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Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Spinster and the Sea — J.C. PillardThe King’s Navy is coming to Seaborne, and the town knows it will not survive unless it puts up a fight. But the spinster Nadia knows there’s more than one way to win a battle, and more than one battle to be fought before the Navy even arrives.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 22 April 2022.
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2022-04-2237 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Last Doctor - Jonathan Louis DuckworthIn a small village ravaged by the scalesick disease, Jo Park helps the faceless Doctor treat/kill the ill and burn the dead. But though he's fallen in love with the Doctor, Jo still wonders what he's hiding behind his mask, and why he won't answer certain questions.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 15 April 2022.
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2022-04-1517 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Ghosts of Daughters Possible - Amman SabetThis is the story of Yusuf, an owner of an art supply store in the idyllic college town of Middlederry who is lost in love and art. Looking for the breakthrough he needs, he is haunted by specters of who could have been.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 08 April 2022.
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2022-04-0839 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Dragon and the Unicorn - Wade DarginThe tale of an outcast surviving through the last days of a doomed city.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 01 April 2022.
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2022-04-0130 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Year of the Bright Lands - Felix TaylorA community lives in a world without sunlight on the edge of an abyss, and worship an entity known as the Personage. A young girl, Elin, is led into the abyss by a strange little boy and makes a discovery about the origins of her way of life.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 25 March 2022.
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2022-03-2538 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Future in a Wash Basin - Erin KeatingSiobhan wants nothing more than to have a daughter to whom she can teach her foremother’s craft—including her skills at scrying. But when Siobhan begins to have dire visions of the daughter she’ll bear, she’ll have to make a decision that will affect the fate of her whole line.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 18 March 2022.
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2022-03-1841 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyMission and Submission - Will GwaunAmir has dreamed of setting foot on a new world since childhood, but reaching it might mean losing everything that would make finding it worthwhile. On a centuries-long journey into the blackness of space, his love and commitment are stretched to the breaking point by the demands of ambition.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 11 March 2022.
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2022-03-1139 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyHope on the Vine - R.E. DukalskyNima is trying to do her part to restore a world ravaged by magical conflict, but she can't get even one lousy hope vine to grow. Worse, she's been adopted by an annoying local kid who won't stop digging up the past.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 04 March 2022.
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2022-03-0443 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Diary of Thisne Ome - Thomas OupheThisne is the only girl in the village who has never seen a setin. But will her desire to see one of the river monsters uncover a dark family truth?
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Published in Metaphorosis on 25 February 2022.
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2022-02-2550 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyFreely Given - Connor MellegersEv's world is built around gifts, who they come from and who they are given to. When Ev receives an unexpected gift that changes their life, they are suddenly forced to consider what accepting it may cost them.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 18 February 2022.
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2022-02-1828 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyHeartbeat of the Seasons - Brian HugenbruchA swordswoman in a remote village seems to live the same day over and over. A traveler meets her there and tries to break her free.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 11 February 2022.
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2022-02-1148 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyA Lie in the Sand - Devin MillerApprentice bard Haworth could be on a ship home to visit her family already, if only her aggravating boss hadn't insisted she face down a beachful of enormous, creepy sand castles first. There's no path to the water, and these are no kids' sand castles—shoving sand aside isn't the way to make one.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 04 February 2022.
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2022-02-0421 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyShades of the Sea - J.A. PrenticeThree days, young Larnia was lost in the deep dark of the sea. When her uncle Miron finds her in the crashing surf, drenched but alive, he believes it to be a miracle... until she opens her eyes.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 28 January 2022.
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2022-01-2836 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasySilo - J.S. DiStefanoIn "Silo", the narrator wakes up to find himself in a strange new world.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 21 January 2022.
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2022-01-2108 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyIn the House of Geometers - David CledenThe House of Geometers hides a dangerous secret from the tyrannical gaze of the Ecclesiasts, who use the addictive beauty of mathematics to control its congregations. What Luca learns within its walls leads to the ultimate test of his abilities. Set an impossible task by his mentor, his single-minded pursuit of the dark equations will destroy him from within if he can’t learn self-control.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 14 January 2022.
