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Hitomi and Prof. Ueda are just field-recording folk tales. So why is Tatsuya so sensitive about his grandmother's old stories?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 03 January 2020. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Hux is a proud man. So even though his psychometric profile is 'slightly erratic', he knows he's the right astronaut for this mission. Just maybe not in the ways he expected.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 27 December 2019. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Louis never knew his grandfather. So why did the old man leave him an old journal. And in Yiddish, which Louis doesn't read. And why has he come back - in Louis' girlfriend's body, no less?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 20 December 2019. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

StellBio sent the forensic team out to find why it can't exploit wormhole access to a distant, habitable planet. And what happened to the last team, who seem to have been distracted by a caldera full of light.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 13 December 2019. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Honoré paid to have herself frozen to avoid a global pandemic. But she awakens cold and alone and ... on Mars?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 06 December 2019. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

The old king's realm is sand and dust. And so is he. But when humans come back to what they think is a deserted city, they find the ancient monarch more than willing to rule.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 29 November 2019. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

People don't die anymore, mostly. Now, they change instead - but not everyone is sure it's for the better.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 22 November 2019. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Cody's an old dog, and tired. He doesn't run the way he did when Allison's father was alive. They're both grown up now, but Allison's still willing to dream if it will help her oldest friend.
Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 15 November 2019. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

The house is full of ghosts. While Maro takes care of her dying father, ghosts swirl around her her grandmother with her knitting, her mother with her mouth sewn shut; and now a new one, a young woman. But what does she want, and from whom?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 08 November 2019. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Every Sunday, elderly Emma Reilly plays chess with her daughter. But is there more to the relationship than there seems?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.Published in Metaphorosis on 01 November 2019. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.