Discover the Next Generation of Christian Storytellers…

The eleventh edition of Voices of the Future weaves together short stories of dreams and determination in a memorable and heartwarming collection. Experience the next generation’s creativity and vision through these brief tales from rising young creatives.

Featuring Hannah R. Smith

Hannah R. Smith despised reading until age ten when she finally unlocked the mystery of reading after picking up a historical fiction book. Since then, Hannah has not only read tens of historical fiction books, but she’s also written several of her own. Hannah’s love for history has led to her writing authentically from any time period and creating characters who battle the hardships of everyday life and still shine with victory and sacrifice in the end. With her stories, she hopes to inspire young adults through forgotten history and remind them that a victorious and hope-filled life is possible. In her very minimal spare time when she’s not writing, Hannah can be found bribing her sister to draw her characters, touring historical sites with loved ones, or curling up reading beside her cats.

About Her Short Story

The Flaming Pudding by Hannah R. Smith

In Manchester, England, 1910, twelve-year-old Helen Bell dreams of making the perfect Christmas pudding. After a disastrous baking experience in school, Helen knows better than to bake with anyone but her Uncle Charlie. When her uncle is injured and is unable to bake, Helen is the only one who can make the perfect pudding. But how can working with her messy brother, Paul, bring about perfection—and avoid the pudding bursting in flames?

Her Accomplishments
  • Drafted multiple full-length novels in multiple genres, including historical and fantasy.

  • Received and implemented two professional edit letters.

  • Successfully graduated from a professional writing program, The Author Conservatory.

  • Started a local, service-based tutor business and co-launched a developmental editing business.

  • Experienced with public speaking and managing a team as a manager at Chick-fil-A.

  • Practiced with giving thorough feedback to various fiction and non-fiction projects.

  • Gained 100 email list subscribers in a little over a month.

  • Grew to over three hundred followers on Instagram in two weeks.

Meet the 11 other authors in the anthology!

tabitha Lyon

How a Mouse Became a Knight

A.D. Garcia

The Tale of Beaux Stripe 

Cheyenne Thornton

Waking the Little Lights

allie jo andersen

Rabbit Overlord

abigail ellison

The Candle & The Grove

sarah rye

Lights Out on the Red Planet

kirsten L. Pierce

My Space Frog Adventure

julia dunt

The Van Meter Visitor

Lucy peterson

All That Flickers

karrissa zanett

A Memory at Every Bend 

mia katherine

The Friendship Mosaic

 

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.

About the Author Conservatory

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