This issue orbits around the theme “Every Party Needs a Bard.” Within these pages are dances and feasts, groups of adventurers, odes to bards, and much singing. The bards in these works are poets, jazz and blues musicians, a son in mourning, birds, ghosts, sirens, mermaids, a tasty snack and more. Even if you've never played a roleplaying game, there is something here for you to enjoy.

Contributors: a.d., Ken Anderson, G. O. Clark, Harris Coverley, Megan Diedericks, Louis Faber, Annette Gagliardi, Ngô Bình Anh Khoa, Richard Magahiz, John C. Mannone, Ophelia Monet, Glenis Moore, Kurt Newton, Irina Tall, Joanie Terrizzi, DJ Tyrer, Jonathan Chibuike Ukah, Lynn White, and Trevor Wright