Bards and Sages Quarterly (April 2019)

Book excerpt: For over ten years, The Bards and Sages Quarterly has provided fans of speculative fiction with a unique mix of tales from both new and established authors. With each issue, we strive to introduce readers to exciting and entertaining voices in the horror, science fiction, and fantasy genres. In this issue, stories by Jenny Swisher, Daniel Stride, Carrie Vaccaro Nelkin, Dana Beehr, Dawn Hebein, Andrew Knighton, Chris Dean, August von Orth, Jeff Metzler, William Fischer, Daniel Galef, Steve DuBois, Dylan M. Kiely, and P.G. Streeter.In "Passages", a head injury propels a young man into a bizarre world that intersects life and death. In "The Other Road", a woman with psychic powers meets a man from her past to whom she once provided guidance.In "Gone Fishing," an attempt to build a hydroelectric project in Turkey is complicated by local concerns over escaping demons.These stories and more in this issue.