Beautifully written speculative fiction - great science fiction and fantasy stories.
Part 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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Sophie 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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A 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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Part 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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A 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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There 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.
Narrated by the author.
Published in Metaphorosis on 09 October 2020.
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Mary 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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In 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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Annamarie'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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Six 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.
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