Stories that were the Best of the 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. “Heard” — Elise Forier Edie “The Sea Bank of Svalbard South” — Octavia Cade…

https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/editorial/stories-that/2025/stories-that-were-the-best-of-the-best/

Stories that were the Best of the Their Year

Every year, we chose about 25% of the stories we published as the Best of Metaphorosis. These were the stories that made the cut each year. Most years are available as print or e-book anthologies as well. Best of 2016 “The Demon in the Page” — Joshua Phillip Johnson “Heard” — Elise Forier Edie “

https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/editorial/stories-that/2025/stories-that-were-the-best-of-the-their-year/

Stories that are by Meta4osis authors

We published a few authors four times or more, and called that the elite Meta4osis club. Here are stories by authors we liked so much we published them over and over. Evan Marcroft “The Little G-d of Łódź” — Evan Marcroft “The Color of My Home is Red Like an Apple” — Evan Marcroft “Devilish Calliope and the Ungrooviest Apocalypse…

https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/editorial/stories-that/2025/stories-that-are-by-meta4osis-authors/

Stories that were Award Finalists

We didn't win any awards, but we had several stories that were finalists for awards. Here they are. Nebula Award “Tower of Mud and Straw I: The Duchy” — Yaroslav Barsukov “Tower of Mud and Straw II: The Adversary” — Yaroslav Barsukov “Tower of Mud and Straw III: The Tulips” — Yaroslav Barsukov “

https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/editorial/stories-that/2025/stories-that-were-award-finalists/

Stories that are Serials

When I was young, I loved reading serialized books in SFF magazines. That's how I found Roger Zelazny, George R.R. Martin, Robert Lynn Asprin, and Charles Harness, among others. So I decided to bring serials back in Metaphorosis. Here are stories that were serialized. Novellas Sonata — L. Chan “Sonata I: Sona” — L. Chan “Sonata II: Shailani…

https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/editorial/stories-that/2025/stories-that-are-serials/

Stories that are Novelettes

While we only published a few flash stories, we published a lot that qualified as novelettes - 7,500-17,500 words. Here are stories for when you have time to relax with a longer read. “The World's Secret Heartbeat” — Aatif Rashid “Halfsies” — Eric Del Carlo “The Early History of the Moon” — Karolina Fedyk…

https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/editorial/stories-that/2025/stories-that-are-novelettes/

Stories that are Flash Length

We mostly published short stories, but we did occasionally publish flash length pieces. Here are stories of 1,000 words or less. “Just Five Minutes” — George Allen Miller “Ways to Face the Firing Squad” — Anna Zumbro “One Divided by Eternity” — Filip Wiltgren “The Cure for Cancer” — Ryan Fitzpatrick “

https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/editorial/stories-that/2025/stories-that-are-flash/

Stories that are Author Narrated

We had terrific podcast hosts and editors, but in many cases authors chose to narrate their own stories. Here are stories read by the authors themselves. “The Book of Regrets” — M.J. Gardner “Mean Streak” — L'Erin Ogle “Absurd of a Feather” — Amman Sabet “Somewhere to be Going” — Katrina Smith…

https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/editorial/stories-that/2025/stories-that-are-author-narrated/