Metaphorosis magazine - beautifully written science fiction and fantasy

There is a mythic city deep in the desert that vanishes into a mirage every time explorers get too close. Over the years, the shining utopia has passed into legend, and all have given up hope of finding its golden gates. All, that is, except an old woman and her eager assistant, who are crossing the desert in their beat-up convertible, hell-bent on chasing down the city of dreams.

Narrated by the author.

After the world around him is irreparably altered, a curious canine journeys to the far reaches of the universe to care for his human companions.

Narrated by the author.

Part 1. As dogs take over the crippled capital city, Minister Shea Ashcroft attends a play where the main character, unexpectedly, is he himself.

Narrated by Miltos Yerolemou.

This tale asks two questions: What would have happened if an alien arrived in England, long ago. And how would the great diarist, Samuel Pepys, would have deal with this?

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.

Mary Walker is the type of neighbor many of us have, but so few of us want: nosy, confrontational, and a self-appointed deputy of her neighborhood’s affairs. But when an otherworldly visitor moves in across the street, Mary, as unpleasant as she may be, becomes her community’s only line of defense against an insidious, impending threat.

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.

On a long journey to the edges of the solar system to promote the United League and distract from its brutality, a man's only companion is a simulation of Laika, the Soviet space dog.

Narrated by the author.

Everyone lives a virtual life except for Joy. That is, until August stumbles onto her doorstep, struggling to return to reality.

Narrated by the author.

Progeny lives in darkness, in the tunnels, hidden from the infection that plagues the surface. Or so Father says.

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.

In the eternal struggle between good and evil, there are endless adventures and infinite victories. But when no triumph lasts forever, how does one find the strength to go on?

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.

I clock out for my hour off, and already the entanglement circuit is spinning. I try to swallow the spreading pain and imagine the trillion spinning photon-like particles that make up my mind in the circuit that are moving a trillion other, entangled particles in my brain back home, lying in bed. The sun blooms inside me, and the inside of the transport ship vanishes. I wake up to the sun setting through the open window.

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.