Bards and Sages Quarterly (July 2012)

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: A young warlock discovers the hard way that it isn't wise to take shortcuts while summoning demons in Don't Mess with the Recipe A young woman confronts a legendary creature under a bridge with surprising results in The Troll A recluse's dream of never having to leave his bed is complicated by the creature haunting him beneath it in Fester These stories and more in the July 2012 issue.