Each issue of The Society of Misfit Stories Presents. is a celebration of long-form fiction. These novelettes and novellas will entertain and surprise fans of the form. In this issue, Kerri Caldwell, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Mark Cassell, Paul Mills, Crystal Lynn Hilbert, J. T. Seate, Scott Forbes Crawford, and Mark James Russell. Some of the stories in this issue include: When his automaton creation runs amok, a wheelchair-bound contractor finds himself at the threshold between worlds in Hole in the Sky. A vampire seeks the aid of his favorite bartender to help him life a curse in The Minutiae of Being Dead. A woman takes the law into her own hands after uncovering the horrific secret behind a small-town police department in Desert Heat and the Hereafter.

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents...(September 2020)

The Society of Misfit Stories is a home for those wonderful stories that are too long for most magazines but too short for stand-alone print books. Whether you call them short stories, novelettes, or novellas, these stories are all of a length that often struggles to find publication traditionally. Each issue offers a substantial volume of amazing speculative fiction for readers who enjoy spending time with a good tale.

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents... (February 2021)

For over fifteen years, 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. A sample from this issue: A strange sibling rivalry develops between a child and the alchemical creature created to help treat her mother's cancer in From Ashes. After a visit to a strange art gallery, an artist must decide the price they want to pay for success in The Drouet Collection. An acrobat finds herself in a dangerous situation when she is tasked with preventing a time-shattering calamity in Feng, Whose Name Means Phoenix. Special notification: Though we avoid publishing stories we deem gratuitous in nature, as a journal of speculative fiction, some stories may content dark subject matter. Some stories may contain strong or offensive language, depictions of violence, and child and animal endangerment. Please visit our website for information on possible trigger warnings for specific publications.

Bards and Sages Quarterly (January 2024)

Each issue of The Society of Misfit Stories Presents. is a celebration of long-form fiction. These novelettes and novellas will entertain and surprise fans of the form.  Here is a sample of what you will find in this issue: The interrogation of a revenant by a priest takes an ominous turn in Brillante and Night's Dark Master. A campaign worker on a simple voting drive uncovers a terrifying local secret in When the Hunters Prowl the Night. A young girl decides to test the truth behind local fables in The Old Man of the Mountain.

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents... (September 2022)

With stories by Elyssa Campbell, Scott Forbes Crawford, AJ Cunder, Sean Patrick Hazlett, Tim Hereid, M. X. Kelly, Jamie D. Munro, Julie Reeser. A sampling of the stories included in this issue: A homeless man finds a strange door in the bathroom of a Brooklyn bakery that brings to life haunted memories of his past in The Bathroom Door. Greta's Cats is a story of unresolved relationship conflicts, the afterlife ... and a dozen cats. When a ruthless journalist takes creative license with an exclusive interview with Santa, Santa gives the man the Christmas he deserves in Santa's Last Interview.

Bards and Sages Quarterly (October 2020)

Volume Six of The Great Tome Series features eight original tales featuring historical and mythical magic-users. Includes stories by Vonnie Winslow Crist, CB Droege, Bill Hiatt, ErlyAnne Toomey, J. M. Williams, Larry Lefkowitz, Mark Charke, and Julie Ann Dawson. In this installment:A Salem Town Great-Granddaughter by Vonnie Winslow Crist      Unalloyed Payload by CB DroegeGreen Wounds by Bill HiattGodwoman by ErlyAnne ToomeyThe Sorcerer by J. M. WilliamsThe Thirteenth World by Larry LefkowitzMerlin's Time by Mark CharkeThe Unworthy by Julie Ann Dawson

The Great Tome of Magicians, Necromancers, and Mystics - The Great Tome Series, #6

The Society of Misfit Stories is a home for those wonderful stories that are too long for most magazines but too short for stand-alone print books. Whether you call them short stories, novelettes, or novellas, these stories are all of a length that often struggles to find publication traditionally. Each issue offers a substantial volume of amazing speculative fiction for readers who enjoy spending time with a good tale.  A sample of what you'll find in this issue: A community living on the back of a giant tortoise-like creature faces a threat when the creature stops following their commands in Raise Me Up an Eastern Mountain. A guitarist believes an imposter has assumed his identity, but as he tries to unravel the truth, he discovers the imposter is ever more dangerous that he realized in Broken Strings. A bookshop owner's obsession with a female customer who has a disturbing interest in books about pain is forced to confront his own buried demons in Black Leather Gloves.

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents... June 2021

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.

Bards and Sages Quarterly (July 2023)

An empty stretch of highway. A freak electrical storm. A bus full of strangers. And a mysterious bus driver with a rather peculiar agenda. America the Horrific: An Anthology of Horror presents eleven tales of terror in the tradition of classic storytelling. When a freak storm strands a bus on a deserted stretch of highway, the passengers find themselves suddenly "disconnected" from the world. To pass the time, the driver suggests that each passenger share something about their hometown ... but only if it is something scary. The passengers soon learn that, despite their differences, they do share one thing in common: their shared world is a very scary place.

America the Horrific

A series of kidnappings leads detective Mitch Grogan to the home of the wealthy but eccentric Darius Hawthorne. What he discovers unleashes a chain of events that not only threatens his life, but also his sanity. Grogan finds himself caught up in a deadly game with a three hundred year old vampire looking for a worthy adversary to relieve his boredom. But what does the vampire really want?

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