The Bardic Tales and Sage Advice collection has evolved into an annual celebration of speculative fiction. Our 10th installment 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.

The 9th installment in our annual anthology features the winners of our annual charity writing competition as well as selected works from some of the wonderful authors we have had the opportunity to work with during the previous year. Stories in this volume include: ABIE by Deborah Cher As I Storm the Keep Alone by Hiroko Talbot Behind You, in the Corner by Myke Edwards Ellie the Centauress by James Zahardis The Day You Discover Beauty by Russell Hemmell Lovers' Grove by Anna Cates The Tomb of Jorem'bel by Craig Comer My Wee Zombie Kitten by KJ Hannah Greenberg Shark Bite by Kevin Wallis

The sequel to The Doom Guardian. The Spirit Wall still stands, but there are other ways to shatter a world. And Cambrea is a fragile world indeed. Nadia and Alexandros may have escaped the battle of Gadara, but they can't escape their growing list of enemies. The Necromancers will waste little time before seeking their revenge against those that undid decades of rituals and planning. The Felsworn too have unfinished business regarding their own thwarted plans to bring a Demon Lord into the world. The games played by members of House Thairentre threatens to ensnare them both in a web of deception and danger. Barcani Vassu, Lord of Goldkeep, still wants Alexandros' head mounted to his wall; and one of Galenen's most deadly Blades has decided to take up the contract himself...for a rather personal reason.

“A perfect distraction and inspiration, and a collection that begs to be shared. Be warned, though. If you plan to lend out your copy, start out with two. Once it leaves your hands you’ll never see it again.” —Denver Post (on Not Quite What I Was Planning) The editors of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning are back with its much-anticipated sequel, It All Changed in an Instant. With contributions from acclaimed authors like Malcolm Gladwell, Frank McCourt, Wally Lamb, Isabel Allende, Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, and James Frey, and celebrities like Sarah Silverman, Suze Orman, Marlee Matlin, Neil Patrick Harris, Ann Coulter, and Chelsea Handler, It All Changed in an Instant presents a thousand more glimpses of humanity. . . six words at a time. In the vein of the popular Post Secret books, It All Changed in an Instant, in the words of Vanity Fair, “will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists.”

The seventh and final book of the monumental Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki, the Uttarakāṇḍa, brings the epic saga to a close with an account of the dramatic events of King Rāma’s millennia-long reign. It opens with a colorful history of the demonic race of the rākṣasas and the violent career of Rāma’s villainous foe Rāvaṇa, and later recounts Rāma’s grateful discharge of his allies in the great war at Lankā as well as his romantic reunion with his wife Sītā. But dark clouds gather as Rāma makes the agonizing decision to banish his beloved wife, now pregnant. As Rāma continues as king, marvelous tales and events unfurl, illustrating the benefits of righteous rule and the perils that await monarchs who fail to address the needs of their subjects. The Uttarakāṇḍa has long served as a point of social and religious controversy largely for its accounts of the banishment of Sītā, as well as of Rāma’s killing of a low-caste ascetic. This seventh volume in the critical edition and translation of the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa includes an extensive introduction and describes the complex reception history of the Uttarakāṇḍa, as well as exhaustive notes and a comprehensive bibliography.

Set in the heart of the "Redneck Riviera" during the spring of 2009, Mitigating Circumstances is a fast-paced, character-driven, and fun environmental thriller.Gail LaRue returned to her hometown of Gulf Breeze, Florida, after college with an urban planning degree and dreams of planning utopian communities. Instead, as the junior member of the Community Development team, she finds herself battling residents about their weedy yards. But when a prominent local environmentalist is kidnapped by a zealot, Gail and her friend Emily find themselves digging into the mitigation bank industry. In the process they uncover a land swap conspiracy that involves the Park Service and the nearby Air Force base, incurring the wrath of the local Good Old Boy network as they go.

Since 1966, Dr. Wagner has guided his team of paranormal investigators in unlocking the secrets of the human mind. Now a horror from his past has come back to destroy but everything he has built. Wagner once used his powers to escape the Holocaust, but can his aging mind and body stop the terror that has returned to claim him?