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Beautifully written speculative fiction - great science fiction and fantasy stories.
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Every year at the Festival of Wings, men and women battle kites to earn the right to fight for their emperor. Chash must choose whether to seek glory in battle or if heroism can be found somewhere closer to home.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 03 June 2022.
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WIth novel but illicit Music in hand, Sona heads to the border of the Six Named land, country of his mother, and the composer of the heretical Music, the Lady Kristyk.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 28 February 2020.
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Always an outsider in their privileged family, Chris learns an heirloom sourdough starter may be partly to blame, but not in the ways they expected.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 21 February 2020.
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A thousand years have passed. The wars have ended, the world has changed, and a little golem wakes - salvaged by the flesh-things he was crafted to destroy.
Narrated by the author.
Published in Metaphorosis on 14 February 2020.
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Pyrrha can summon fire at her fingertips with just a thought. When leaders of the Resistance learn of her gift, they hope it will make a difference in their bloody war against the Bulgarians.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 07 February 2020.
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In a land where music is both a weapon and a source of power, Sona sets out on a journey to deliver a dangerous secret.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 31 January 2020.
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By the cold ocean, an old man builds a sandcastle, over and over and over, dreaming of Avalon. Until a little girl comes to interfere with his design.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 24 January 2020.
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Detectives Sora and Gyuri track down subjects with peculiar pasts, but one of these people leads them to a truth neither detective expected.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 17 January 2020.
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Wizard Thaddeus Seams believes the mundane world is ready for magic, but not everyone in the conjuring community agrees.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 10 January 2020.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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She's an exopaleontologist, not exoarcheologist. So how did she end up exploring ruins rather than remains?
Narrated by the author.
Published in Metaphorosis on 12 July 2019.
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A timely 'covid relevant' story, the final reveal left me smiling. Another unique piece of short fiction from this wonderful collection of writers.