Beautifully written speculative fiction - great science fiction and fantasy stories.
Only a knowledgeable guide can be trusted to discern between the fungi that bring life and the ones that bring death. Only a witch can concoct the remedies and potions required by her dependent community. It can be an overwhelming duty to bear, alone.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 22 May 2020.
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Looking forward to the day when your car does the driving for you? Sounds great, until the day your car decides to kill you. Hang on tight, and hope you don't fall victim to Pre-Triage.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 15 May 2020.
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A young spell writer journeys to a mysterious cave in the hopes he can make peace with his past.
Narrated by the author.
Published in Metaphorosis on 08 May 2020.
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The Cold Lady fills men's desires but melts away in the night, until one day a young men thinks to ask what it is that she needs.
Narrated by the author.
Published in Metaphorosis on 01 May 2020.
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A mysterious creature, “unknown to regular science”, has been spotted prowling the Florida Everglades. When Porthos the dog goes missing, the intrepid but astonishingly out-of-touch Donald Q. Haute, Gentleman Inquisitator, takes up the search. Accompanied by his faithful but short-tempered companion Sammy Jo, Haute faces both dangerous perils and perilous dangers in probing the sinister secrets of the world’s wettest wetland.
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Published in Metaphorosis on 24 April 2020.
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In Eulalia, magic is powered by conviction - and delusion - and governed by the ten Chairs. But there's a mystery behind that power - and the tenth chair in particular.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 17 April 2020.
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A young basil plant in a desperate situation solicits a passing penguin for help and agrees to a steep price... perhaps too steep.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 10 April 2020.
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In one future, Big Brother has diversified his hobbies. Now included: clean water policing.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 03 April 2020.
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Son and Shailani having recorded a mysterious piece of Sound magic, find themselves in the House of Deathsinger, facing Sona's father and the certain loyalties of his sister. The climax of the Sonata trilogy!
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 27 March 2020.
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During the season of the Wetness, a crew of men sets out to hunt serpents on a shifting ocean. But they must not stay out too long - for as the Wetness draws to a close, the Draining comes, bringing doom to any who are still left at sea.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 20 March 2020.
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