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Episodes
Friday Mar 01, 2024
The Cold Inside — Vanessa Fogg
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Anna is grieving her husband’s death, and has fled to the vacation home she once shared with him, on the shores of Lake Michigan. There in the lonely woods, she meets a local legend: a ghost girl dressed all in white. Anna is initially frightened by the ghost, but she also feels a strong connection, with consequences that she can’t foresee...
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 01 March 2024. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Feb 02, 2024
The Bloodless Cut — Evan Marcroft
Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
With only twenty minutes until the guillotine falls, a military scientist must race against time to learn how her estranged student became the world's most feared war criminal.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 02 February 2024. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Dec 29, 2023
The Beast-Consul — E.C. Dorgan
Friday Dec 29, 2023
Friday Dec 29, 2023
A Consul cries and cries every full moon, but can’t remember why. She pulls up a picture of a forest on a cell phone, and stares into it every night. The forest reminds her of the part of her that’s missing, and what she needs, to once again become whole…
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 29 December 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Useful and Beautiful Things — E. Saxey
Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
At a routine house clearance, a weird object has come to light. Is it dangerous? Time to call for Frankie, an antiquarian who specialises in bizarre side-effects.
Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 22 December 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Dec 15, 2023
When Darkness Falls on Edinburgh — C.J. Erick
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Upon the death of her mentor, young apprentice witch Gavina finds herself Edinburgh’s only defense against an imminent attack by followers of dark magic, who would open the veil between the real and ethereal worlds to allow the spirits to return to the earth. With untested skills, will Gavina be able to close the veil and keep the evil spirits in their rightful place?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 15 December 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Rosalind Dreams of Aersea — Travis Burnham
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
We are the architects of many worlds in our minds. Are those worlds merely built on the foundation of thoughts, or are there imaginary lands existing somewhere out in the immense universe?
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 17 November 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Nov 10, 2023
It Thaws in Spring — Brittany M. Perkins
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Lena is an ice child, a wraithlike being who dwells in the depths beneath a frozen pond with others like herself. She doesn’t remember a time before she lived there; she really doesn’t remember much at all. But when Lena meets a child of the surface, some of her memories begin coming back, though not all of these newly unburied recollections are welcome.
Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 10 November 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Nov 03, 2023
The Fool Who Sings You To Your Grave — Katie Cervenec
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
At the next light, I pull over and hyperventilate in a Rite Aid parking lot, because I saw it as soon as the song started. Tomorrow, he's going to die.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 03 November 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Translations for a Dead Sea — Corey Farrenkopf
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Laura’s father has left her with a partially translated manuscript that will either save the world from climate disaster or speed up the coming apocalypse. She holes up in a seaside cabin to finish the work, but each night, creatures emerge from the sea and attempt to stop her. Will she finish the text in time to save the world, or will the creatures break through her cabin walls? Only time will tell.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 27 October 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Salaatu — Lisa Short
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Few in the Empire of Oun know of the salaatu, mysterious sea-dwelling folk from somewhere beyond the Empire's eastern northeastern shores, and fewer still know of their magic. But when the dying Emperor learns that the salaatu may have cured a member of his own court, an obscure underlibrarian, of her terrible injuries years ago, he orders her to take him to them, no matter the cost.
Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis on 13 October 2023. Find the original at magazine.metaphorosis.com.