Author Description

For over a decade, the <i>Bards and Sages Quarterly</i> has been a showcase for both new and established authors to share their speculative works. The short stories presented in each issue serve as a delightful sampler of the speculative genres. Whether your preference is sword and sorcery, time-travel, space exploration, gothic horror, urban fantasy, or any of the speculative genres, you are sure to find something to love in the pages of this magazine. <p>Stories in this issue by Andrew Jensen, Antony Paschos, Jason Mills, Kelly Toughill, Lorna McGinnis, Luke Foster, Nestor Delfino, Nicole Walsh, Patrick Honovich, Ray Daley, and Taija Morgan. <p><b>A Sample of what you will find: </b> <p>An aspiring author visits a bookshop for inspiration and finds surprising news when browsing the bookseller's special collection of magical books in <i>That First Page.</i> <p>Snow White's evil stepmother attends a self-help meeting of recovering evil witches in <i>Witches Anonymous.</i> <p>Murderous desperadoes attempting a train robbery get a bit more than they bargained for in <i>The Santa Fe Five.</i> <p>Special notice: For information on potential trigger warnings in our titles, please visit our trigger warnings bards at bardsandsages.com