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Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
A Witch’s Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools - Hannah Hulbert
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Only a knowledgeable guide can be trusted to discern between the fungi that bring life and the ones that bring death. Only a witch can concoct the rem...
Pre-Triage - Joe Prosit
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Looking forward to the day when your car does the driving for you? Sounds great, until the day your car decides to kill you. Hang on tight, and hope y...
Regret's Relief - Travis Wade Beaty
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A young spell writer journeys to a mysterious cave in the hopes he can make peace with his past. Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis o...
Figlia della Neve - Jonathan Louis Duckworth
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Cold Lady fills men's desires but melts away in the night, until one day a young men thinks to ask what it is that she needs. Narrated by the aut...
Donald Q. Haute, Gentleman Inquisitator, and the Peril of the Pythogator - David A. Hewitt
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A mysterious creature, “unknown to regular science”, has been spotted prowling the Florida Everglades. When Porthos the dog goes missing, the intr...
Seven Scraps Unwritten - L. Chan
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Eulalia, magic is powered by conviction - and delusion - and governed by the ten Chairs. But there's a mystery behind that power - and the tenth ch...
Clod-Shodden - J.J. Drew
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A young basil plant in a desperate situation solicits a passing penguin for help and agrees to a steep price... perhaps too steep. Narrated by host M...
Revitalized - Jason P. Burnham
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In one future, Big Brother has diversified his hobbies. Now included: clean water policing. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in Metaphorosis ...
Sonata III: Canta - L. Chan
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Son and Shailani having recorded a mysterious piece of Sound magic, find themselves in the House of Deathsinger, facing Sona's father and the certain ...
The Draining - Matt Hornsby
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the season of the Wetness, a crew of men sets out to hunt serpents on a shifting ocean. But they must not stay out too long - for as the Wetnes...
The Wicked Stepmother - Rhema Sayers
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Snow White has always been portrayed as such a sweet young woman. She even charms the birds and the mice. What if she were a typical teenager? How wou...
The Eighth Fathom - Chris Panatier
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The octopuses of The Tellers' den believe the words of The Seven Fathoms will guide them back to their home planet. The Cephlists's den says the Fatho...
Sonata II: Shailani - L. Chan
28 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
WIth novel but illicit Music in hand, Sona heads to the border of the Six Named land, country of his mother, and the composer of the heretical Music, ...
Grow, Divide, Sacrifice, Thrive - Jo Miles
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Always an outsider in their privileged family, Chris learns an heirloom sourdough starter may be partly to blame, but not in the ways they expected. N...
Heart of Stone - Chris Cornetto
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A thousand years have passed. The wars have ended, the world has changed, and a little golem wakes - salvaged by the flesh-things he was crafted to de...
Pyrrha - Antony Paschos
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pyrrha can summon fire at her fingertips with just a thought. When leaders of the Resistance learn of her gift, they hope it will make a difference in...
Sonata I: Sona - L. Chan
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a land where music is both a weapon and a source of power, Sona sets out on a journey to deliver a dangerous secret. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. ...
Bedwyr by the Sea - C.B. Blakey
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
By the cold ocean, an old man builds a sandcastle, over and over and over, dreaming of Avalon. Until a little girl comes to interfere with his design....
Choice - Tomas Marcantonio
17 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Detectives Sora and Gyuri track down subjects with peculiar pasts, but one of these people leads them to a truth neither detective expected. Narrated ...
Magical Whistleblower Tells All - Michael Sherrin
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wizard Thaddeus Seams believes the mundane world is ready for magic, but not everyone in the conjuring community agrees. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. ...
Kozuna, the Ogre's Child - Felicity Drake
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hitomi and Prof. Ueda are just field-recording folk tales. So why is Tatsuya so sensitive about his grandmother's old stories? Narrated by host Matt G...
Notes from the Laocoön Program - Phoenix Alexander
27 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hux is a proud man. So even though his psychometric profile is 'slightly erratic', he knows he's the right astronaut for this mission. Just maybe not ...
