Bards and Sages Quarterly Volume 6 Issue 1 January 2014

by Julie Ann Dawson (Editor), Simon Kewin, Alva J. Roberts

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."

26 pages, Magazine

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Julie Ann Dawson is an author, editor, publisher, RPG designer, and advocate for writers who may occasionally require the services of someone with access to Force Lightning (and in case it was not obvious, a bit of a geek).

Her work has appeared in a variety of print and digital media, including such diverse publications as the New Jersey Review of Literature, Lucidity, Black Bough, Poetry Magazine, Gareth Blackmore’s Unusual Tales, Demonground, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and others.

In 2002, she started her own publishing company, Bards and Sages. The company has gone from having two titles to over a one hundred titles between their print and digital products.

In 2009, she launched the Bards and Sages Quarterly, a literary journal of speculative fiction. Since 2012, she has served as a judge for the IBPA's Benjamin Franklin Awards.

Special Note: The best way to reach her is through the contact form on the Bards and Sages website. Those messages go directly to her email, which she checks daily.