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Publisher of speculative fiction anthologies, Metaphorisis magazine, etc. run by
@BMorrisAllen.com
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HOPE is now available! Pick it up now!
books.metaphorosis.com/anthology/20...
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Vanessa Fogg
4 days ago
Eeee, itās Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! šš°
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Feersum Endjinn - Iain M. Banks, 4 stars, I recommend it to Banks fans and to patient readers.
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Feersum Endjinn ā Iain M.Ā Banks
I recommend it to Banks fans and to patient readers.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/feersum-endjinn-iain-m-banks/
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Just a reminder to those who publish
#ebooks
only on Amazon that you're cutting off a substantial audience, now that it's impossible (I think) to get Amazon ebooks onto non-Kindle e-readers. I've been frustrated that several books I'd like to buy are only on Amazon and not available in libraries.
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Vanessa Fogg
24 days ago
Got back from a West Coast trip to see family and found this waiting for me. My contributor copies of this very cool space horror anthology!
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Stelliform Press
24 days ago
Le Guin Prize winner Rebecca Campbell's debut collection is out this week! Three-time World Fantasy Award Winner Andy Duncan says THE OTHER SHORE is āA landmark first collection from an extraordinary writer. Like an autoharpist from the hills, Campbell makes a high lonesome sound all her own.ā
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Corey Farrenkopf
24 days ago
Want to check out my Weird/dark eco-fantasy/horror novelette, the Final Sight? Itās kind of like Princess Mononoke meets True Grit in a desert post apocalyptic landscape. Fun stuff :)
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Gareth L. Powell
24 days ago
Word of mouth is important to a book's success. So, if you'd like to see the authors who wrote your favourite stories commissioned to write more, please keep talking about all the
#books
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Myna Chang
28 days ago
Check it out at Interstellar Flight Press & while you're there you can sign up for the online launch on November 3!
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The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg
A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia, a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and de...
https://www.interstellarflightpress.com/houseofillusionists.html
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Galen Strickland
about 1 month ago
Vanessa Fogg's first story collection comes out next month. It is excellent. Highly recommended.
templetongate.net/house-of-ill...
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Templeton Gate 3.0 - Literature - The House of Illusionists, and Other Stories by Vanessa Fogg
Reviews of science fiction, fantasy and horror books, films, comics and television shows
http://templetongate.net/house-of-illusionists.htm
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Alex Singer, Arbiter of Turkey (bird not country)
30 days ago
PSA to those who live in the US, no matter how disillusioned you may be, vote in local elections and encourage your friends and family to do so. One of the big problems for liberals is low turnout for lower level elections, which puts in people who approve of gerrymandering tactics for the big ones.
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Kaleidotrope
about 1 month ago
There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.
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When Mothers Dream ā BrendaĀ Cooper A moving and beautiful collection.
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When Mothers Dream ā BrendaĀ Cooper
A moving and beautiful collection.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/when-mothers-dream-brenda-cooper/
about 1 month ago
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The Face in the Abyss - A. Merritt, 3.5 stars, An effective escapist adventure.
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The Face in the Abyss ā A.Ā Merritt
An effective escapist adventure.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/the-face-in-the-abyss-a-merritt/
about 1 month ago
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Jason Sanford
about 1 month ago
The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results
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Beth Goder
about 1 month ago
"Mycelium" is out at Podcastle. The narration is wonderful and gives such a voice to the story. I'm so grateful to narrator Tatiana Grey and the whole
@podcastle.org
team for the amazing work they did on this story.
podcastle.org/2025/09/30/p...
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PodCastle 911: Mycelium - PodCastle
Mycelium by Beth Goder Ā I only travel to the golden head when the dragonflies are in season. Itās Piack and me this year, rafting up the river past the lilies and arched trees. While I steer us throu...
https://podcastle.org/2025/09/30/podcastle-911-mycelium/
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This Inevitable Ruin - Matt Dinniman, 4 stars, I'm still on board for more.
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This Inevitable Ruin ā MattĀ Dinniman
I'm still on board for more.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/this-inevitable-ruin-matt-dinniman/
about 1 month ago
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Wakers - Orson Scott Card, 3 stars, Okay for YA readers.
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Wakers ā Orson ScottĀ Card
Okay for YA readers.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/wakers-orson-scott-card/
about 1 month ago
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Just about one week left to submit to TRUNK. PS It's not a big deal, but to those of you who provide the info we ask for and format your titles the way we like, I see you and thank you for saving me time and trouble.