The Dybbuk - Lewis Gershom
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Louis never knew his grandfather. So why did the old man leave him an old journal. And in Yiddish, which Louis doesn't read. And why has he come back ...
What Lies in Light - Laura Duerr
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
StellBio sent the forensic team out to find why it can't exploit wormhole access to a distant, habitable planet. And what happened to the last team, w...
The Martian in the Greenhouse - Geoffrey W. Cole
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Honoré paid to have herself frozen to avoid a global pandemic. But she awakens cold and alone and ... on Mars? Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Publish...
The Lonely King - Gunnar De Winter
29 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The old king's realm is sand and dust. And so is he. But when humans come back to what they think is a deserted city, they find the ancient monarch mo...
Fur and Feathers - Jess Koch
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
People don't die anymore, mostly. Now, they change instead - but not everyone is sure it's for the better. Narrated by host Matt Gomez. Published in...
A Time for Understanding - Lisa Fox
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cody's an old dog, and tired. He doesn't run the way he did when Allison's father was alive. They're both grown up now, but Allison's still willing to...
Via Dolorosa - Christine Lucas
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The house is full of ghosts. While Maro takes care of her dying father, ghosts swirl around her her grandmother with her knitting, her mother with her...
Rooks on Sundays - Jack Neel Waddell
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Every Sunday, elderly Emma Reilly plays chess with her daughter. But is there more to the relationship than there seems? Narrated by host Matt Gomez. ...
A Bear, or a Spider, or an Elephant - Edward Ashton
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
She's an exopaleontologist, not exoarcheologist. So how did she end up exploring ruins rather than remains? Narrated by the author. Published in Met...
A Layer Thin As Breath - Thea Boodhoo
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
She's an exopaleontologist, not exoarcheologist. So how did she end up exploring ruins rather than remains? Narrated by the author. Published in Met...
Country Whispers - Matthew Amundsen
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"Seeing the bodies of them girls hanging outside the town’s gates made me think coming here was a bad idea, but it was too late to go back now." And...
Unmasked - Tomas Marcantonio
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The train comes in, the masks stare out. No one knows what they want or what they're looking at. Until, one day, the train stops, and the doors open. ...
The Memory Dresser - Nicholas M. Stillman
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Memories are visible, and need dressing, to display the best and hide the shameful. Mina's grandmother, a memory dresser in the poorest part of town, ...
In the Beating of a Wing - David Cleden
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Chester has stopped talking to his mother; it's just one of his experiments. But now he's spending time with those strange white moths the TV goes on ...
One for the Wounded - Phoenix Alexander
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
An old lover taught Scarmiglione the secret to staying young. The cost - to himself and to others - is high, perhaps too high.. Narrated by host Mich...
Somewhere to be Going - Katrina Smith
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A young boy is building his own spaceship in the garage. Just for fun. Or is it? Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 03 May 2019. ...
The Noise Inside - Vaya Pseftaki
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sheyen's not developing the magic the rest of his family has. Plus, there's this strange Noise. Every time it comes, his hair grows. And then thing st...
Absurd of a Feather - Amman Sabet
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Terry's started growing feathers on his chest. But what will the cute new neighbour girl think? Narrated by host Michael Ward. Published in Metaphor...
Pleasing the Giants - Carolyn Lenz
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mysterious giants float down the river every day, watching. What is it they want? Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 01 March 2019...
The Soul Farmer's Daughters - Kyle Kirrin
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The soul farmer's daughter has always wanted to see how souls are farmed. It's not quite what she imagined. Narrated by host Michael Ward. Publishe...
Two Villains, a Notebook, and a Lump of Coal - Helen French
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If even the College of Magicians don't believe you have magic, you may have to show them. Narrated by host Michael Ward. Published in Metaphorosis o...
Five Star Review - Alyssa N. Vaughn
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A sale on time machines. That can't be right. Can it? Narrated by host Michael Ward. Published in Metaphorosis on 11 January 2019. Find the origin...
The Book of Regrets - M.J. Gardner
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A mysterious book changes Adam's life. But does he want it to? Narrated by the author. Published in Metaphorosis on 04 January 2019. Find the ori...