Bards and Sages Quarterly (April 2019)
Bards and Sages Quarterly (April 2019)

Author: Julie Dawson

Publisher: Bards and Sages Publishing

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Total Pages: 226

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For over ten years, The Bards and Sages Quarterly has provided fans of speculative fiction with a unique mix of tales from both new and established authors. With each issue, we strive to introduce readers to exciting and entertaining voices in the horror, science fiction, and fantasy genres. In this issue, stories by Jenny Swisher, Daniel Stride, Carrie Vaccaro Nelkin, Dana Beehr, Dawn Hebein, Andrew Knighton, Chris Dean, August von Orth, Jeff Metzler, William Fischer, Daniel Galef, Steve DuBois, Dylan M. Kiely, and P.G. Streeter. In Passages, a head injury propels a young man into a bizarre world that intersects life and death. In The Other Road, woman with psychic powers meets a man from her past to whom she once provided guidance. In Gone Fishing, an attempt to build a hydroelectric project in Turkey is complicated by local concerns over escaping demons. These stories and more in this issue.

Bards and Sages Quarterly (July 2019)
Bards and Sages Quarterly (July 2019)

Author: Laura Lucas

Publisher: Bards and Sages Publishing

Published: 2019-07-01

Total Pages: 171

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For eleven years, the Bards and Sages Quarterly has introduces readers to an eclectic collection of talented speculative fiction authors. In this issue: A time traveler attempts to change the course of history and discovers that perhaps someone else already beat him to it in "The Gettysburg Paradox." In "Five Dozen Prayers", a stray dandelion sets a grieving woman on a desperate course to find a greater purpose in a dystopian world where possessing even a tiny plant is illegal. In "Listeners in the Dell", two British Army soldiers set out to investigate disruptions to radio signals and inexplicable sounds originating in an uninhabited rural valley. These and seven other incredible speculative tales await.

Bards and Sages Quarterly (January 2019)
Bards and Sages Quarterly (January 2019)

Author: R. Rozakis

Publisher: Bards and Sages Publishing

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Total Pages: 186

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For over ten years, The Bards and Sages Quarterly has provided fans of speculative fiction with a unique mix of tales from both new and established authors. With each issue, we strive to introduce readers to exciting and entertaining voices in the horror, science fiction, and fantasy genres. In our January 2019 issue: Laura DeHaan, Patrick Doerksen, Greg Hill, Brian James Lewis, Malcolm Laughton, Michael W. Lucht, Jennifer R. Povey, Barbara Buckley Ristine, R. Rozakis, Nilles Sonnemans, Sophie van Llewyn, and Dorothy A. Winsor. In “Close Calls,” a woman contacts her dead mother using new video conferencing technology and discovers that conversations with the dead may not be as ideal as she imagined. In “The Ugly Wee Man o’ The Loch,” to escape the consequences of a terrible bargain, a man must venture to a distant castle in search of the laughter tree. In “Toxicity,” the survivor of a workplace shooting finds herself haunted by her former colleagues. These and other fine tales await our readers.

Bards and Sages Quarterly (April 2023)
Bards and Sages Quarterly (April 2023)

Author: Andrew Jensen

Publisher: Bards and Sages Publishing

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Total Pages: 335

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For over a decade, the Bards and Sages Quarterly 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. Stories in this issue by Andrew Jensen, Antony Paschos, Jason Mills, Kelly Toughill, Lorna McGinnis, Luke Foster, Nestor Defino, Nicole Walsh, Patrick Honovich, Ray Daley, and Taija Morgan. A Sample of what you will find: An aspiring author visits a bookshop for inspiration and finds surprising news when browsing the bookseller's special collection of magical books in That First Page. Snow White’s evil stepmother attends a self-help meeting of recovering evil witches in Witches Anonymous. Murderous desperadoes attempting a train robbery get a bit more than they bargained for in The Santa Fe Five. Special notice: For information on potential trigger warnings in our titles, please visit our trigger warnings page at bardsandsages.com

Bards and Sages Quarterly (April 2020)
Bards and Sages Quarterly (April 2020)

Author: Julie Ann Dawson

Publisher: Bards and Sages Publishing

Published: 2020-04-01

Total Pages: 114

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Each issue of the Bards and Sages Quarterly brings fans of speculative fiction a wide range of new and established voices in the horror, fantasy, and science fiction genres. Siblings procure a new drug designed to eradicate Alzheimer's in patients with a family history of the disease, but the drug has unintended side effects in "If You Forget Me, Do I Exist?" A disillusioned fighter pilot on a routine recon mission finds himself confronted by the ghosts of his past in "Imago et Umbra." A temporal grocer breaks the law to steal fruit from a restricted time period, accidentally bringing along an unwanted hitchhiker in "Like Grandma Made." These tales and more found in this issue.