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2022-01-1457 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyMy Synthetic Soul - Karris RaeJade, a companion gynoid, has always gotten anything she wanted. But now she wants something dangerous, something her best friend and creator doesn’t want her to have: the answer to the question, “why do I exist?”
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Published in Metaphorosis on 07 January 2022.
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2022-01-0734 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyTides - Ailsa BristowIs it possible to escape your destiny? A young woman tries to forge her own future but will ultimately have to confront how much she is willing to sacrifice.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 31 December 2021.
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2021-12-3130 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyGatekeepers - Douglas DiCiccoNow that Elsie's dead, all she wants is to find a place where she can enjoy the stories she loves. But first, she has to make it past the guardians of the underworld.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 24 December 2021.
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2021-12-2410 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyStand or Fall - David WhitmarshIlyas Bardakci has escaped the destruction of everything and everyone he has ever known, Revenge is the first thing on his mind, revenge for those who might have been saved. First, he has to save himself.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 17 December 2021.
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2021-12-1745 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyDry Season - Caite SajwajIn the town of Sunrise Beach, Missouri, the children ride sleds down the parched shore. They dig in the sand for bones and beer tabs and lost jewelry.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 10 December 2021.
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2021-12-1017 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyOrla, Always - Thomas HaWhen an otherwordly entity threatens children in the quiet corner of a kingdom, a father navigates past and present dangers in hopes of saving his daughter.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 03 December 2021.
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2021-12-0350 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Great Contradiction - Jordan Chase-YoungIn an alternate universe, a pair of ambitious scientists probe their version of the Fermi Paradox. What they discover will challenge everything they know and put their values to the test.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 26 November 2021.
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2021-11-2647 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Unlucky Few Who Must Not Cast - J. Tynan Burke“My name’s Dennis, and I’m magic-dependent.” The mild-mannered actuary never thought he’d be saying those words.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 19 November 2021.
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2021-11-1933 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyRight Behind You - Matthew GomezWhen a nuclear meltdown threatens to poison the West Coast of the United States, Carlos and thousands of other migrant workers risk their lives to contain the disaster. When the suit Carlos wears to protect himself against radiation begins to fail, he discovers what lengths he’ll go to in order to protect the hopeful future promised to him and his family upon completion of the work.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 12 November 2021.
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2021-11-1237 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyTreedom - A.J. CunderWhen a group of three children encounter a homeless man standing like a tree in a park, they set out to uncover what, exactly, he’s doing there. What they don’t expect to find is a journey of self-discovery that changes not only thems, but the very heart of the town itself.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 05 November 2021.
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2021-11-0537 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Azurian Shield - Karl El-KouraThe shield that protects the realm has begun to fail. Bathar, chief of the royal guard, cannot allow that to happen, but the price to restore the shield is too terrible. Bathar finds himself in an impossible position, except that the recovery of a forgotten truth may be the answer—to his own dilemma, and to much more.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 29 October 2021.
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2021-10-291h 04Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyTell the Crows I‘m Home - Laurel BeckleyThere is a place where the lost go to be found. Come find it.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 22 October 2021.
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2021-10-2232 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyGenesis - Lisa ShortSixty years before, the colonists of the ark ship Genesis had been forced to land on a sterile, lifeless world thousands of light-years off their original planned route. Three generations later, the colony still survives...but only by paying a terrible price.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 15 October 2021.
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2021-10-1547 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Tick of the Clock - J.C. PillardA prince collapses in an endless forest while trying to free his kingdom from a curse. After being rescued by an old woman, he must come to terms with the curse—and his role in it.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 08 October 2021.
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2021-10-0822 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyEnnui Tea - Ivy GrimesPour yourself a cup of Ennui Tea and enjoy the dark energy of the Dour Power Cafe. The witch who owns the place doesn't seem very happy, though. Won't you try her other concoctions?
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Published in Metaphorosis on 01 October 2021.
