ABOUT THE AUTHOR
“Borrowed Glory” was originally published in October of 1941. Ron wrote the story for John W. Campbell’s fantasy magazine Unknown Worlds. The magazine was launched in 1939. But with the War and its demands on many of Campbell’s stable of writers including Ron, plus war-time paper shortages, the magazine was in print for a mere thirty-nine issues. While the magazine lasted, it provided a venue for some of Ron’s most memorable stories including Fear, Typewriter in the Sky, Slaves of Sleep—eight novel-length and six short stories in all.
As Robert Silverberg tells it, “Hubbard would become one of Unknown’s most popular contributors and his fantasy novels for the magazine were to become classics of the field.”
Campbell had very definite ideas about what he was looking to include in Unknown. “All human beings like wishes to come true. In fairy stories and fantasy, wishes do come true.”
And who wouldn’t want to be young again, to find love and glory even for just a little while. With Ron’s unmistakable touch, the lines between the real and the illusory, the here and now, begin to blur and merge in “Borrowed Glory.” And for just forty-eight hours, our dreams come true—but can we truly be fulfilled by joyous memories?
You may learn more about L. Ron Hubbard at https://www.lronhubbard.org/ and https://galaxypress.com/l-ron-hubbard/.
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Cassandre paints diverse, real, and strong women in the epic contexts of myths and fairytales. Her paintings are retellings of these universal stories and the women in them. She’s inspired by tales of sacred femininism, Jungian psychology, women’s studies, and she loves analyzing every children’s TV show on Netflix with her kids!
Her clients have included Cartoon Network, Fantasy Flight Games, and Creative Assembly, as well as many inspirational indie creators, and was featured in ImagineFX magazine (2014/2019). She was a winner of L. Ron Hubbard’s Illustrators of the Future Contest in 2014, featured in Volume 30.
Cassandre has lived across the world, grown up in the army, and recently spent ten years in Dubai, but mostly resides in her own little fantasy world. She is deathly allergic to schedules, normal jobs, bedtimes, and feels incredibly lucky to not only freelance but create original independent projects too. When not painting scowling middle-aged women in armor or getting rabidly philosophical about children’s TV shows, Cassandre likes to mysteriously disappear into her shadowy witch’s lair to work on her secret original children’s book series.
You may learn more about her at http://www.cassandrebolan.com.