Author Description

Since 2009, the Bards and Sages Quarterly has brought fans of speculative fiction an amazing variety of short stories from both new and established authors. Each issue sets out to introduce readers to the wealth of talent found in the horror, fantasy and science fiction genres. Our authors have included Nebula, Hugo, and Pushcart winners and nominees. In this issue: A wizard gets more than he bargained for when he sends his imp on a simple task in "Christmas Decorations." A thief sets out to return a unfinished stolen manuscript in order to find out how it ends in "An Ending to Die For." A cancer patient gambles with fate in "You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance." A warlock gets asked to help an old business associate who thinks her sister is possessed in "Possession is 9/10th of the Law." A struggling writer looking for his big break learns too late there are no short cuts in "The Wish-Stone." Death reminisces about how he came into his powers in "Death's Heir."