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2021-10-0124 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Nocturnals V - Mariah MontoyaAs King Isce’s invasion draws nearer, Joah, Misla, and Damien fly back to sunset with Prince Kal. They’re too late to warn their community, but can they defeat the conspirators who betrayed them before the sun leaves them behind forever?
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Published in Metaphorosis on 24 September 2021.
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2021-09-2446 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyA Seedling in the Dark - Eleanor R. WoodA boy who can't live without nature. An apocalypse that tears him away from it. Survival isn't enough if all the wildlife is gone... but proving otherwise might undermine everything he has left.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 17 September 2021.
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2021-09-1745 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyTill All the Hundred Summers Pass - J.A. LeggAurora King has worked all her life to make the jump across interstellar space. Now, after nearly a century, she's returning to Earth—tired, empty, and uncertain whether the voyage that cost her everything was worth it.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 10 September 2021.
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2021-09-101h 08Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyTumbler - B. Morris AllenSeeking: Kindred spirit. Must like to dance. Willing to travel for meeting. Any spider welcome.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 03 September 2021.
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2021-09-0330 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Nocturnals IV - Mariah MontoyaJoah, Misla, and Damien are desperate to find a way back to sunset. With the help of a prisoner and a Nocturnal prince, they travel to an ancient sunsap reserve to mine fuel for their starship—but something sinister is waiting for them underground.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 27 August 2021.
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2021-08-271h 06Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyRapunzel Dreams of Elephants - Rachel Delaney CraftIn this modern-day retelling, Rapunzel discovers she has her own magic—which can take objects out of dreams—and plots her escape from the witch’s tower. But if she fails, she could end up trapped in the witch’s dreams forever.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 20 August 2021.
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2021-08-2029 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Waves In Which We Drown - Rubella DithersAs the world fades, childhood friends are separated by a choice which one is afraid to make.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 13 August 2021.
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2021-08-1343 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyA Wizard Comes to Shorehaven - L.J. WetherbyA wizard arrives in the sleepy seaside town of Shorehaven, unaware that the townspeople have hungered after the services of such a wizard for many years. As the town’s Mayor attempts engage the wizard’s talents on behalf of his constituents, the wizard meets Leonie, the Mayor’s only child – and an unlikely intimacy, ripe with self-discovery, begins to blossom between them.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 06 August 2021.
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2021-08-0648 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Nocturnals III - Mariah MontoyaWhen the Nocturnals capture them, Joah and Misla try planning their escape. But as the darkness stretches on and their community leaves them further and further behind, Joah must let himself become Infected if he ever hopes to see the sun again.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 30 July 2021.
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2021-07-3058 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Art of Unpicking Stitches - Jennifer HudakMichelle grew up watching her father sew hidden spells into the clothing he makes in his tailor shop. Now, she sees her chance to pick up her own needle, and bind her friends to her forever.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 23 July 2021.
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2021-07-2329 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyFree Hugs - Jennifer ShelbyCyndl escaped the Tech Cults as a child, surviving with the help of a robot created to offer hugs. Years later, the Hugbots struggle to fulfill their client quotas in a world that views them as harbingers of bad luck. As Cyndl searches the ravaged world for the companionship she's lost, she may be the last friend the Hubgbots have left, and they are definitely hers.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 16 July 2021.
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2021-07-1613 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasySouls Like Sea Glass - Josie SmithOn an island where the souls of the drowned wash ashore, a woman lives as both lighthouse keeper and guide for the souls. When love sails into her life, she is torn between her duty and her desire for companionship—at least until the island decides for her.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 09 July 2021.
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2021-07-0958 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasySingot - E.C. Fuller“I’d felt out of alignment with the human race all my life. And then I learned of singot, the supreme connection: wordless understanding of a person’s entire life.”
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Published in Metaphorosis on 02 July 2021.
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2021-07-0242 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Nocturnals II - Mariah MontoyaAs Joah and Misla travel further and further from the light of day, they meet two people who change the course of their journey—a familiar, hate-filled executioner, and an Infected boy. The Nocturnals lurk closer than ever before.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 25 June 2021.
