"Celebrating our 9th year in publication! Each issue of the Bards and Sages Quarterly seeks to offer readers a unique collection of original speculative fiction tales from both new and established writers. In this issue: An interview with John J. Rust and Mark Gardner about their newest project, War of the Worlds: Retaliation. Original short fiction by Andrew Knighton, A.J. Flowers, Steven C Evans, Taylor Harbin, Walter G. Esselman ..."