Volume Three of Bardic Tales and Sage Advice continues our tradition of presenting some of the most amazing voices in the speculative fiction field. Pushcart Prize nominees Kurt Bachard and Todd Austin Hunt, USA Book News Best Book Finalist Peter A. Balaskas, Best Horror of the Year Honorable Mention Kevin Wallis, and other exciting authors offer their unique visions for readers to explore. Bardic Tales and Sage Advice includes tales of heroic fantasy, visceral horror, quirky urban fantasy, and emotional science fiction.

Bardic Tales and Sage Advice

Science Fiction & Fantasy

McCarthy, T.C.

Balaskas, Peter A.

Wallis, Kevin

Dawson, Julie Ann

Grintalis, Damien Walters

Morris, N.J.

Hunt, Todd Austin

Bachard, Kurt

Coonrod, Rick

Wendell, Chloe

Fantasy

Bards and Sages Publishing

The Bards and Sages Quarterly features original short speculative fiction from both new and established authors. Our writers include first-time authors, Pushcart Prize nominees and Nebula award winners. With each issue, our goal is to bring readers the most inclusive collection of speculative fiction available. In this issue An interview with Visions of Mars author Eric S. Rabkin on Why Speculative Fiction Matters. An intergalactic con artist realizes too late that some words, when taken literally, have deadly outcomes in Found in Translation. A copper dragon's goal to dance in Swan Lake stumbles over an obvious problem in The Dream A demonic detective investigates the murder of a fallen angel in Faces of the Fallen Plus more original stories.

Bards and Sages Quarterly (July 2011)

Knighton, Andrew

Greenberg, KJ Hannah

Little, Peter

Riley, Christian

Christensen, Gitte

Banker, Michael T.

Coon, James T.

Paget, C.J.

With In Our House: Tantalizing Tales of Terror, Award-winning author Peter A. Balaskas unleashes his unique style of mesmerizing horror once again. This collection of short stories takes readers on a dark journey into that shadow realm between the real and surreal, where ordinary people find themselves confronted by extraordinary things. Close the windows. Lock the doors. Check under the bed. And make yourself at home…in our house.  "In his short story collection In Our House, Peter Balaskas delights in presenting to us terrible men and then further delights in delivering to them their well-earned comeuppance. A wicked read." David Fuller, Edgar Award Nominee   "Like Patricia Highsmith or even early Stephen King, Balaskas is shaping himself into a modern master of magic and terror." Marlon James, NY Times Editor's Choice and LA Book Prize Finalist

In Our House: Tantalizing Tales of Terror

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents...

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents this eclectic collection of unique novelettes and novellas from some of the most unique voices in the speculative genres. This diverse anthology offers readers an enticing assortment of high fantasy, alien adventure, paranormal investigations, haunts both real and imagined, and more. By Force and Against the King’s Peace by James Dorr Provenance by Fred McGavran Propinquity by Brian Koukol The Barghest by Rafe McGregor On Sabbatical by O’Brian Gunn Bearwalker by Derek Muk Raising Mary (Frankenstein) by Ace Antonio Hall The Belladonna by Sonny Zae Desperate Measures by Deven Greene Little Green Men? By Paul Stansbury The Number of a Man by Tom Pawlowski Detached by Rohit Arora The Death of Dr. Dean by Jack Coey The Short End of the Stick by David Perlmutter Winona in the Window by Steve Passey The Squirming, Scarlet Madness by J.E. Bates The Man with the Golden Hair by Cam Rhys Lay Song of Ascents by Maxwell Zimon Grave Escape by Olga Godim No Way At All by Mike Sherer Idan's World by Milo James Fowler

McGregor, Rafe

Fowler, Milo James

Dorr, James

Zae, Sonny

McGavran, Fred

Hall, Ace Antonio

Koukol, Brian

Muk, Derek

Gunn, O'Brian

Literary

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents this eclectic collection of unique novelettes and novellas from some of the most unique voices in the speculative genres. This diverse anthology offers readers an enticing assortment of high fantasy, alien adventure, paranormal investigations, haunts both real and imagined, and more.
The Society of Misfit Stories Presents...Volume One placed in the top ten anthologies in the 2017 Preditors and Editors Reader's Poll.