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2021-06-251h 03Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Stranding - Maud WoolfIn the middle of a snowstorm something vast falls out of the sky. Two children set out to find it.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 18 June 2021.
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2021-06-1829 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasySatyajit Ray's Beard or the Lack Thereof - Abhijato SensarmaWhat if you wake up in a world which revolves around magic, but you're more focused about helping your wife deal with cancer you never knew she was diagnosed with? Back in your world, you've been working on a transportation device and a divorce for the longest time - have you replaced a counterpart here, and has he been working on the same device?
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Published in Metaphorosis on 11 June 2021.
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2021-06-1134 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Secret Keeper - Pauline YatesWhen a young Secret Keeper hears a dark secret, she is forced to choose between upholding her promise to keep the secret, or revealing it to catch a murderer.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 04 June 2021.
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2021-06-0443 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Nocturnals I - Mariah MontoyaWhen the Moving bells ring early, ex-retriever Joah Cadshaw is sent out west with a new recruit to warn the scavengers of a roadblock that lies ahead. But a missing boy and the Nocturnals who call to him complicate Joah’s mission.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 28 May 2021.
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2021-05-2841 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyLeiprenese 101 - Jason A. BartlesThe aliens that colonized Earth decades ago have left behind a society in which everyone is driven to work nonstop. Charlie, a queer language professor applying for tenure at one of the most prestigious universities on the planet, is about to confront their burnout and exhaustion in a way that will have life-altering consequences.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 21 May 2021.
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2021-05-2138 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Song of the Moohee - Emmett SwanWhen the noble Moohee were conquered by the warlike Ossinians, they weren’t just enslaved, their bodies were changed into vehicles and beasts of burden to better serve their masters. Now, they perform their tasks cheerfully. Almost enthusiastically. Could it be possible they know something the Ossinians do not?
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Published in Metaphorosis on 14 May 2021.
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2021-05-1449 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyVertical Flight - Laura DuerrCate works at Quantum Ridge Vineyards, a cutting-edge winery that operates across multiple dimensions. But beneath the company's illustrious facade lie the universes it's used up and cast aside - one of which was Cate's. She's on a mission to bring down Quantum Ridge's headquarters several dimensions away, but when she meets a version of herself that doesn't share her drive for vengeance, she's forced to reevaluate what her mission is really about.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 07 May 2021.
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2021-05-0738 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyA Compilation of Accounts Concerning the Distal Brook Flood - Thomas HaSeveral individuals recount the details of an ecological tragedy in a mining colony on a distant planet.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 30 April 2021.
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2021-04-3059 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyAutumn's Come Undone - Sharmon GazawayAutumn wields the power of the fiery season, but some losses can't be borne and power unchecked comes at a cost.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 23 April 2021.
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2021-04-2315 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyA Universe All to Himself - Ryan PriestAfter a horrible mistake an astronaut finds his ship lost in the deep blackness of space. Does he have what it's going to take to survive and find a way to escape?
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Published in Metaphorosis on 16 April 2021.
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2021-04-1640 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Otherside of Memory - Kelly SandovalWhat happens to a magical world when its child visitors leave it behind? And what happens to the children who stay? Invited back to the magical land of her childhood, Kate must face the beauty and sorrow of the world she believes she long ago outgrew.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 09 April 2021.
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2021-04-0941 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Big S - David HammondBartholomew shook the pill bottle. “What do you remember, Glen, about sadness?” Glen shrugged. “Not much, really. That’s what’s been driving me crazy.”
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Published in Metaphorosis on 02 April 2021.
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2021-04-0227 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasySiberia in Four Dimensions - Esem JuniorAfter a supercollider in Siberia implodes, the country's top physicist falls prey to the suspicions of the Russian government. When his son mysteriously disappears, he must navigate the vagaries of the authoritarian regime and the laws of physics to reconnect with his boy.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 26 March 2021.
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2021-03-261h 03Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasySanctuary - Chris CornettoSanctuary is more than a city — it’s a project to restore life to a broken world. Or so Abby believes. But when a new arrival makes her see her home for the prison it is, she risks all for freedom.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 19 March 2021.
