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Imprints

Metaphorosis Books operates a number of imprints. These include:

Verdage – science fiction and fantasy anthologies, often with an innovative approach to the creative process.
Metaphorosis Magazine – monthly issues of the magazine, along with annual Best of and Complete compilations.
plant based press – vegan-friendly science fiction and fantasy, including annual Best of Vegan SFF anthologies.
Driftwyrd – self-published books by authors who have appeared in Metaphorosis Magazine.
Vestige – science fiction and fantasy from authors previously published in Metaphorosis Magazine

March 2023

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.

All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.

Table of Contents

All the Daughters Sing — Jan Priddy
My Little Sister Brigid — Harold R. Thompson
River’s Song — Michael Barron
Pain Eater — Danny Menter
The Zoo Diaries III — Frances Pauli

Cover art by Carol Wellart.

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Available as a pocket-sized (4″x6″) paperback and an e-book.

February 2023

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.

All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.

Table of Contents

The Excursionist of JCPenney — Chris Panatier
The Frozen Generation — Jacob Coffin
The Numismatist — Cecelia Isaac
The Zoo Diaries II — Frances Pauli

Cover art by Kirsty Greenwood.

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Available as a pocket-sized (4″x6″) paperback and an e-book.

Metaphorosis: Best of 2022

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.

Beginnings, endings, and transformations. Quirky alien visitors, hand-knit wormholes, sandcastles with attitude – the best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine’s seventh year.

Contents

Hope on the Vine — R.E. Dukalsky
Indicative of Future Results — C.H. Rosenberg
The Girl Who Drew the World — L.D. Oxford
Holding On — Justen Russell
In the House of Geometers — David Cleden
Through the Middle — J.B. Kish
Portals and Other Lost Things — Elizabeth Rankin
A Lie in the Sand — Devin Miller
Since We Don’t Have Wings — Gwen Whiting
A Xenothanatologist’s Guidebook to Death Practices Among the Sapient Species of the Outer Perseus Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy — P.G. Streeter
Snowman — Han Whiteoak
Her Last Will — Karl El-Koura
For the Love of Wild Things — Mande Matthews

Cover art by Carol Wellart.

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January 2023

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.

All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.

Table of Contents

Packing List for Oblivion — Cameron Bertron
The Knight Who Carried a Sword in His Heart — Joshua Hagy
We, You, and the Gallery — Alex Penland
The Zoo Diaries I — Frances Pauli

Cover art by Carol Wellart.

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Available as a pocket-sized (4″x6″) paperback and an e-book.

December 2022

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.

All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.

Table of Contents

The Dragon’s Due — Christopher Warden
Through the Middle — J.B. Kish
Love, Death, and the Electric Soul — Alexandra Peel
Snowman — Han Whiteoak
Infinite Possibilities IV — Michael Gardner

Cover art by Carol Wellart.

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Available as a pocket-sized (4″x6″) paperback and an e-book.

November 2022

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.

All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.

Table of Contents

If Gold Runs Red — Gordon Grice
Bas Relief — Joshua Grasso
An Hour in the City of Lightning — A.D. Guzman
Infinite Possibilities III — Michael Gardner

Cover art by Carol Wellart.

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Available as a pocket-sized (4″x6″) paperback and an e-book.

October 2022

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Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins. Table of Contents Problems of the Flesh — Hamilton Perez A Xenothanatologist’s Guidebook to Death Practices Among the Sapient Species of the Outer Perseus Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy …

September 2022

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.

All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.

Table of Contents

- To the Wild Sea — B. Morris Allen
- For the Love of Wild Things — Mande Matthews
- Her Last Will — Karl El-Koura
- Portals and Other Lost Things — Elizabeth Rankin
- Infinite Possibilities — Michael Gardner

Cover art by Carol Wellart.

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Available as a pocket-sized (4″x6″) paperback and an e-book.

August 2022

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.

All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.

Table of Contents

Queen of Crows — Rachel Ayers
The Hissing Trees — Ian Donnell Arbuckle
The Crystal Pyramid — Mia Ram
Frozen in Glass — Hope Davies

Cover art by Carol Wellart.

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Available as a pocket-sized (4″x6″) paperback and an e-book.

Reading 5X5 x3: Changes

How do SFF stories move from ‘maybe’ to published?

What’s needed to take a story from interesting to publishable? What changes during the editorial process?

Reading 5X5 x3 presents 15 case studies of stories published in Metaphorosis magazine. For each story, the anthology includes:

Final version – the published version of the story
Revision notes – the editor’s initial feedback on the submitted version; the author’s intent for the piece; and notes from both author and editor about the editorial process: what surprised, pleased, or disappointed them about the process and the result.
Original version – the version of the story originally submitted.

There’s also an extensive list of common writing flaws, suggestions on how to address them, and examples of stories from the anthology that faced those issues.

Reading 5X5 x3 offers not only a selection of great science fiction and fantasy stories, but a terrific learning tool for writers.

If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to get a story published, here’s the answer for 15 stories from Metaphorosis.

Available as an e-book, paperback, and hardcover.