Download or read book Bards and Sages Quarterly April 2020 written by Julie Ann Dawson and published by Bards and Sages Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Bards and Sages Quarterly April 2020 written by Hristo Goshev and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Bards and Sages Quarterly July 2021 written by Bards and Sages Publishing (author) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Bards and Sages Quarterly April 2023 written by Andrew Jensen and published by Bards and Sages Publishing. This book was released on with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book Bards and Sages Quarterly January 2022 written by Bards and Sages Publishing (author) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Stars Our Destination written by Joe Vasicek and published by Joe Vasicek. This book was released on with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten optimistic and forward-looking space stories that show how we journey to the stars! This is the third volume of the collected short stories of Joe Vasicek. It includes: The Scales of the Space Whale The most dangerous creatures in the universe will kill you before they know you exist! In the Beginning Paradise is not what—or where—it seems. (After Dinner Conversation, August 2020) From the Ice Incarnate They say that going into cryo is the closest thing to death short of actually dying. I believe it. (1st place, 2009 Vera Hinckley Mayhew Contest BYU) When She Awakes To pay her father's debt, she must offer herself as coin. The Infiltrator The aliens are already among us, in a form we refuse to see. (Not Far From Roswell, December 2019) Abductors Always check your backblast before launching your UFO. (Never before published!) Starchild The revolutions passed, and the stars spun silently underfoot. (Bards and Sages Quarterly, October 2019) L’enfer, c’est la Solitude War is not the only hell in the cold, empty void of space. (Perihelion, March 2016; The New Accelerator, August 2018) The Janus Anomaly What do you do when you're the only sane one and everyone else is crazy? (Kasma Magazine, May 2019; Twilight Tales, February 2021) Lizzie-99XT To save humanity, she must become the machine. (Serial Magazine, August 2019)
Download or read book The Solace of Truth written by Joe Vasicek and published by Joe Vasicek. This book was released on with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten stories that show why the freedom of truth is worth the price of loneliness. This is the fifth volume of the collected short stories of Joe Vasicek. It includes: Love and Truth at Universe End Where have all the aliens gone? Calling Scam Likely An auto warranty scam he was sure to never forget! Prison of Dreams A boy, a girl, and a starship gone mad. Blight of Empire A dying world. A decadent empire. A discovery that can save them both. The Library of Fate He rewrote his past in the library of fate. Now, his kingdom is falling. In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight (J.M. Wight) Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil! Hunter, Lover, Cyborg, Slave A woman needs a man like an authorized cyborg assassin needs an AI familiar. The Body Tax Our government's most heinous crimes are the ones we never question. We Should Have Named You Corona Why do hard times break some men, while making others stronger? The Freedom of Second Chances Family isn't just where you came from, but where you're going too.
Download or read book Bards and Sages Quarterly July 2019 written by Laura Lucas and published by Bards and Sages Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Pilgrims and Time Travelers written by Joe Vasicek and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume of the collected short stories of Joe Vasicek. It contains: The Gettysburg ParadoxThe greatest battle of all time, secretly fought by time travelers.(Gallery of Curiosities, June 2018; Bards and Sages Quarterly, July 2019)Killing Mister WilsonEvery time traveler wants to kill Hitler. Only one actually stopped him.(Uprising Review, September 2017; Unrealpolitik, November 2018)My Name Is For My FriendsWhen fellowship draws the line between life and death, trust must be proven.(Mirror Dance, September 2017)Memoirs of a SnowflakeThe life and times of a December snowflake.The Curse of the LifewalkerWhen all the world is afflicted by the plague, sometimes the greater curse is to be whole.(Sci Phi Journal, June 2016)Decision LZ1527A boy, a girl, and a whole crew of matchmakers.(Leading Edge, December 2009; Digital Fiction Quickfic, December 2016)Jane Carter of Earth and the Rescue that Never WasTo boldly go where no Earthfleet Academy Xenolinguistics major has gone before.Time and Space in Amish CountryWhat if the Amish are guarding a naturally occuring time portal in the Pennsylvania countryside?A Hill On Which To DieAs the witch-king impresses the mountain orcs into his eldritch army, Garak-Nur must lead the last of the free orcs into the wilderness to start a new clan.(The Great Tome of Fantastic and Wondrous Places, September 2016)The Open Source Time MachineJust like information, time wants to be free.(The New Accelerator, January 2019; Bards and Sages Quarterly, April 2020)
Download or read book Bards and Sages Quarterly July 2014 written by M.E.L.I. and published by Bards and Sages Publishing. This book was released on with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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: An Interview with Sci-Fi Author Mary Fan After refusing to sell his grandmother’s old phonograph to a peculiar man, Evan learns what it means to defy the desires of ancient forces in “A Song from the Old Country.” An almost indestructible princess discovers the truth of her strength, and her heritage, in “Rebirth.” A young man concocts a scheme to get his parents to stop pressuring him to find someone to sue in “Victims.”
