Each issue of The Society of Misfit Stories Presents… is a celebration of long-form fiction. These novelettes and novellas will entertain and surprise fans of the form. In this issue, stories by Michael Gardner, Ziaul Moid Khan, Mark Lord, Danielle Ranucci, William Suboski, and Rebecca B. Weiss.
A sample of the stories in this issue:
Jack Hiller believes he is destined to join a secret society that runs the world. But an encounter with an equally ambitious alligator stands in his way in Working Day.
After the suicide of his best friend, Balta must come to terms with his grief while working with his friend's sister to slay a demon in The Demon-Slayers.
A detective finds himself caught up in a bizarre web of secrets, intrigue, and murdered felines in The Mystery Killer of Cats.
Other books by Ziaul Moid Khan
Julie Ann Dawson is an author, editor, publisher, RPG designer, and advocate for writers who may occasionally require the services of someone with access to Force Lightning (and in case it was not obvious, a bit of a geek).
Her work has appeared in a variety of print and digital media, including such diverse publications as the New Jersey Review of Literature, Lucidity, Black Bough, Poetry Magazine, Gareth Blackmore’s Unusual Tales, Demonground, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and others.
In 2002 she started her own publishing company, Bards and Sages. The company has gone from having two titles to over one hundred titles between their print and digital products.
In 2009, she launched the Bards and Sages Quarterly, a literary journal of speculative fiction. In 2012 and 2013, she served as a judge for the IBPA's Benjamin Franklin Awards.
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