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2021-03-1957 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyGoing Home - Martin WestlakeWhy does top scientist Dimitriy Semenov become obsessed with travelling from Derbent to his mystery job in Astrakhan? What lies in the laboratory there? Why is he prepared to sacrifice his marriage and his family?
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Published in Metaphorosis on 12 March 2021.
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2021-03-1253 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasySpells for Going Forth by Day - V.G. CampenIn the marshlands of New Jersey, a grieving woman seeks solace from her childhood friend–Anubis, the Lord of the Necropolis.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 05 March 2021.
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2021-03-0518 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyReach for Your Ocean Heart - C.M. FieldsIn the ruins of a great city, a girl who receives mysterious, fragmented messages serves as the Oracle to her people. Her excavations of the city’s long-lost archive will uncover its wicked past and the tragic origins behind the voice in her mind.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 26 February 2021.
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2021-02-2637 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyEndless - Ted S. BushmanA suicidal blacksmith dreams of a death that will cut him out of the very fabric of the universe, but despairs of being able to accomplish it. When an old client appears on his doorstep with an offer to forge a legendary blade, the blacksmith realizes he might have found his answer.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 19 February 2021.
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2021-02-1950 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyRock-Adda's World - Chloe SmithAdda Oram’s spent years devoted to her research, stationed in the northern reaches of a half-settled world, trying to understand the alien “whales of stone.” As long as she can’t prove that they are sentient beings, their very existence is under threat—and right now, Adda can’t even make the one person who cares about her the most understand what’s at stake….
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Published in Metaphorosis on 12 February 2021.
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2021-02-1239 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyVacation Gnomes - Aaron DaMommioAmy didn't like the idea of taking a vacation in the first place. She likes it even less when she learns she's not alone.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 05 February 2021.
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2021-02-0429 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyEsma's Margaret - Damien KrsteskiWhen Esma, a precocious teenager born and raised in the poorest neighborhood of her city, needs money to take part in a programming competition, she turns to an AI therapist for help.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 29 January 2021.
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2021-01-2955 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyNot All Rot Is Ruin - E.A. PetriconeWhen Leda lifts her head from her pillow one morning a dead fly tumbles out of her hair. Gross, but no big deal, right? Except the dead flies keep coming.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 22 January 2021.
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2021-01-2226 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyUnifiers - Edward AshtonDropping onto a colony world is always an adventure. Sometimes we find apes. Sometimes we find angels. Michaela and I, though—we’re Unifiers. Our job is to remind them all how to be human.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 15 January 2021.
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2021-01-1529 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyAll We Ever Look For - Cécile CristofariWhen a magic portal opened in my living room, I decided to let lonely people use it to escape to a new life in a parallel universe. It worked just fine… until my only friend asked to be let through.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 08 January 2021.
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2021-01-0828 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasySuperbloom - Lynne Peskoe-YangWhen a strange organism takes over the oceans, a lone technician on a remote island sends a dangerous message.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 01 January 2021.
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2021-01-0124 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyTower of Mud and Straw IV: The Tower - Yaroslav BarsukovPart 4. Doorways open and tulips finally bloom in the closing chapter of the fantasy novella "Tower of Mud and Straw."
Narrated by Miltos Yerolemou.
Published in Metaphorosis on 25 December 2020.
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2020-12-251h 08Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyHeritage - Andrei PechalinA daughter growing up in the shadow of her mother’s scientific brilliance, desperate to prove herself and make her own mark on the world, even if that means grappling with supernatural forces and politics she does not fully understand. A story about the weight of one’s heritage and another’s legacy, coming to terms with who you are, and the price we sometimes pay for that.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 18 December 2020.
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2020-12-1857 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Three Thousand - Elise KimIn the last fleeting moments before the fall of a besieged city, two of its occupants in hiding dream of the three thousand year cycle of rebirth that will someday bring them together again.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 11 December 2020.
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2020-12-1112 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Skin of Aquila Cadens - Chris PanatierA desperate effort to jumpstart evolution on distant worlds, and one scientist’s audacious plan to spark life where there is none.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 04 December 2020.
