What if you could slip back in time and become the person who wrote every hit song you know and love today? Wayne Faust introduces us to a man who does just that. Slow, shambling zombies are a thing of the past. Steven J. Bitz follows a man trapped in an apocalyptic wasteland who must run for his life from a very agile zombie. Douglas Empringham is back with a new tale of Rhing and Folie. This time, they meet a woman who flies a steam-powered ornithopter. Jack Herbert asks what happens when love toys become sentient and learns that other emotions can come into play. Escape with these and other stories and poems in Tales of the Talisman Volume 10, issue 1.