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<p><i>The Bards and Sages Quarterly</i> features original short speculative fiction from both new and established authors. Our writers include first-time authors, Pushcart Prize nominees and Nebula award winners. With each issue, our goal is to bring readers the most inclusive collection of speculative fiction available.</p> <p><b>In this issue</b></p> <p>An interview with <i>Visions of Mars</i> author Eric S. Rabkin on Why Speculative Fiction Matters.</p> <p>An intergalactic con artist realizes too late that some words, when taken literally, have deadly outcomes in <i>Found in Translation.</i></p> <p>A copper dragon's goal to dance in Swan Lake stumbles over an obvious problem in <i>The Dream</i></p> <p>A demonic detective investigates the murder of a fallen angel in <i>Faces of the Fallen</i></p> <p>Plus more original stories.</p>