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Bardic Tales and Sage Advice (Volume X): Bardic Tales and Sage Advice, #10
Bardic Tales and Sage Advice (Volume X): Bardic Tales and Sage Advice, #10
Bardic Tales and Sage Advice (Volume X): Bardic Tales and Sage Advice, #10
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Though originally meant as a stand-alone anthology, the Bardic Tales and Sage Advice collection has evolved into an annual celebration of speculative fiction. Our tenth installment in the annual anthology features not only the winners from our annual writing competition and Reader's Choice Awards, but also selected stories from previous installments as we look back on where we have been.

On behalf of all of the authors that have published with us over the years, we thank all of our readers who have supported our publications. This anthology would not exist without the support and feedback of our readers. 

In this installment:
The Calm Before by Raz Greenberg
Karma by Calvin Demmer
Confessions of a Postmodern Galatea by Liz Schriftsteller
Winter of the Gods by E.P. Clark
More Than Blood by Jessica Simms
Quiverfull by Josh Pearce
The Courtesan of Xanadu Street by Anna Cates
The Talking Pen by David Lawrence
Technicolor Peace Joy by Margret A. Treiber
As I Storm the Keep Alone by Hiroko Talbot
Hydromancer by Jason Bougger
To Dine with A Demon by Julie Ann Dawson
The Super-Man in Black by James Zahardis 
The Alpha Predator of the Really Huge Woods: A Parody by Thom Clink
The Gunslinger with No Hands by Thaxson Patterson II
Reflections by Karen Heslop
Gho by C. R. Hodges

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Release dateJul 31, 2018
ISBN9781386457435
Bardic Tales and Sage Advice (Volume X): Bardic Tales and Sage Advice, #10
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Anna Cates

Anna Cates is an adjunct professor of writing, literature, and education. She is the author of The Meaning of Life (2015), The Frog King (2015), The Darkroom: Poems (2017), The Golem & the Nazi (2019), The Journey (2020), Love in the Time of Covid (2021), and The Poison Tree: A Peace Play (2022).

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