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Episodes

Friday Apr 07, 2023
Shortcut to Happily Ever After — Ben Wan
Friday Apr 07, 2023
Friday Apr 07, 2023
Daniel is a hopeless romantic who uses time travel to find love. Whenever he meets someone new, he jumps to the future to see if their relationship lasts and if it doesn't, he returns to the present to cancel the first date before anyone gets hurt. But when his dating strategy starts ruining the fabric of time, Daniel has to go back and live through every relationship he skipped, discovering what he missed the first time around.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 07 April 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Friday Mar 17, 2023
River’s Song — Michael Barron
Friday Mar 17, 2023
Friday Mar 17, 2023
River has spent most of her life in a small suburban town, playing guitar and geeking out with friends… who have no idea she was born thousands of lightyears away. Her only memory of her home planet is of a terrorist attack that killed thousands of her people. Earth is all she has ever known, and as far as she is concerned, she’s just another ordinary teenager. But yesterday, her father informed her they were moving back home.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 17 March 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Friday Mar 10, 2023
My Little Sister Brigid — Harold R. Thompson
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
His little sister Brigid was special, and not just because of her amazing power to create solid objects out of nothing. As a big brother, he was determined to protect her, and protect her secret, with his life.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 10 March 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Friday Mar 03, 2023
All the Daughters Sing — Jan Priddy
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
What if you woke up one morning entirely alone in the world? Your apartment is quiet, your roommates aren’t slamming the door, there’s no traffic on the street, no dogs barking, and the only sound is hissing insects.
Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 03 March 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Friday Feb 10, 2023
The Frozen Generation — Jacob Coffin
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
When the law changes overnight, a cryostasis technician finds himself legally liable for a man-made disaster - the impending destruction of hundreds of thousands of embryos.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 10 February 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Friday Jan 20, 2023
We, You, and the Gallery — Alex Penland
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Trapped on a desolate world, with their Collective dead and their ship inoperable, a hive alien must survive in the presence of the human who tried to eradicate them. Trapped on a desolate world, with his comms out and his ship busted, a soldier has to finish the job and make it out alive. Enemies to lovers, 7k.
Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 20 January 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Friday Jan 06, 2023
Packing List for Oblivion — Cameron Bertron
Friday Jan 06, 2023
Friday Jan 06, 2023
In the final year of a planet-wide evacuation, the sculptor Enefai must come to terms with the growing rifts in her relationship with her partner and her uncertain future in the cosmos.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 06 January 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Friday Dec 30, 2022
Infinite Possibilities IV — Michael Gardner
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Adrian’s been given the opportunity to leave this world to explore a parallel universe. With nothing left to hold him here, he’s keen to go, but the offer may not be what it seems.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 30 December 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Friday Dec 16, 2022
Love, Death, and the Electric Soul — Alexandra Peel
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
‘Welcome, visitor. My name is Alanna, and I will be your custodian of souls. You did want to reconnect with your deceased loved one, didn’t you? I assume that is why you dropped by. Please, take your time.’
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 16 December 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Friday Dec 09, 2022
Through the Middle — J.B. Kish
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Rory has grown fond of the creature living in the ground behind his diner. It reveals important truths about his customers. So, why can’t it discern anything about the strange man who’s just arrived?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 09 December 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.