Short Stories & Anthologies

Triptych: An Omnibus of Wonder

Bards and Sages Publishing is proud to present Triptych: An Omnibus of Wonder. Triptych features three complete works from award-winning author Peter A. Baslaskas, including:   The Grandmaster Welcome to the Wagner Institute for Mental Treatment and Investigations. Since 1966, Dr. Johann Wagner has guided his team of paranormal investigators and psychologists in solving supernatural crimes and unlocking the secrets of the human mind. But now a horror from his past has come back to destroy not only Wagner, but everything he has built. Wagner once used his paranormal powers to escape the horrors of the Holocaust, but can his aging mind and body stop the terror that has returned to claim him? The Chameleon's Addiction In this gothic horror novella, outsider Reynard Malory's introduction to the eccentric Boccaccio Club promises a final chance to find a place where he belongs. The price for joining this exclusive club may be more than Reynard wants to pay, but the choice may no longer be his to make.  In Our House: Tantalizing Tales of Terror This collection of short stories takes readers on a dark journey into that shadow realm between the real and surreal, where ordinary people find themselves confronted by extraordinary things. Close the windows. Lock the doors. Check under the bed. And make yourself at home...in our house.

Peter A. Balaskas

Though originally meant as a stand-alone anthology, the Bardic Tales and Sage Advice collection has evolved into an annual celebration of speculative fiction. Our tenth installment in the annual anthology features not only the winners from our annual writing competition and Reader's Choice Awards, but also selected stories from previous installments as we look back on where we have been. On behalf of all of the authors that have published with us over the years, we thank all of our readers who have supported our publications. This anthology would not exist without the support and feedback of our readers. In this installment: The Calm Before by Raz Greenberg Karma by Calvin Demmer Confessions of a Postmodern Galatea by Liz Schriftsteller Winter of the Gods by Elena Clark More Than Blood by Jessica Simms Quiverfull by Josh Pearce The Courtesan of Xanadu Street by Anna Cates The Talking Pen by David Lawrence Technicolor Peace Joy by Margret A. Treiber As I Storm the Keep Alone by Hiroko Talbot Hydromancer by Jason Bougger To Dine with A Demon by Julie Ann Dawson The Super-Man in Black by James Zahardis The Alpha Predator of the Really Huge Woods: A Parody by Thom Clink The Gunslinger with No Hands by Thaxson Patterson II Reflections by Karen Heslop Gho by C. R. Hodges

Bardic Tales and Sage Advice (Volume X)

LAWRENCE, David

Simms, Jessica

Demmer, Calvin

Greenberg, Raz

Sadler, Lynn Veach

Schriftsteller, Liz

Clark, Elena

Pearce, Josh

Cates, Anna

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents: Volume Two

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents this eclectic collection of exceptional novelettes and novellas from some of the most unique voices in the speculative genres. This diverse anthology offers readers an enticing assortment of high fantasy, alien adventure, paranormal investigations, haunts both real and imagined, and more.
In Volume II: 
Last Chances by Michael Gardner
The Good Seed by Tom Howard
The Last Hunt by Claire Salcedo
Justice is Blind by Dawn Vogel
Indigo Alyeska by Rhonda Eikamp
Rolling Reality by Margret A. Treiber
Up In Smoke by Milo James Fowler
The Case of the Yuletide Bride by Aaron Vlek
Fire in the Woods by T.R. North
Red Sun Rising by Mike Adamson
The Municipality of Lost Souls by Jeannie Wycherley
Zombie Island by Derek Muk
Forbidden Fruit by Calvin Demmer
The Thousand-Year Colony by Russell Hemmell
The Mail Order Bride by Nidhi Singh
A Whisper in Scales by E. K. Wagner
The Soul in the Machine by Daniel Kilkelly
Three Times a Ronin Shouts by S.H. Mansouri
A Portrait of Life by Fred McGavran
Emily in the Wall by Neil Davies
The Borrowscale Defection by Susanne Dutton
Blood and Sand: A Cult Love Story by Larry Griffin
Metal Skin by Francis J Burns
Down in the Clockwork City by Mark William Chase
Let Them Eat Cake by Aaron Moskalik
The Abbot's Garden by Stewart C Baker
The Man that Moved the Mountain by Nestor Delfino
A Totem's Tale by Beeman
Post-Modem Alchemy by Michael Andre-Driussi
A Christmas Tree by Rhema Sayers
Unseen by Jacob Adams
Unwelcome Guests by Shannon Lawrence
Single Combat by David W. Landrum
The Resurrection of Hasan II by Hamad Al-Rayes
The Worst of Times by Elana Gomel

Michael Andre-Driussi

Aaron, Moskalik

Presented as a collection of research and found documents intertwined within a first-person narrative, The Mictlan Murders explores a tale of supernatural manipulation and human sacrifice. The investigation into a series of ritualistic murders unfolds through witness interviews, police affidavits, journal entries, and email transcripts. Readers can attempt to piece together the evidence in this unique mystery that will leave them guessing until the end.Presented as a collection of research and found documents intertwined within a first-person narrative, The Mictlan Murders explores a tale of supernatural manipulation and human sacrifice. The investigation into a series of ritualistic murders unfolds through witness interviews, police affidavits, journal entries, and email transcripts. Readers can attempt to piece together the evidence in this unique mystery that will leave them guessing until the end.

The Mictlan Murders

Em Leonard

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