Bards and Sages Quarterly - January 2012 Author:James Carpenter, Sean P. Chatterton, Silvia Hiven, Nathaniel Katz, Jenny Pinkas, Tim McDaniels, Jaelithe Ingold, Brenda Stokes Barron, James Fox, H.L. Fullerton, Viktor James Night 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: Author James ... more »Carpenter introduces us to an institution whose primary purpose is to preserve the realm of the possible in "The Library of Unfinished Books." A woman discovers that sometimes finding the perfect man means looking in some strange places in "Not Your Type." A prehistoric con artist reveals that sometimes presentation is more important than actual content in "Zuk and Zub: A Fable for Our Time." Plus more stories.« less