Metaphorosis 2021

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. Forty-nine great science fiction and fantasy stories and an equally great serialized novella. All the stories we published in 2021.




Contents




From the Editor




JanuarySuperbloom - Lynne Peskoe-YangAll We Ever Look For - Cécile CristofariUnifiers - Edward AshtonNot All Rot Is Ruin - E. A. PetriconeEsma's Margaret - Damien Krsteski




FebruaryVacation Gnomes - Aaron DaMommioRock-Adda's World - Chloe SmithEndless - Ted S. BushmanReach for Your Ocean Heart - C. M. Fields




MarchSpells for Going Forth by Day - V. G. CampenGoing Home - Martin WestlakeSanctuary - Chris CornettoSiberia in Four Dimensions - Esem Junior




AprilThe Big S - David HammondThe Otherside of Memory - Kelly SandovalA Universe All to Himself - Ryan PriestAutumn's Come Undone - Sharmon GazawayA Compilation of Accounts Concerning the Distal Brook Flood - Thomas Ha




MayVertical Flight - Laura DuerrThe Song of the Moohee - Emmett SwanLeiprenese 101 - Jason A. BartlesThe Nocturnals I - Mariah Montoya




JuneThe Secret Keeper - Pauline YatesSatyajit Ray's Beard or the Lack Thereof - Abhijato SensarmaThe Stranding - Maud WoolfThe Nocturnals II - Mariah Montoya




JulySingot - E. C. FullerSouls Like Sea Glass - Josie SmithFree Hugs - Jennifer ShelbyThe Art of Unpicking Stitches - Jennifer HudakThe Nocturnals III - Mariah Montoya




AugustA Wizard Comes to Shorehaven - L. J. WetherbyThe Waves In Which We Drown - Rubella DithersRapunzel Dreams of Elephants - Rachel Delaney CraftThe Nocturnals IV - Mariah Montoya




SeptemberTumbler - B. Morris AllenTill All the Hundred Summers Pass - J. A. LeggA Seedling in the Dark - Eleanor R. WoodThe Nocturnals V - Mariah Montoya




OctoberEnnui Tea - Ivy GrimesThe Tick of the Clock - J. C. PillardGenesis - Lisa ShortTell the Crows I'm Home - Laurel BeckleyThe Azurian Shield - Karl El-Koura




NovemberTreedom - A. J. CunderRight Behind You - Matthew GomezThe Unlucky Few Who Must Not Cast - J. Tynan BurkeThe Great Contradiction - Jordan Chase-Young




DecemberOrla, Always - Thomas HaDry Season - Caite SajwajStand or Fall - David WhitmarshGatekeepers - Douglas DiCiccoTides - Ailsa Bristow