The following retrospective builds on my May 2002 “What Stories Are For” and imagines “classic” Xena & Gabrielle discovering themselves in all manner of scrolls long after their life-altering experiences in Japa. Inspired by and dedicated to XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS bards and such enduring fiction sites as the AUSXIP Bard’s Corner, Royal Academy of Bards, Tom’s Xena Page, and Athenaeum. — IQ