Download or read book Bards Annual 2020 written by James P. Wagner and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The annual publication of the Bards Initiative Long Island
Download or read book The Heron Kings written by Eric Lewis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Readers who love medieval-esque fantasy will delight in this rousing tale of rebellion.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) After a warlord slaughters her patients, Sister Alessia quits the cloister and strikes out on her own to heal the victims of a brutal dynastic conflict. Her roaming forest camp unwittingly becomes the center of a vengeful peasant insurgency, raiding the forces of both sides to survive. Alessia struggles to temper their fury as well as tend wounds, consenting to ever greater violence to keep her new charges safe. When they uncover proof of a foreign conspiracy prolonging the bloodshed, Alessia risks the very lives she’s saved to expose the truth and bring the war to an end. FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress
Download or read book Wings Unseen written by Rebecca Gomez Farrell and published by Wings Rising. This book was released on 2022-12-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1 of the WINGS RISING series To end a civil war, Lansera's King Turyn relinquished a quarter of his kingdom to create Medua, exiling all who would honor greed over valor to this new realm on the other side of the mountains. The Meduans and Lanserim have maintained an uneasy truce for two generations, but their ways of life are as compatible as oil and water. When Vesperi, a Meduan noblewoman, kills a Lanserim spy with a lick of her silver flame, she hopes the powerful display of magic will convince her father to name her as his heir. She doesn't know the act will draw the eye of the tyrannical Guj, Medua's leader, or that the spy was the brother of Serrafina Gavenstone, the fiancèe of Turyn's grandson, Prince Janto. As Janto sets out for an annual competition on the mysterious island of Braven, Serra accepts an invitation to study with the religious Brotherhood, hoping for somewhere to grieve her brother's murder in peace. What she finds instead is a horror that threatens both countries, devouring all living things and leaving husks of skin in its wake. To defeat it, Janto and Serra must learn to work together with the only person who possesses the magic that can: the beautiful Vesperi, whom no one knows murdered Serra's brother. An ultimate rejection plunges Vesperi forward toward their shared destiny, with the powerful Guj on her heels and the menacing beating of unseen wings all about.
Download or read book Crown Princess Academy written by A. J. Flowers and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Bone Mother written by David Demchuk and published by ChiZine Publications. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award: “Beautiful and brutal nightmares . . . made all the more terrifying by the history in which they’re grounded.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review Three neighboring villages on the Ukrainian/Romanian border are the final refuge for the last of the mythical creatures of Eastern Europe. Now, on the eve of the war that may eradicate their kind—and with the ruthless Night Police descending upon their sanctuary—they tell their stories and confront their destinies. The Rusalka, the beautiful, vengeful water spirit who lives in lakes and ponds and lures men and children to their deaths. The Vovkulaka, who changes from her human form into that of a wolf and hides with her kind deep in the densest forests. The Strigoi, a revenant who feasts on blood and twists the minds of those who love, serve, and shelter him. The Drevniye, an apparition that impersonates its victim and draws him into a web of evil in order to free itself. And the Bone Mother, a skeletal crone with iron teeth who lurks in her house in the heart of the woods, and cooks and eats those who fail her vexing challenges. Eerie and unsettling like the best fairy tales, these incisor-sharp portraits of ghosts, witches, sirens, and seers—and the mortals who live at their side and in their thrall—will chill your marrow and tear at your heart. “A fable filled with mythical creatures ranging from werewolves to witches . . . set, in part, among the villages of eastern Europe on the eve of the Second World War.” —The Globe and Mail (Toronto) “Extraordinary . . . A dark and shining mosaic of a story with unforgettable imagery and elegant, evocative prose.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review Longlisted for the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize Winner of the 2018 Sunburst Award Longlisted for the 2018 Toronto Book Awards
Download or read book Tales of Sley House 2021 written by K A Hough and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this anthology of short stories, contributing authors reveal some of the darker secrets of Sley House. Here you'll find a strange creature whose lust for fear drives the vengeance of a lonely mortician, a mourning woman who accomplishes the unimaginable to be reunited with her deceased son, a woman's letters to her husband about the strange goings on in the seaside port, a little boy who must do something horrible to save him and his sister, and more. Welcome to Sley House.
