarming collection. Experience the next generation’s creativity and vision through tales from rising young creatives.

Featuring Ava Case

Ava Case grew up with her parents reading bedtime stories to her and her three brothers every night. All the way from Green Eggs and Ham to The Lord of the Rings, she found hope and strength in her favorite knights, hobbits, and princesses. Now she writes to inspire courage through clean fantasy adventures and true heroes. 

When she’s not sitting at her old-fashioned desk plotting her next novel, she’s probably working with horses, learning how to actually fight with swords, listening to music, or curling up with a good book, a mug of tea, and some dark chocolate. 

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About Her Short Story

The Rescue by Ava Case

Deor is counting down the days until he’s fifteen: old enough to start warrior training under his hero and older brother, Lael. For now, though, he’s stuck in the mountains, tending sheep and feeling like a child.

When bandits steal the lamb he and his brother raised, Deor rushes after it. But his rescue attempt leads him deep into the mountains alone, and before he knows it, the bandits are focused on him instead of the lamb. 

Her Accomplishments
  • Completed four full-length novels and hundreds of poems.

  • Drafted a 75,000-word novel in a month.

  • Received a professional manuscript assessment.

  • Attended the 2025 Author Conservatory Conference and pitched to an acquisitions editor from Tyndale.

  • Received business and marketing training from industry professionals.

  • Grew an email list to nearly a hundred people in two weeks.

Meet the 8 other authors in the anthology!

clive Farnsley

The Christmas Postman

benjamin t.j. martin

Beneath a Shattered Moon

kayleigh fan

Cerulean Blue

a.j.v. lewis

Frost and Flame

anna harp

Courage Wings

christina pickett

Not The Girl In The Mirror

lily grace

The Room That Could Be Mine

J. Breeze

The Knight and the Flower

Support the next generation of writers

100% of the proceeds from this anthology go toward helping up-and-coming writers achieve their goals, such as attending writing conferences where they can pitch their work to agents and publishers.

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