America's Next Author 2012 was an exciting contest run by eBookMall.com. eBookMall brought the writing contest into the 21st century by adding a social media element and allowing all contestants to read and review each other's stories. The winners were chosen based on votes from the public and professional judging by publishing-industry experts.
Throughout the contest, promising new authors were discovered. This anthology includes the best of #ANA2012: the stories that were nominated by the public, the stories that were chosen as wildcards, and stories that made it onto the wildcard shortlist.
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Finnegan and Grandfather Cheng by Kate Baggott (Contest Winner)
Movin' On Up by Jen Barton (Runner Up)
The Odd Duck by Jill Amber Menard (Runner Up)
The Freedom of the Stars by Addai Agyemang
The Fate Continuum by Margaret Alice
The Power of Fine Furniture by Bellakentuky
Gandalay Marketing by Harlen Bayha
Italian Radio by Lance Burson
Postage by Brannon Charles
Brown Leather Couch by Lin Clements
Jotted Down on Pizza Boxes by Erica Elizabeth
Event Zero by Aaron C Engler
Danboro by John Feldman
People Who Knew Me by Kimberly Hooper
Dark Moon Rising - The Break by Dom Goodall
Ambient Light by Kellene Killmer
Dryad Song by Ann Mason
The New Aesthetic by Kevin Nix
Swipe by Trevor Ogden
The Sins of the Mother by Lori Paris
We Mortal Few by Elizabeth A Reeves
Allegiance by Luke Swanson
Harbinger by J.R. Verwey
Baby Steps by Katrina Anne Willis