Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasy
Episodes
Friday Apr 05, 2024
The Wedding of Hope Garrison and Chevrolet Dodge Ford — R.W.W. Greene
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
From the dusty roads of a future divided by civil war, a hero emerges. Clad in a silver suit, this lone rider wants to bring life to your party and wow to your wedding. He is Dancin' Hank, the Last Deejay.
Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 05 April 2024. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Jan 05, 2024
This is How We Stay Alive — L. Chan
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
In a world, years after mysterious aliens devastated the planet by stealing the bodies of one percent of the world's population, a lonely survivor needs to come to terms with loss, friendship and his own bizarre disembodied condition.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 05 January 2024. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Dec 08, 2023
The Final Face — Norah Lovelock
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Dia, a robot custodian, is tasked with collecting the last remaining colonists from the planet Rija. Her commission almost complete, she’s dreading the return home, and worse: a colonist is being difficult. Dia needs Alma to leave, but convincing her is going to be difficult—and Alma has good reason to stay.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 08 December 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Visions for the Independent City of New York — Cidney Mayes
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
In a futuristic New York, a young girl gains attention for her unique drawings. She is given the opportunity to rise above her station when she is offered the chance to study at a prestigious art academy, but must reconcile her new life amidst the wealthy and powerful with the one she leaves behind.
Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 01 December 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Nov 24, 2023
Saving the Whales — C.J. Erick
Friday Nov 24, 2023
Friday Nov 24, 2023
Oceanographer and whale researcher Niemi discovers the disappearances of great whale species are linked to secret extraterrestrial visitations. Her search for answers intensifies when this loss of cetaceans threatens not just the biological balance in the oceans, but the survival of the human race.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 24 November 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Hard Sunset — Sam Griffin
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
How do you make peace with the inevitable end of everything? As the knowledge of an entire civilisation hangs on the edge of oblivion, the last Curator hums a jolly tune and accidentally loses a foot.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 20 October 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Any Day Now — K.E. Redmond
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Not everyone is thrilled by the prospect of houseguests. But what if these particular guests were coming a long way? Say, a few thousand light years? Well, they did try to warn us.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 06 October 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Sep 22, 2023
She Was the Universe — Damian Stockli
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
It’s Thursday night in a Reykjavík bar. Arni, coming down from a recent loss, is hoping for a good thing. He takes a chance on a bartender’s smile, just as a series of strange, bright objects enter the solar system from interstellar space.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 22 September 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Arborify — Cadence Mandybura
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Yvonne is living her dream career: tending to clients at an arborification facility, where people can choose to turn themselves into trees. When the program is threatened by an act of vandalism, Yvonne must face her own fear and anger at the prospect of arborification being shut down for good.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 08 September 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Sep 01, 2023
That Lonesome, Restless Feeling — B. Morris Allen
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Bettina has always been the explorer, the collector; Madhup the homemaker and tinkerer. But now Madhup is gone, and all that's left to Bettina is memory and the alien artifacts she brought home and Madhup made sense of.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 01 September 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.