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B. Morris Allen
about 1 month ago
An exciting summation of upcoming Democratic powers or a depressing list of broken laws and norms? You decide!
www.axios.com/2025/09/23/t...
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Behind the Curtain: Trump and the most unprecedented presidency in 250 years
Trump has veered, often suddenly, proudly and loudly, into unprecedented territory in at least 15 different areas.
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/23/trump-unprecedented-presidency-behind-the-curtain
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B. Morris Allen
about 2 months ago
A Bird Afraid of Feathers - Plant Based Press
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A Bird Afraid of Feathers ā Plant BasedĀ Press
Years ago, I ran across a fractal image that looked just like feathers. I loved it immediately, and resolved to use it as a book cover (with appropriate licensing and attribution, of course). That eventually resulted in the anthology HOPE: The Thing With Feathers, published on 2 Aug 2025. It's an anthology of hopeful, feather-related SFF stories. I wrote my own contribution early on - "A Bird Afraid of Feathers" - and included it as the last story in the book.
https://www.bmorrisallen.com/2025/08/02/a-bird-afraid-of-feathers-plant-based-press/
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B. Morris Allen
about 2 months ago
My latest story (a novelette) is out from Farthest Star Publishing. Check out "The Coping Saw" here!
www.amazon.com/Coping-Saw-B...
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The Coping Saw
The Coping Saw - Kindle edition by Allen, B. Morris, Publishing, Farthest Star. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Coping Saw.
https://www.amazon.com/Coping-Saw-B-Morris-Allen-ebook/dp/B0FRPD2T8B
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Jennifer Hudak
about 2 months ago
My story āA Fallen Angel Rings the Doorbellā is out today in The Sunday Morning Transport. Itās about letting yourself be messy, and letting yourself be loved. Hereās a free 60-day subscription if you need it:
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024
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Subscribe to The Sunday Morning Transport
An amazing science fiction/fantasy short story each week. Click to read The Sunday Morning Transport, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
https://www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024
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Lara San MamƩs
about 2 months ago
"It was just after seven-thirty in the morning. He wouldnāt be allowed to grieve his wife, however. Instead, heād have to deal with what he knew would be a bureaucratic nightmare." āš» Karl El-Koura
@metaphorosis.com
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Her Last Will ā Karl El-Koura
In the night, the silent robots took away his wife and left a note in her place.
https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2022/Her-Last-Will-Karl-El-Koura/
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Kaleidotrope
about 2 months ago
Boycotting Disney? Good on ya! Need something else to keep you entertained? Might I make one small suggestion?
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R.W.W. Greene (He/him)
about 2 months ago
A nice little review for a story published in
@metaphorosis.com
a few years back. šŖš
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Mike Fragassi
about 2 months ago
The Internet Archive has archived this report. Let's "Streisand Effect" this finding
web.archive.org/web/20250911...
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The House Without Windows - Barbara Newhall Follett, 3.5 stars, The writing is excellent and evocative.
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The House Without Windows ā Barbara NewhallĀ Follett
The writing is excellent and evocative.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/the-house-without-windows-barbara-newhall-follett/
about 2 months ago
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Vanessa Fogg
about 2 months ago
I am reading through this book of short stories right now, revisiting old favorites and encountering new ones. Thomas is one of the brightest lights of short fiction today. What he does with weird horrorāmixing and blending in sci-fi, fantasy, the literaryāis a marvel
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Trollbreath Magazine
about 2 months ago
Itās Free Fiction Friday!! Today, join a farm girl as she gets a little help from unlikely friends
@bmorrisallen.com
magazine.trollbreath.com/the-water-dr...
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Corey Farrenkopf
about 2 months ago
Hey! Look who showed up!
@thomasha.bsky.social
ās debut collection is so insanely good. If you love dark weird heartfelt speculative fiction, donāt miss Uncertain Sons!!!
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Chris Panatier
about 2 months ago
Wow this review from Macabre Daily! āA work of fiction weāre confident will find its place amongst the best cult horror novels of all time. A slice of Texas mayhem that would make the Coen Brothers smile, Sam Raimi cackle, and Ray Bradbury beam with pride.ā
www.macabredaily.com/articles/pap...
