Bards and Sages Quarterly (July 2023‪)‬

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.

In this issue, stories by E. C. Bogosian, AJ Cunder, Brian Hugenbruch, J.R. Mikolin, Kiran Kaur Saini, and Jonathan Sherwood.

A sample of the stories in this issue:

When it takes longer than expected for a valiant prince to rescue her, a princess locked in a tower takes matters into her own hands in The Princess's Tale.

A Hairstyling Hospice AI forges a new way to respect the tights of incapacitated patients in Coiffeur Seven.

After rescuing a woman accused of being a vampire, a bi-racial young man is declared a murder suspect instead of a hero in Skinwalker.