Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasy

A messenger arrives from a distant land, bearing strange secrets encoded in his very genes. Only the village doctor has any hope of retrieving the message. But what will she unleash if she does? Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 12 August 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

One for sorrow, two for mirth. Three for a wedding, four for a birth. Five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told. When Mag starts counting the crows that land in her kitchen, it changes her life forever. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 05 August 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Bingo-bango, I thought. This is exactly what I need. And I should have remembered then that I was never a good thinker. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 29 July 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Sara maps fantastic things—troll dens, dragon caves, desert forests. But now, a new discovery challenges her like none other: the social dynamics of sixth grade. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 22 July 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

It is the duty of every adult who lives in the City of Thorns to walk among those thorns and submit to the wounds they cause. On their return, they must allow the priests to read those scars for the good of the city. Catrix sets out on his first scar walk, and discovers that the thorns are not what the priests had led him to believe, but wilder and more dangerous. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 15 July 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

A human once said, ‘If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need’. Well, I am a Library and I have a garden, and I very much don’t. What am I missing? My humans, of course. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 08 July 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

The Soul’s Mirror. The Moon’s Rest. The Seat of Dragons. The Goddess’s Isle has many names, but Ingolfur seeks it for one reason: the gift of transformation it offers its seekers. Exhausted, bloodstained, ashamed, he believes such transformation will be his salvation. Yet the Isle holds secrets as well as power, and as Ingolfur breaches its depths, he realises the goddess’s gifts aren’t always good. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 01 July 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Hidden away from a land torn by war and famine, the monks of an isolated monastery use stories to help them understand their position on the Path. When Gan, an ambitious young novice, asks to hear the tale of King Raden, he doesn’t realise that the story will reveal more about him, and about the monastery’s abbot, than he ever expected. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 24 June 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Spirit Animals were creatures of legend and song, but neither Atynleigh nor her mother had ever seen one. Now, one lay wounded before them, sending out a single message from his mind to theirs, “Do good.” But helping this beast would put all of them in danger. Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 17 June 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Time once raced alongside Wolf through fields of radiant switchglass, but that bright season has faded. Now dust storms have turned the land she loved from green to the gray of aged muzzles. Time searches for answers to rid her pack's territory of the accumulating dust, and maybe, hope against hope, a way to reclaim the season of sunshine she remembers so well. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 10 June 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.