Best of Metaphorosis

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. Mysterious languages, unusual dogs, solitude, alien communications, and magic. The best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine's first year. • The Demon in the Page — Joshua Phillip Johnson • Heard — Elise Forier Edie • In Dew and Frost and Flame — Vanessa Fogg • The Heresy Machine — Gerald Warfield • Gathering Dust — Meryl Stenhouse • So, You're In an Alternate Universe — Jeremy Packert Burke • Solomon and the Dragon's Tongue — Molly Etta • Spoiler: She Leaves Him — Jack Noble • The World's Secret Heartbeat — Aatif Rashid • Whalesong — L. Chan • How to Survive a Fish Attack — Kato Thompson • My Dog is the Constellation Canis Major — Jarod K. Anderson • The Sea Bank of Svalbard South — Octavia Cade

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. The best stories from the third year. Gods, ghosts, and dinosaurs that are definitely not dragons! Stories from J. Tynan Burke, David A. Gray, A. Martine, Tim McDaniel, Samuel Chapman, Evan Marcroft, William Condon, E.A. Brenner, David Gallay, R.W.W. Greene, Felicity Drake, Douglas Anstruther, and Beston Barnett. Contents • The Bagel Shop Owner's Nephew - J. Tynan Burke • Hishi - David A. Gray • Just a Fire - A. Martine • Koehl's Quality Impressions - Tim McDaniel • The Foaling Season - Samuel Chapman • The Little G-d of Łódź - Evan Marcroft • Of Hair and Beanstalks - William Condon • Familiar in Her Angles - E.A. Brenner • Cheminagium - David Gallay • The Stars Don't Lie - R.W.W. Greene • The Dream Diary of Monk Anchin - Felicity Drake • Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost - Douglas Anstruther • Velaya, the Dreaming City - Beston Barnett.

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. Bear wives, bird boys, and girls made of metal and glass. Stories that consider who we are and what we're made of. The best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine's fourth year. Contents • The Bear Wife - Catherine George • Snapped Dry, Scraped Clean - Setsu Uzumé • Absurd of a Feather - Amman Sabet • The Girls Who Come Back Are Made of Metal and Glass - L'Erin Ogle • A Yellow Landscape - Sarah McGill • The Soul Farmer's Daughters - Kyle Kirrin • A Time for Understanding - Lisa Fox • The Memory Dresser - Nicholas M. Stillman • Never Fade Away - Claire Simpson • Somewhere to be Going - Katrina Smith • The Last Duty - Dawn Lloyd • Via Dolorosa - Christine Lucas • A Final Resting Place - Matt Hornsby Cover art by Saleha Chowdhury.

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. Stories of difficulty and perseverance, of language and hope, of joy and love. From fairy penguins to love past death, stories that help us find the silver-lining in dark places. The best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine's fifth year. Contents • A Witch's Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools -Hannah Hulbert • Regret's Relief -Travis Wade Beaty • Pyrrha -Antony Paschos • The Preserved City -Charles Schoenfeld • The Friendly Ghost -Ashley R. Carlson • Clod-Shodden -J.J. Drew • Cactus and Lizard -Hannah Costelle • Lingua Franca -Amelia Fisher • Good Boy -M. Douglas White • Grow, Divide, Sacrifice, Thrive -Jo Miles • The Three Thousand -Elise Kim • Joy (Unplugged) -B.C. van Tol • Bedwyr by the Sea -C.B. Blakey

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. Memories, travel, and identity. Becoming a tree, applying to college by grappling hook, and living with a monster in your heart - the best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine's eighth year. Contents • The Conch Shell - Elizabeth Raphael • The Excursionist of JCPenney - Chris Panatier • Arborify - Cadence Mandybura • Pain Eater - Danny Menter • She Was the Universe - Damian Stockli • Catching College - Maggie Slater • The Beast-Consul - E.C. Dorgan • Visions for the Independent City of New York - Cidney Mayes • Astrid Underwater - J.J. Eskelin • Useful and Beautiful Things - E. Saxey • A Wielder Does Not Know Regret - Katherine Karch • Packing List for Oblivion - Cameron Bertron • Nothing but the Gods On Their Backs - Alex T. Singer Cover art by Carol Wellart.