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.A sample of what is in this issue:A woman faces a violent storm, a dragon, and naysayers in an effort to catch a rare fish in Trinkets.A knight comes home from an epic quest to find himself saddled with an unexpected debt in I Will Send Diamonds.The royal torturer struggles to perform his job when his latest prisoner triggers painful memories in The Torturer's Last Confession.Special notification: Though we avoid publishing stories we deem gratuitous in nature, as a journal of speculative fiction, some stories may content dark subject matter. Some stories may contain strong or offensive language, depictions of violence, and child and animal endangerment.