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2020-12-0425 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyTower of Mud and Straw III: The Tulips - Yaroslav BarsukovPart 3. Shea Ashcroft searches for a solution in his past, in the room with soot stains and the abandoned cellar underneath the rosewood trapdoor.
Narrated by Miltos Yerolemou.
Published in Metaphorosis on 27 November 2020.
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2020-11-271h 00Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyA Death in New York - Allison BriceSophie is your typical New York millennial – she’s broke, she doesn’t know what she’s doing with her life, and she has the roommate from hell. Literally. Her roommate is Death, and she wishes they would stop listening to One Direction so loudly.
Narrated by the author.
Published in Metaphorosis on 20 November 2020.
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2020-11-2035 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Preserved City - Charles SchoenfeldAn opera composer living in present-day Bergamo, Italy is paralyzed by self-doubt while writing her second opera, after achieving great success with her first. She is mentored by the ghost of the great 18th century composer Gaetano Donizetti, who takes a “tough love” approach to helping her rediscover her joy.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 13 November 2020.
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2020-11-1351 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyMadam Savva’s Magical Emporium - James RumpelA down-on-his-luck, big city cop, in desperate need of some success, finds himself involved a very bizarre case. With help from an unexpected source, he manages to navigate his way through some unusual situations and come out on top.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 06 November 2020.
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2020-11-0623 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyTower of Mud and Straw II: The Adversary - Yaroslav BarsukovPart 2. Deer dissolve into nothingness, and an acquaintance from the past visits Shea Ashcroft in his exile.
Narrated by Miltos Yerolemou.
Published in Metaphorosis on 30 October 2020.
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2020-10-3059 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyHolding - John AdamsA mechanic, struggling with unresolved issues with her late father, takes a job at his former place of employment. Late one night, she receives an unexpected — but familiar — visitor.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 23 October 2020.
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2020-10-2309 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyLingua Franca - Amelia FisherI knew the children had no names, though I didn’t understand it. Far had tried to explain it to me, but this was one barrier our strides in communication could not quite breach. She would always be of the city, and I an interloper.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 16 October 2020.
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2020-10-1647 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyCactus and Lizard - Hannah CostelleThere is a mythic city deep in the desert that vanishes into a mirage every time explorers get too close. Over the years, the shining utopia has passed into legend, and all have given up hope of finding its golden gates. All, that is, except an old woman and her eager assistant, who are crossing the desert in their beat-up convertible, hell-bent on chasing down the city of dreams.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 09 October 2020.
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2020-10-0938 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyGood Boy - M. Douglas WhiteAfter the world around him is irreparably altered, a curious canine journeys to the far reaches of the universe to care for his human companions.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 02 October 2020.
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2020-10-0235 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyTower of Mud and Straw I: The Duchy - Yaroslav BarsukovPart 1. As dogs take over the crippled capital city, Minister Shea Ashcroft attends a play where the main character, unexpectedly, is he himself.
Narrated by Miltos Yerolemou.
Published in Metaphorosis on 25 September 2020.
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2020-09-251h 29Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyPages Missing From the Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esq. - David BergerThis tale asks two questions: What would have happened if an alien arrived in England, long ago. And how would the great diarist, Samuel Pepys, would have deal with this?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 18 September 2020.
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2020-09-1840 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyWhere the Old Neighbors Go - Thomas HaMary Walker is the type of neighbor many of us have, but so few of us want: nosy, confrontational, and a self-appointed deputy of her neighborhood’s affairs. But when an otherworldly visitor moves in across the street, Mary, as unpleasant as she may be, becomes her community’s only line of defense against an insidious, impending threat.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 11 September 2020.
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2020-09-1140 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyFetch - B. Morris AllenOn a long journey to the edges of the solar system to promote the United League and distract from its brutality, a man's only companion is a simulation of Laika, the Soviet space dog.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 04 September 2020.
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2020-09-0415 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyJoy (Unplugged) - B.C. van TolEveryone lives a virtual life except for Joy. That is, until August stumbles onto her doorstep, struggling to return to reality.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 28 August 2020.
