Metaphorosis 2023

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.
Forty-five great science fiction and fantasy stories, including a full novella and novelette. All the stories we published in 2023.
Contents
From the Editor
JanuaryPacking 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
FebruaryThe Excursionist of JCPenney - Chris Panatier
The Frozen Generation - Jacob Coffin
The Numismatist - Cecelia Isaac
The Zoo Diaries II - Frances Pauli
MarchAll 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
AprilShortcut to Happily Ever After - Ben Wan
Trapped in Memory - Dan Le Fever
Heart Moon - R. Gatwood
The Zoo Diaries IV - Frances Pauli
MayThe Diamond Noose - Ramez Yoakeim
The Conch Shell - Elizabeth Raphael
Anamnesis - Karl El-Koura
The Zoo Diaries V - Frances Pauli
JuneCatching College - Maggie Slater
Escape to Mall B - Theodore Lowry
Snow Like Pink Pepper - Devan Barlow
Nothing but the Gods On Their Backs - Alex T. Singer
The Zoo Diaries VI - Frances Pauli
JulyWhen The Future Calls - Salena Casha
When the Oracle Speaks - Albert Chu
The Princia Prologos - Aaron Zimmerman
The Antidote for Longing I - Karl Dandenell
AugustA Wielder Does Not Know Regret - Katherine Karch
A Life of Color - N.V. Haskell
The Bookseller of Mars - Gaby Brogan
The Antidote for Longing II - Karl Dandenell
SeptemberThat Lonesome, Restless Feeling - B. Morris Allen
Arborify - Cadence Mandybura
Astrid Underwater - J.J. Eskelin
She Was the Universe - Damian Stockli
The Antidote for Longing III - Karl Dandenell
OctoberAny Day Now - K.E. Redmond
Salaatu - Lisa Short
Hard Sunset - Sam Griffin
Translations for a Dead Sea - Corey Farrenkopf
NovemberThe Fool Who Sings You To Your Grave - Katie Cervenec
It Thaws in Spring - Brittany M. Perkins
Rosalind Dreams of Aersea - Travis Burnham
Saving the Whales - C.J. Erick
DecemberVisions for the Independent City of New York - Cidney Mayes
The Final Face - Norah Lovelock
When Darkness Falls on Edinburgh - C.J. Erick
Useful and Beautiful Things - E. Saxey
The Beast-Consul - E.C. Dorgan