The Bagel Shop Owner’s Nephew – J. Tynan Burke – Metaphorosis Magazine
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Love in Its Heart – David Z. Morris – Metaphorosis Magazine
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This Side of the Wall – Michael Gardner – Metaphorosis Magazine
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This Side of the Wall – Michael Gardner – Metaphorosis Magazine
Today was my day to choose a disease. Mama was heavily pregnant again. She was stirring a large pot that bubbled away on the stove, filling the air with the aroma of milk and oats. Sage, Lentil, and Chilli were crawling around Mama’s ankles, squeali…
Just a Fire – A. Martine – Metaphorosis Magazine
Over the past year, we at MAELSTROM have covered stories which have often bordered on the sensational, such as the famous rivalry between siblings Amaterasu and Susanoo, the Japanese gods of the Sun and the Storms respectively. via Pocket
The Cypress and the Rose – Sandi Leibowitz – Metaphorosis Magazine
On her sixteenth birthday, a girl approached her mother, a priestess gifted in prophecy, to learn her name and her fate. The trees of that island country spoke with the people, the priestesses most of all, and taught them things that we, to whom the…
Any Old Disease – Dimitra Nikolaidou – Metaphorosis Magazine
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Velaya, the Dreaming City – Beston Barnett – Metaphorosis Magazine
I set out for Velaya as a young man, having only just pledged to wed. I was to marry Belqis, flower of our village and light of my eyes, in whose father’s orchards I had played since my childhood. Our marriage should have been enough for a lifetime …
Switch – Lisa Clark – Metaphorosis Magazine
Claudia Campbell shifted in her seat, clutching her oversized pocketbook closer to her chest. She released an audible huff. With all the automation these days, why couldn’t they move things along faster? She dragged a digital magazine off a nearby t…
The Three Sisters – K. D. Azariah-Kribbs – Metaphorosis Magazine
Once upon a time there were three brothers who lived with their parents in the midst of a vast forest. via Pocket
Hold This Star for Me – Mark David Adam – Metaphorosis Magazine
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Hishi – David A. Gray – Metaphorosis Magazine
Hishi’s claws ticked on the polished floor as she ran. The sound was barely audible, yet the teeming corridors emptied ahead of her. News had spread through the great city, out and down from the bloody throne room, that a new blend – an Excisor – ha…
Radical Abundance – Angie Lathrop – Metaphorosis Magazine
Something woke me. A sound. I rolled to my back. Sand and rock ground into my shoulders and my skin hurt everywhere and my lungs seemed too dry to work properly. But for a moment I forgot all that, because when I looked up, there was a silver bowl o…
What the Darkness Is – Simon Kewin – Metaphorosis Magazine
The howls of the gore-hounds filled the night air. Vanda stopped to catch her breath. Sounds echoed off the trees, throwing noises at her from odd angles. Her pursuers were close. When they caught her it would be the end. via Pocket
Any Old Disease – Dimitra Nikolaidou – Metaphorosis Magazine
Ada had heard that tone before, the horror of a newly assigned doctor witnessing the Leak for the first time. She waited for the novice’s breath to settle. via Pocket
Hold This Star for Me – Mark David Adam – Metaphorosis Magazine
When David got to work that morning, he discovered a large shell on his desk holding down errant pieces of paper. He smiled. His coworkers were always razzing him about how messy his desk was and now, it seemed, someone had taken it upon themselves …
Bye Bye Skinny Cow – Hamilton Perez – Metaphorosis Magazine
“Excuse me,” Cash tried again, “you’re not a doctor, are you?” Another bemused look and shake of the head. “Oh, okay, thanks anyway,” he said to their backs. The warm bundle in his arms groaned uncomfortably. It was the first Cash had heard from him…
All the Colors I Cannot See – L’Erin Ogle – Metaphorosis Magazine
I remember everyone being lit up in colors when I was a little kid. They wore vivid blues and pinks and greens and yellows. Everyone dripped in thoughts and feelings. They were painted with sky blue happy or scarlet red mad, thunderhead gray sad and…
Hold This Star for Me – Mark David Adam – Metaphorosis Magazine
When David got to work that morning, he discovered a large shell on his desk holding down errant pieces of paper. He smiled. His coworkers were always razzing him about how messy his desk was and n…
Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost – Douglas Anstruther – Metaphorosis Magazine
Carla sat on the edge of the metal railing that lined the motel’s third-floor landing, gripping its paint-chipped bars with long, slender legs. Black lace stockings disappeared into a tattered bathrobe and a lipstick-stained cigarette rested between…
Hishi – David A. Gray – Metaphorosis Magazine
Hishi’s claws ticked on the polished floor as she ran. The sound was barely audible, yet the teeming corridors emptied ahead of her. News had spread through the great city, out and down from the bl…
Familiar in Her Angles – E.A. Brenner – Metaphorosis Magazine
The trees in this part of the Dragonwood are thin and lanky, like growing boys, like her own willowy limbs, but Lina has no interest in the trees, or young men, or the body that conveys her, stomping feet falling where they will. via Pocket
Velaya, the Dreaming City – Beston Barnett – Metaphorosis Magazine
Six parts after Dunsany Part 1 I set out for Velaya as a young man, having only just pledged to wed. I was to marry Belqis, flower of our village and light of my eyes, in whose father’s orchards I …
The Yarnball Woman – Michael Milne – Metaphorosis Magazine
By the third time Patricia lost a finger, everyone knew better than to raise a fuss. Her family hadn’t always been this calm. When the first finger, a knuckle’s-worth of her left pinky, had fallen plumply into her dinner salad, there had been an eno…
Any Old Disease – Dimitra Nikolaidou – Metaphorosis Magazine
“What is wrong with him?” Ada had heard that tone before, the horror of a newly assigned doctor witnessing the Leak for the first time. She waited for the novice’s breath to settle. “He is witherin…
Combustion – Kai Hudson – Metaphorosis Magazine
Jaxon has just finished doodling Captain Fiero’s victory pose when the math teacher explodes. Students scream as Mrs. Richardson flails back from the chalkboard, body suddenly alight. via Pocket
Switch – Lisa Clark – Metaphorosis Magazine
Claudia Campbell shifted in her seat, clutching her oversized pocketbook closer to her chest. She released an audible huff. With all the automation these days, why couldn’t they move things along f…
Reproduction in a Closed Loop – Andrew M LeBlanc – Metaphorosis Magazine
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The Three Sisters – K. D. Azariah-Kribbs – Metaphorosis Magazine
Once upon a time there were three brothers who lived with their parents in the midst of a vast forest. If there were any other people in the forest, they knew nothing of them, for they found no tra…
Nana Naoko’s Garden – Michael Gardner – Metaphorosis Magazine
I pushed the little girl on the rope swing, guessing she couldn’t be more than seven, knowing she was my mother. The swing groaned as it arced forward, then back, the rope twisting against the boug…