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PAPER CUTS: Chris Panatier's "SHITSHOW" Is Portal Potty Perfection! (REVIEW) ā Macabre Daily
Author Chris Panatier delivers one of the best novels of the year with "Shitshow." Simply put, it's a Latrine Technician vs. the Darkest Carnival this side of Bradbury. Along the way, you'll meet some...
https://www.macabredaily.com/articles/paper-cuts-chris-panatiers-shitshow-is-portal-potty-perfection-review
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Jason Sanford
2 months ago
My Genre Grapevine analysis of the Anthropic AI settlement with authors. Overall, most authors got screwed with the settlement payments barely covering 7% of the books Anthropic pirated to train their generative AI system. 1/
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Genre Grapevine on the Anthropic AI Settlement | Jason Sanford
Get more from Jason Sanford on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/posts/138349333
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Keith Taylor
2 months ago
Can't help but wonder how US authors would feel if a French AI company stole their novels, and a French court told them they couldn't be made whole because they'd foolishly neglected to register their copyright in a government office in Paris. Copyright is copyright.
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My small, rural branch library was able to get me the proceedings of an obscure, 19th century British philology group. Turned up in a couple of weeks and didn't cost me a dime. That's libraries for you.
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T. K. Rex
2 months ago
I had the honor of guest editing the upcoming Solarpunk issue of Roses & Wildflowers, give them a follow!
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Thomas Ha
2 months ago
the book is an Editors' pick for Best SFF in September w/ about a dozen books over at the big river commerce site. don't know how that gets decided or if it's significant. Scalzi, Kuang, lots of novels in group. might be the lone short story collection nestled in, don't know. go short fic go.
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Jason A. Bartles
2 months ago
Now that's a cool story.
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Christopher Blake
2 months ago
This is a really special story and I'm glad that many more people will have a chance to read it!
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Ladz @ Toxic Lesbian Vampires (pervert edition)
2 months ago
Highly highly recommend this slice of absurdity, especially if you need something to knock yourself out an impending crash HAPPY BOOK DAY !!!
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B. Morris Allen
2 months ago
My latest story is out in the latest
@trollbreathmag.bsky.social
today! "The Water Dragons of Harney County" is about magic (and irrigation) on an Oregon farm.
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The Shadow Roads ā SeanĀ Russell I highly recommend it.
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The Shadow Roads ā SeanĀ Russell
I highly recommend it.
https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/the-shadow-roads-sean-russell/
2 months ago
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Chloe Smith
2 months ago
New story day!!!
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Lara San MamƩs
2 months ago
"When a pilot did not come back, that destination was marked in the database as a āNo-Goā. There were no rescue missions. The only thing worse than losing an astronaut to space was losing a second astronaut sent to find out what happened to the first one." āš» Ryan Priest
@metaphorosis.com
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A Universe All to Himself ā Ryan Priest
Except death, this was the worst-case scenario.
https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2021/A-Universe-All-to-Himself-Ryan-Priest/
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Michael M. Jones
2 months ago
Good morning! Just a reminder that I have a new story out!
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Stories that were the Best of theĀ Best It was hard enough each year choosing the best stories from that year. It was much harder narrowing the field to the very best of the best of Metaphorosis. Here are the 20 stories I felt most closely matched my initial ideal for the magazine. āHeardā ā Eliseā¦
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Stories that were the Best of theĀ Best
It was hard enough each year choosing the best stories from that year. It was much harder narrowing the field to the very best of the best of Metaphorosis. Here are the 20 stories I felt most closely matched my initial ideal for the magazine. āHeardā ā Elise Forier Edie āThe Sea Bank of Svalbard Southā ā Octavia Cade…
https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/editorial/stories-that/2025/stories-that-were-the-best-of-the-best/
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Pro tip: Make sure your e-mail address is set up properly to show your name or pen-name. I get a lot of e-mails that are, e.g., from 'fred' at
[email protected]
, with no signature. It's not a big problem, but doesn't make you look organized, and doesn't give much clue how to address you.
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Anna Orridge
2 months ago
Right, about to head back to the campsite and so lose my connection again. So would like to boost this anthology, which I was on the TOC for. My story, Layby-rinth, kept reaching the final stages of consideration but never quite got pubbed. So glad it found this warm, feathery home. ā¤ļø
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Note that the page has been updated with the new date, but cached pages with the old date may not correct for a little while.
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1/2 I've now read through the first few hundred
#TRUNK
submissions, and am caught up. Faster responses from now on. Some observations: 1. I've held about 10% for further consideration. That means considerable culling later. 2. Being held doesn't correlate with original or reprint status.
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Calls
Open/Upcoming TRUNK: stories that took the long way Ā Concept: SFF Stories that met with many rejections before being published. This can include both reprint or original stories. In either caā¦
https://books.metaphorosis.com/calls/
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