Episodes
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Rosalind Dreams of Aersea — Travis Burnham
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
We are the architects of many worlds in our minds. Are those worlds merely built on the foundation of thoughts, or are there imaginary lands existing somewhere out in the immense universe?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 17 November 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Nov 10, 2023
It Thaws in Spring — Brittany M. Perkins
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Lena is an ice child, a wraithlike being who dwells in the depths beneath a frozen pond with others like herself. She doesn’t remember a time before she lived there; she really doesn’t remember much at all. But when Lena meets a child of the surface, some of her memories begin coming back, though not all of these newly unburied recollections are welcome.
Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 10 November 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Nov 03, 2023
The Fool Who Sings You To Your Grave — Katie Cervenec
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
At the next light, I pull over and hyperventilate in a Rite Aid parking lot, because I saw it as soon as the song started. Tomorrow, he's going to die.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 03 November 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Translations for a Dead Sea — Corey Farrenkopf
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Laura’s father has left her with a partially translated manuscript that will either save the world from climate disaster or speed up the coming apocalypse. She holes up in a seaside cabin to finish the work, but each night, creatures emerge from the sea and attempt to stop her. Will she finish the text in time to save the world, or will the creatures break through her cabin walls? Only time will tell.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 27 October 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 13, 2023
Salaatu — Lisa Short
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Few in the Empire of Oun know of the salaatu, mysterious sea-dwelling folk from somewhere beyond the Empire's eastern northeastern shores, and fewer still know of their magic. But when the dying Emperor learns that the salaatu may have cured a member of his own court, an obscure underlibrarian, of her terrible injuries years ago, he orders her to take him to them, no matter the cost.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 13 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 29, 2023
The Antidote for Longing III — Karl Dandenell
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
When Lars Bjornsen learns the young Empress Anna is finally pregnant after years of trying, it confirms his suspicions that the Emperor Gustavus was inadvertently poisoned by an overdose of the aphrodisiac Sweet Agony. Lars provides an antidote, but before he can petition the emperor for his freedom, he is taken prisoner. Now, Lars faces a choice: does he join the spymaster’s conspiracy and return to the splendors of the imperial court, or denounce her actions and put his own life—and that of his friend Fredrik–in jeopardy?
Narrated by Thomas Baxter. Published in Metaphorosis on 29 September 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 15, 2023
Astrid Underwater — J.J. Eskelin
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
One summer day, on the shore of an island in the Pacific Northwest where the wild and the otherworldly are intimately entwined, Sigun falls asleep, leaving her son playing alone by the cusp of a deep channel of water. What they encounter there shakes Sigun, awakening her grief and challenging her to reclaim her own fierce nature.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 15 September 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.