Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasy

A funeral, a storm, a story, oh my! A young man must reunite with his estranged family when he’s asked to give the eulogy for his beloved grandfather. But instead of the approved speech, he shares his grandfather’s fantastic tale of being struck by lightning. It is just a story, right?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 18 November 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Like every other teenage girl, Sveta looks in the mirror and finds a body at odds with the world. Why can't she simply turn to stone like all the popular kids who are only a few years from being petrified on the hill? Is it because there's actually something wrong with her...or does she secretly want something else, something that might ruin her chances at a 'normal' life?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 11 November 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Nothing grows right around here—too many legs, too smart, too hard to kill. And if you do kill something, you’d better bury it deep. Things don’t rest easy on Saxum Creek.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 04 November 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

A mystery USB leads Adrian to a cabin where he finds an odd book with schematics for a machine. Adrian, being good with his hands, starts to build, uncertain about the machine’s purpose, but excited about what it might do. At the same time, his faith in his wife deteriorates.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 28 October 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

The space elevator sprouted just over the horizon, always visible, ever out of reach. Even Laika knew the risk; a dream is a dangerous thing to chase.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 21 October 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

A xenothanatologist embarks on a star-spanning quest to learn about alien species' attitudes toward death. When we look to the stars, what can we learn about our own mortality? How can the strange and fantastical creatures of other worlds help us come to grips with our own losses?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 14 October 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

The long-forgotten deity, Grivvux of the Permafire, has returned to save humanity from the coming apocalypse. There were problems during reincarnation however, and now the last of the faithful must act as caretaker to the one true God.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 07 October 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Adrian receives a USB drive in the mail that contains a couple of hours of footage of a cabin, nothing else. He’s convinced the footage holds the key to something important, or at least something more interesting than the novocaine life he’s leading with a wife that may not still love him.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 30 September 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

According to everyone, Sylvie was doing all the things she should be as a retired, widowed grandmother. So she had no idea how she managed to knit portals to other spaces in space, and maybe time, into her first scarf. Those things don't happen to people like her, and deciding what to do about them may be the hardest choice she's had to make.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 23 September 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

When his wife dies, an elderly man named Toqs Hingi realizes that her funeral instructions were never received by the efficient and mostly automated system that runs their lives, and his wife Serene will soon be cremated against her wishes. Although a recluse, Toqs must leave his home to make sure Serene’s desire for burial is honored. Join him in this bittersweet science fiction tale as Toqs discovers a hidden truth about his wife’s intentions, and is reminded of the depths of their love for one another.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 16 September 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.