Welcome to the inaugural issue of Wicked Words Quarterly, this is where I get the privilege of publishing stories I (and hopefully, you) want to read. Those stories that make you think and sometimes really surprise you. As a long-time science fiction, fantasy and horror fan I used to run a photocopied 'zine back in early 80s full of angst-ridden elf lords, slinkily clad star maidens and slime-encrusted demons. This 'zine, thankfully, didn't have a...