Beyond World's End
Beyond World's End

Author: Joe Vasicek

Publisher: Joe Vasicek

Published: 2022-05-21

Total Pages: 175

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Eleven short stories and a poem that show us what comes after the end of all we know. This is the fourth volume of the collected short stories of Joe Vasicek. It includes: The Manchurian Paradox We have met our timeline's enemy and he is us. A Fatal Rebirth Nothing in this world should live forever—not even civilization itself. The Final Turning This is how the world ends: not with a bang, but with a whimper—thanks to me. The New Covenant To restore a fallen America, an ancient and terrible covenant must be renewed. Hearken and Behold (by J.M. Wight) "Hearken, oh ye hypocrites, and behold the desolation that is already come upon you!" The End of Elysium For the promise of paradise, the last civilization will surrender to the apocalypse. The Promise of King Washington When the aliens came, it wasn't a military invasion: it was an economic one. (Again, Hazardous Imaginings, December 2020) Lord of the Slaves "Everyone secretly wants to be a slave. Those who deny it simply haven't found the right master." The Other Side of Reality What if your future self came back to give you advice, and all it did was confuse you? Schrödinger's Diaper “Stays clean and dry until you’re free to change it!” …except not quite. (Bards and Sages Quarterly, April 2022) Two Hours Ago A time machine without paradoxes, so long as it's not abused. Welcome to Our Crazy Family Two genderqueer lesbians and a tranny have a rebellious daughter who does the unthinkable and decides to marry a Christian.

Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction
Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction

Author: Eugen Bacon

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2024-10-17

Total Pages: 257

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In this vibrant and approachable book, award-winning writers of black speculative fiction bring together excerpts from their work and creative reflections on futurisms with original essays. Features an introduction by Suyi Okungbowa. Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction showcases creative-critical essays that negotiate genre bending and black speculative fiction with writerly practice. As Afrodecendant peoples with lived experience from the continent, award-winning authors use their intrinsic voices in critical conversations on Afrofuturism and Afro-centered futurisms. By engaging with difference, they present a new kind of African study that is an evaluative gaze at African history, African spirituality, Afrosurrealism, "becoming," black radical imagination, cultural identity, decolonizing queerness, myths, linguistic cosmologies, and more. Contributing authors – Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga, Cheryl S. Ntumy, Dilman Dila, Eugen Bacon, Nerine Dorman, Nuzo Onoh, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Stephen Embleton, Suyi Okungbowa, Tobi Ogundiran and Xan van Rooyen – offer boldly hybrid chapters (both creative and scholarly) that interface Afrocentric artefacts and exegesis. Through ethnographic reflections and intense scrutinies of African fiction, these writers contribute open and diverse reflections of Afro-centered futurisms. The authors in Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction feature in major genre and literary awards, including the Bram Stoker, World Fantasy, British Fantasy, Locus, Ignyte, Nommo, Philip K. Dick, Shirley Jackson and Otherwise Awards, among others. They are also intrinsic partners in a vital conversation on the rise of black speculative fiction that explores diversity and social (in)justice, charting poignant stories with black hero/ines who remake their worlds in color zones of their own image.

Crown Princess Academy
Crown Princess Academy

Author: A. J. Flowers

Publisher:

Published: 2020-01-20

Total Pages: 326

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This is one crown you don't want. Born and raised in the Dregs, the last thing I expected was the "honor" of being recruited to Crown Princess Academy. And by honor, I mean fighting for my life against the fae that rule our world. Our first exam is in three weeks and not every student will make it out alive... don't these bimbos realize that? I'm not fooled. I know how ruthless the fae can be. All the princess initiates are captivated by Lucas, the sexy fae Crown Prince who, in turn, seems fixated on me. He can't know that I'm actually the most powerful Malice Caster in the Dregs. I'm sure my talents for the Criminal Guild won't earn me any extra credit in my princess classes. All my life I've stayed one step ahead of the two-faced fae and their Malice, the out of control black magic that has nearly wiped out all of humanity. This is my chance to do more than survive--this is my chance to fight back. I'll play the Crown Prince's game. I'll wear the tiny initiate crown, dance in my glittering pink dress, survive the deadly exams, and ultimately graduate as the Crown Princess all while he thinks I'm playing right into his plans. He's in for a surprise when I reveal who I am and wipe that sexy, smug grin off his face... I just hope my heart doesn't forget he's the enemy. Crown Princess Academy: Book 1 is the first of a planned trilogy. As it is a series, there will be a cliffhanger. This is an upper YA/NA paranormal and fantasy series with enemies-to-lovers romance and HEA.

Writing the Other
Writing the Other

Author: Nisi Shawl

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781933500003

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Many writers avoid creating characters of different ethnic backgrounds than their own out of fear that they might get it wrong. To address this fear, Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward collaborated to develop a workshop that addresses these problems with the aim of both increasing writers skill and sensitivity in portraying difference in their fiction as well as allaying their anxieties about getting it wrong. Writing the Other: A Practical Approach is the manual that grew out of their workshop. It discusses basic aspects of characterization and offers elementary techniques, practical exercises, and examples for helping writers create richer and more accurate characters with differences.

Transpecial
Transpecial

Author: Jennifer R. Povey

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-02-26

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781508647461

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A ship has vanished in the dark, in the very outer reaches of Earth's solar system. Alien invaders sweep through the void, destroying outposts and threatening humanity. The truth is known only to a few: We fired first. We fired on aliens whose very appearance and body language sent all humans into a flying rage. All but a few. Now an autistic savant from Mars and an alien diplomat seek peace...while some on both sides desire only conflict. Suza McRae and Haniyar must bridge the gap between their species, or risk a war that will destroy everything and everyone in its path.