Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. Fifty-two great science fiction and fantasy stories. All the stories we published in 2020.
Contents
From the Editor
January
Kozuna, the Ogre’s Child – Felicity Drake
Magical Whistleblower Tells All – Michael Sherrin
Choice – Tomas Marcantonio
Bedwyr by the Sea – C.B. Blakey
Sonata I: Sona – L. Chan
February
Pyrrha – Antony Paschos
Heart of Stone – Chris Cornetto
Grow, Divide, Sacrifice, Thrive – Jo Miles
Sonata II: Shailani – L. Chan
March
The Eighth Fathom – Chris Panatier
The Wicked Stepmother – Rhema Sayers
The Draining – Matt Hornsby
Sonata III: Canta – L. Chan
April
Revitalized – Jason P. Burnham
Clod-Shodden – J.J. Drew
Seven Scraps Unwritten – L. Chan
Donald Q. Haute, Gentleman Inquisitator, and the Peril of the Pythogator – David A. Hewitt
May
Figlia della Neve – Jonathan Louis Duckworth
Regret’s Relief – Travis Wade Beaty
Pre-Triage – Joe Prosit
A Witch’s Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools – Hannah Hulbert
Exhibit 57-B from the Trial of Alonzo Montalvo v. Mood Foods Incorporated – Douglas Di Cicco
June
The Record Collector – Nathaniel Williams
Zsezzyn, Who Is Not a God – Jennifer Shelby
The Woman Who Brought Love to Death – Kathryn Yelinek
Time and Grace – Joseph Halden
July
The Friendly Ghost – Ashley R. Carlson
They Build ‘Em Tough on Magna Mater – R.W.W. Greene
Shards – Jordan Chase-Young
A Picture of Home, in Silence – Alexandra Seidel
The Chorley – Rachel Ayers
August
Calling Me Home – Spencer Nitkey
Devilish Calliope and the Ungrooviest Apocalypse – Evan Marcroft
All That Remains – Michael Gardner
Joy (Unplugged) – B.C. van Tol
September
Fetch – B. Morris Allen
Where the Old Neighbors Go – Thomas Ha
Pages Missing From the Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esq. – David Berger
Tower of Mud and Straw I: The Duchy – Yaroslav Barsukov
October
Good Boy – M. Douglas White
Cactus and Lizard – Hannah Costelle
Lingua Franca – Amelia Fisher
Holding – John Adams
Tower of Mud and Straw II: The Adversary – Yaroslav Barsukov
November
Madam Savva’s Magical Emporium – James Rumpel
The Preserved City – Charles Schoenfeld
A Death in New York – Allison Brice
Tower of Mud and Straw III: The Tulips – Yaroslav Barsukov
December
The Skin of Aquila Cadens – Chris Panatier
The Three Thousand – Elise Kim
Heritage – Andrei Pechalin
Tower of Mud and Straw IV: The Tower – Yaroslav Barsukov
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Contents
From the Editor
January
Kozuna, the Ogre’s Child – Felicity Drake
Magical Whistleblower Tells All – Michael Sherrin
Choice – Tomas Marcantonio
Bedwyr by the Sea – C.B. Blakey
Sonata I: Sona – L. Chan
February
Pyrrha – Antony Paschos
Heart of Stone – Chris Cornetto
Grow, Divide, Sacrifice, Thrive – Jo Miles
Sonata II: Shailani – L. Chan
March
The Eighth Fathom – Chris Panatier
The Wicked Stepmother – Rhema Sayers
The Draining – Matt Hornsby
Sonata III: Canta – L. Chan
April
Revitalized – Jason P. Burnham
Clod-Shodden – J.J. Drew
Seven Scraps Unwritten – L. Chan
Donald Q. Haute, Gentleman Inquisitator, and the Peril of the Pythogator – David A. Hewitt
May
Figlia della Neve – Jonathan Louis Duckworth
Regret’s Relief – Travis Wade Beaty
Pre-Triage – Joe Prosit
A Witch’s Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools – Hannah Hulbert
Exhibit 57-B from the Trial of Alonzo Montalvo v. Mood Foods Incorporated – Douglas Di Cicco
June
The Record Collector – Nathaniel Williams
Zsezzyn, Who Is Not a God – Jennifer Shelby
The Woman Who Brought Love to Death – Kathryn Yelinek
Time and Grace – Joseph Halden
July
The Friendly Ghost – Ashley R. Carlson
They Build ‘Em Tough on Magna Mater – R.W.W. Greene
Shards – Jordan Chase-Young
A Picture of Home, in Silence – Alexandra Seidel
The Chorley – Rachel Ayers
August
Calling Me Home – Spencer Nitkey
Devilish Calliope and the Ungrooviest Apocalypse – Evan Marcroft
All That Remains – Michael Gardner
Joy (Unplugged) – B.C. van Tol
September
Fetch – B. Morris Allen
Where the Old Neighbors Go – Thomas Ha
Pages Missing From the Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esq. – David Berger
Tower of Mud and Straw I: The Duchy – Yaroslav Barsukov
October
Good Boy – M. Douglas White
Cactus and Lizard – Hannah Costelle
Lingua Franca – Amelia Fisher
Holding – John Adams
Tower of Mud and Straw II: The Adversary – Yaroslav Barsukov
November
Madam Savva’s Magical Emporium – James Rumpel
The Preserved City – Charles Schoenfeld
A Death in New York – Allison Brice
Tower of Mud and Straw III: The Tulips – Yaroslav Barsukov
December
The Skin of Aquila Cadens – Chris Panatier
The Three Thousand – Elise Kim
Heritage – Andrei Pechalin
Tower of Mud and Straw IV: The Tower – Yaroslav Barsukov