Science fiction

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.

Amir has dreamed of setting foot on a new world since childhood, but reaching it might mean losing everything that would make finding it worthwhile. On a centuries-long journey into the blackness of space, his love and commitment are stretched to the breaking point by the demands of ambition.
Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 11 March 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Ev's world is built around gifts, who they come from and who they are given to. When Ev receives an unexpected gift that changes their life, they are suddenly forced to consider what accepting it may cost them.
Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 18 February 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

In "Silo", the narrator wakes up to find himself in a strange new world.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 21 January 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Jade, a companion gynoid, has always gotten anything she wanted. But now she wants something dangerous, something her best friend and creator doesn’t want her to have: the answer to the question, “why do I exist?”
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 07 January 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

In an alternate universe, a pair of ambitious scientists probe their version of the Fermi Paradox. What they discover will challenge everything they know and put their values to the test.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 26 November 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

When a nuclear meltdown threatens to poison the West Coast of the United States, Carlos and thousands of other migrant workers risk their lives to contain the disaster. When the suit Carlos wears to protect himself against radiation begins to fail, he discovers what lengths he’ll go to in order to protect the hopeful future promised to him and his family upon completion of the work.
Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 12 November 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Sixty years before, the colonists of the ark ship Genesis had been forced to land on a sterile, lifeless world thousands of light-years off their original planned route. Three generations later, the colony still survives...but only by paying a terrible price.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 15 October 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

As King Isce’s invasion draws nearer, Joah, Misla, and Damien fly back to sunset with Prince Kal. They’re too late to warn their community, but can they defeat the conspirators who betrayed them before the sun leaves them behind forever?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 24 September 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

A boy who can't live without nature. An apocalypse that tears him away from it. Survival isn't enough if all the wildlife is gone... but proving otherwise might undermine everything he has left.
Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 17 September 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.