Ray Daley

Jason Mills

Luke Foster

Andrew Jensen

Antony Paschos

Kelly Toughill

Lorna McGinnis

Nestor Delfino

Nicole Walsh

Patrick Honovich

Taija Morgan

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 2023)

C. D. Gallant-King

David Bernard

Erin Lee

Dominick Cancilla

D. J. Tyrer

Henry Herz

Kevin A. Davis

Eileen Wijesinghe

M. Stern

Joshua James Jordan

Robert Allen Lupton

Rosalind Barden

Judith Field

Paul Wartenberg

Edward Lodi

R. C. Mulhare

Kay Hanifen

"Just want to let you know, so far we've got two of the drafted volunteers reporting sick to the base doctor with severe cases of Aw Hell Naw."-- Paul Wartenberg, "War of the Murder Hornets"The ninth volume (you read that right) of the Strangely Funny series is one of the weirdest yet. An asexual gives tips on dating succubi. A certain reanimator treats a Miskatonic U football player before the big game. Is there such a thing as a vegan vampire, and what do they eat? And finally, we revisit the invasion of the 'Martians' in Surrey.Let Rosalind Barden, RC Mulhare, Erin Lee, Henry L. Herz and many other talented authors guide you through tales of quirky paranormal love, twisted science fiction tropes, and horror gone wrong. So very wrong.

Strangely Funny VIII

Luke Foster

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