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After the death of her husband, the animals on Willamina Wildemore’s Trout River homestead begin to act strangely. What they’re up to is a mystery that Willamina doesn’t want to know about. She wants to be left alone to mourn her loss, but the animals, it seems, have other ideas.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 09 September 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Sarosh is a businesswoman. Her husband, who claims to be a telepath, has been conducting research on a lonely, nameless planet, but now he's missing, leaving Sarosh to try and pick up the pieces.
Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 02 September 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Pinyit thought he’d left the past behind him when his best friend’s parents took him in as a child, but when his attempts to leave home and study the stars go awry, he delves back into his own history for answers.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 26 August 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

A thief journeys to a legendary crystal pyramid in search of the treasures of a lost empire. As she ventures into the depths of the pyramid with an automaton guide, she discovers that the secrets of the empire are far grander and more terrifying than she had ever imagined.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 19 August 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

A messenger arrives from a distant land, bearing strange secrets encoded in his very genes. Only the village doctor has any hope of retrieving the message. But what will she unleash if she does?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 12 August 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

One for sorrow, two for mirth. Three for a wedding, four for a birth. Five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told. When Mag starts counting the crows that land in her kitchen, it changes her life forever.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 05 August 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Bingo-bango, I thought. This is exactly what I need. And I should have remembered then that I was never a good thinker.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 29 July 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

Sara maps fantastic things—troll dens, dragon caves, desert forests. But now, a new discovery challenges her like none other: the social dynamics of sixth grade.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 22 July 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

It is the duty of every adult who lives in the City of Thorns to walk among those thorns and submit to the wounds they cause. On their return, they must allow the priests to read those scars for the good of the city. Catrix sets out on his first scar walk, and discovers that the thorns are not what the priests had led him to believe, but wilder and more dangerous.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 15 July 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.

A human once said, ‘If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need’. Well, I am a Library and I have a garden, and I very much don’t. What am I missing? My humans, of course.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 08 July 2022. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.