Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasy

Every family has its secrets. As her daughter marries an eligible bachelor, a devoted mother finally tells the story of her own wedding. Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 20 May 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Lengo's only grandson, Nikolas, committed the unthinkable: murder/suicide. And while she still struggles to come to terms with this tragedy, an old friend of Nikolas appears at her door. What follows at his heel: Truth, revenge, redemption, or even more death? Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 13 May 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

“Frank” is the unluckiest crew member on an extraterrestrial spaceship hurtling toward a rendezvous with Earth. Of the entire research team collectively tasked with studying humanity, Frank gets stuck with economics. Stocks? Bonds? 401(k)s? The very concepts are downright alien. What’s Frank to do? Reach out to a financial advisor, of course. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 06 May 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

The first time Sam heard the Irons, she laughed like everyone else, played the LP once more out of disbelief, and then—telling herself it was for kicks—listened repeatedly until each song became an earworm. Either the girls—Mapes, Amy, and Edith — were geniuses, or they were the worst band in the world. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 29 April 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

The 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. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 22 April 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

In 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. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 15 April 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

This 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. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 08 April 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

The tale of an outcast surviving through the last days of a doomed city. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 01 April 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

A 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. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 25 March 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Siobhan 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. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 18 March 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.