Science fiction

When the Moving bells ring early, ex-retriever Joah Cadshaw is sent out west with a new recruit to warn the scavengers of a roadblock that lies ahead. But a missing boy and the Nocturnals who call to him complicate Joah’s mission.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 28 May 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

The aliens that colonized Earth decades ago have left behind a society in which everyone is driven to work nonstop. Charlie, a queer language professor applying for tenure at one of the most prestigious universities on the planet, is about to confront their burnout and exhaustion in a way that will have life-altering consequences.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 21 May 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

When the noble Moohee were conquered by the warlike Ossinians, they weren’t just enslaved, their bodies were changed into vehicles and beasts of burden to better serve their masters. Now, they perform their tasks cheerfully. Almost enthusiastically. Could it be possible they know something the Ossinians do not?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 14 May 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Cate works at Quantum Ridge Vineyards, a cutting-edge winery that operates across multiple dimensions. But beneath the company's illustrious facade lie the universes it's used up and cast aside - one of which was Cate's. She's on a mission to bring down Quantum Ridge's headquarters several dimensions away, but when she meets a version of herself that doesn't share her drive for vengeance, she's forced to reevaluate what her mission is really about.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 07 May 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Several individuals recount the details of an ecological tragedy in a mining colony on a distant planet.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 30 April 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

After a horrible mistake an astronaut finds his ship lost in the deep blackness of space. Does he have what it's going to take to survive and find a way to escape?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 16 April 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Bartholomew shook the pill bottle. “What do you remember, Glen, about sadness?” Glen shrugged. “Not much, really. That’s what’s been driving me crazy.”
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 02 April 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

In the ruins of a great city, a girl who receives mysterious, fragmented messages serves as the Oracle to her people. Her excavations of the city’s long-lost archive will uncover its wicked past and the tragic origins behind the voice in her mind.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 26 February 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Adda Oram’s spent years devoted to her research, stationed in the northern reaches of a half-settled world, trying to understand the alien “whales of stone.” As long as she can’t prove that they are sentient beings, their very existence is under threat—and right now, Adda can’t even make the one person who cares about her the most understand what’s at stake….
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 12 February 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

When Esma, a precocious teenager born and raised in the poorest neighborhood of her city, needs money to take part in a programming competition, she turns to an AI therapist for help.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 29 January 2021. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.