Böcker av Lisa Fox

Every issue of the Bards and Sages Quarterly strives to bring readers and entertaining and eclectic collection of speculative fiction tales by both new and established authors in the genres. In this issue: stories by Rick Danforth, Lisa Fox, Brad Goldberg, Michelle Ann King, Shi-Li Kow, Michelle Muenzler, and Lisa Voorhees.

18 speculative short stories...A father and his young son face a choice-risk their lives by extending kindness to a person who is not supposed to exist or risk their souls by walking on.In a dark and starless world where magical creatures are hunted and destroyed, a captive girl's courage sets in motion a wish that will change the skyscape forever.A microbiologist sees things that others do not. But isn't that the nature of science?A scientist from a dying planet weighs the value of one individual life against the lives of many.An ancient being questions the validity of doctrine. A clone questions what it means to be human.CORE TRUTHS: Speculative literary fiction that gleans its energy from the fantastical, making us think about who we are as people, about those Core Truths that govern the lives we choose to live.

A bad boy can make a girl feel so good.

Sometimes one kiss can change everything.New Year's Eve is supposed to be a night for celebration and new beginnings. For best friends Kat and Dean, it is a nightmare filled with disastrous dates and enraged ex-girlfriends!Lucky for them, they've got each other to help laugh off the embarrassing, and downright inappropriate, moments. But then midnight rolls around and neither of them have anyone to kiss...There's no doubt this is a night they will always remember.The real question is whether it will be a night they want to forget...