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2020-08-2845 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyAll That Remains - Michael GardnerProgeny lives in darkness, in the tunnels, hidden from the infection that plagues the surface. Or so Father says.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 21 August 2020.
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2020-08-2148 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyDevilish Calliope and Ungrooviest Apocalypse - Evan MarcroftIn the eternal struggle between good and evil, there are endless adventures and infinite victories. But when no triumph lasts forever, how does one find the strength to go on?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 14 August 2020.
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2020-08-1442 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyCalling Me Home - Spencer NitkeyI clock out for my hour off, and already the entanglement circuit is spinning. I try to swallow the spreading pain and imagine the trillion spinning photon-like particles that make up my mind in the circuit that are moving a trillion other, entangled particles in my brain back home, lying in bed. The sun blooms inside me, and the inside of the transport ship vanishes. I wake up to the sun setting through the open window.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 07 August 2020.
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2020-08-0741 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Chorley - Rachel AyersAnnamarie's stuffed elephant has gone missing. She has hours to find it before bedtime, or she could be in more danger than Mama could imagine. Unless Mama is in on it....
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 31 July 2020.
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2020-07-3121 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyA Picture of Home, in Silence - Alexandra Seidel"A Picture of Home, in Silence" follows Sam on her journey home, a journey that is not about the quickest route, but about what one might find by the wayside, and about the things Sam has to come to terms with as the end of her journey draws near.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 24 July 2020.
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2020-07-2423 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyShards - Jordan Chase-YoungSix years ago, a cataclysm that shattered the moon and drowned the world beneath an endless ocean has reduced humanity to a few dozen survivors in a lonely spire, one kept aloft by the stone-manipulating mages known as earthmasons. Dwindling supplies, eroding walls, and tensions between the earthmasons and the Spire's non-magical inhabitants have pushed this last shard of humanity to the brink. But Shona, an earthmason determined to save her family and her home, discovers that the Spire's inhabitants may not be alone.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 17 July 2020.
Find...2020-07-171h 00Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThey Build 'Em Tough on Magna Mater - R.W.W. GreeneOn the frontier -- in a new world of danger, loneliness, boredom, and limited opportunities -- a man's best friend is his tractor.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 10 July 2020.
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2020-07-1032 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Friendly Ghost - Ashley R. CarlsonA young wife made a promise to her husband that in the event of her death, she would "haunt" him as a friendly ghost--one who helped him following her passing. When this actually comes to pass, she does all she can to help him navigate his grief and forge a new life that she's no longer a part of.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 03 July 2020.
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2020-07-0329 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyTime and Grace - Joseph HaldenHow fast would you travel to an early retirement? Grace illegally reprograms her AI jet car to blaze across the country, but when things go wrong, she can no longer ignore the landscape if she’s to survive.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 26 June 2020.
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2020-06-2647 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Woman Who Brought Love to Death - Kathryn YelinekGudrun is a witch. That's what her neighbours think, anyway, because she can see the connections between people. When her husband Ketill dies and the village blames her, she decides to follow the loveline that still runs between her and Ketill, wherever it may lead.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 19 June 2020.
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2020-06-1941 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyZsezzyn, Who Is Not a God - Jennifer ShelbyThe child of a god who wields the most powerful tool in the universe, Zsezzyn weeps to see stars disappearing from the sky. When she comes of age she learns it is her father destroying the universe star by star to maintain his power. In a bid to save everything she loves, she builds a tool of her own...
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 12 June 2020.
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2020-06-1209 minMetaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyThe Record Collector - Nathaniel WilliamsA young married couple have moved into their first house - but it turns out the house has a taste for a certain kind of music.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 05 June 2020.
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2020-06-0545 min
Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasyExhibit 57-B from the Trial of Alonzo Montalvo v. MoodFoods Incorporated - Douglas DiCiccoA JoyJelly from MoodFoods snack line will perk you right up. And best of all, there are no side effects. Mostly.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 29 May 2020.
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2020-05-2923 min