Metaphorosis Publishing
@metaphorosis.com
Publisher of speculative fiction anthologies, Metaphorisis magazine, etc. run by @BMorrisAllen.com
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Eeee, it’s Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! 📖🍰
It’s official! I have a short story collection coming out Nov 3! Pre-orders open now! And look at the gorgeous cover designed in-house by @hollylynwalrath.bsky.social
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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...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Eeee, it’s Nov 3! Happy book birthday to me! 📖🍰
Feersum Endjinn - Iain M. Banks,
4 stars,
I recommend it to Banks fans and to patient readers.
4 stars,
I recommend it to Banks fans and to patient readers.
Feersum Endjinn – Iain M. Banks
I recommend it to Banks fans and to patient readers.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Feersum Endjinn - Iain M. Banks,
4 stars,
I recommend it to Banks fans and to patient readers.
4 stars,
I recommend it to Banks fans and to patient readers.
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.
I've been frustrated that several books I'd like to buy are only on Amazon and not available in libraries.
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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.
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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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!
October 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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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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 “A landmark first collection from an extraordinary writer. Like an autoharpist from the hills, Campbell makes a high lonesome sound all her own.”
Three-time World Fantasy Award Winner Andy Duncan says THE OTHER SHORE is “A landmark first collection from an extraordinary writer. Like an autoharpist from the hills, Campbell makes a high lonesome sound all her own.”
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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 “A landmark first collection from an extraordinary writer. Like an autoharpist from the hills, Campbell makes a high lonesome sound all her own.”
Three-time World Fantasy Award Winner Andy Duncan says THE OTHER SHORE is “A landmark first collection from an extraordinary writer. Like an autoharpist from the hills, Campbell makes a high lonesome sound all her own.”
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Want to check out my Weird/dark eco-fantasy/horror novelette, the Final Sight?
It’s kind of like Princess Mononoke meets True Grit in a desert post apocalyptic landscape.
Fun stuff :)
It’s kind of like Princess Mononoke meets True Grit in a desert post apocalyptic landscape.
Fun stuff :)
Ebook readers: The Writhing, Verdant End is up for preorder and only $3.99 through our store! Support weird ecohorror and an indie press in these weird-ass times. #horrorfiction #weirdfiction #ecohorror
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October 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Want to check out my Weird/dark eco-fantasy/horror novelette, the Final Sight?
It’s kind of like Princess Mononoke meets True Grit in a desert post apocalyptic landscape.
Fun stuff :)
It’s kind of like Princess Mononoke meets True Grit in a desert post apocalyptic landscape.
Fun stuff :)
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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 you love.
October 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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 you love.
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Check it out at Interstellar Flight Press & while you're there you can sign up for the online launch on November 3!
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...
www.interstellarflightpress.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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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Vanessa Fogg's first story collection comes out next month. It is excellent. Highly recommended.
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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
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October 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Vanessa Fogg's first story collection comes out next month. It is excellent. Highly recommended.
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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.
October 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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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There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.
October 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There is, as it happens, a brand new issue of Kaleidotrope.
When Mothers Dream – Brenda Cooper
A moving and beautiful collection.
A moving and beautiful collection.
When Mothers Dream – Brenda Cooper
A moving and beautiful collection.
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October 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
When Mothers Dream – Brenda Cooper
A moving and beautiful collection.
A moving and beautiful collection.
The Face in the Abyss - A. Merritt,
3.5 stars,
An effective escapist adventure.
3.5 stars,
An effective escapist adventure.
The Face in the Abyss – A. Merritt
An effective escapist adventure.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Face in the Abyss - A. Merritt,
3.5 stars,
An effective escapist adventure.
3.5 stars,
An effective escapist adventure.
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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
October 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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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"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.
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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.
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PodCastle 911: Mycelium - PodCastle
Mycelium by Beth Goder I only travel to the golden head when the dragonflies are in season. It’s Piack and me this year, rafting up the river past the lilies and arched trees. While I steer us throu...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"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...
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...
This Inevitable Ruin - Matt Dinniman,
4 stars,
I'm still on board for more.
4 stars,
I'm still on board for more.
This Inevitable Ruin – Matt Dinniman
I'm still on board for more.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This Inevitable Ruin - Matt Dinniman,
4 stars,
I'm still on board for more.
4 stars,
I'm still on board for more.
Wakers - Orson Scott Card,
3 stars,
Okay for YA readers.
3 stars,
Okay for YA readers.
Wakers – Orson Scott Card
Okay for YA readers.
reviews.metaphorosis.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Wakers - Orson Scott Card,
3 stars,
Okay for YA readers.
3 stars,
Okay for YA readers.
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.
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.
Feeling rejected? Send your story to us for TRUNK: stories that took the long way.
This anthology of SFF stories with 20+ rejections (10+ for novelettes) is open for submissions now.
books.metaphorosis.com/calls/
This anthology of SFF stories with 20+ rejections (10+ for novelettes) is open for submissions now.
books.metaphorosis.com/calls/
Calls
Open/Upcoming TRUNK: stories that took the long way Concept: Stories that met with many rejections before being published. This can include both reprint or original stories. In either case, …
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September 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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.
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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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.
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September 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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...
www.axios.com/2025/09/23/t...
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A Bird Afraid of Feathers - Plant Based Press
A Bird Afraid of Feathers – Plant Based 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.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A Bird Afraid of Feathers - Plant Based Press
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My latest story (a novelette) is out from Farthest Star Publishing. Check out "The Coping Saw" here!
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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.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My latest story (a novelette) is out from Farthest Star Publishing. Check out "The Coping Saw" here!
www.amazon.com/Coping-Saw-B...
www.amazon.com/Coping-Saw-B...
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My story “A Fallen Angel Rings the Doorbell” is out today in The Sunday Morning Transport. It’s about letting yourself be messy, and letting yourself be loved. Here’s a free 60-day subscription if you need it: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024
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.
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September 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
My story “A Fallen Angel Rings the Doorbell” is out today in The Sunday Morning Transport. It’s about letting yourself be messy, and letting yourself be loved. Here’s a free 60-day subscription if you need it: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/smt2024
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"It was just after seven-thirty in the morning. He wouldn’t be allowed to grieve his wife, however. Instead, he’d have to deal with what he knew would be a bureaucratic nightmare."
✍🏻 Karl El-Koura
@metaphorosis.com
✍🏻 Karl El-Koura
@metaphorosis.com
Her Last Will – Karl El-Koura
In the night, the silent robots took away his wife and left a note in her place.
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September 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"It was just after seven-thirty in the morning. He wouldn’t be allowed to grieve his wife, however. Instead, he’d have to deal with what he knew would be a bureaucratic nightmare."
✍🏻 Karl El-Koura
@metaphorosis.com
✍🏻 Karl El-Koura
@metaphorosis.com
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Boycotting Disney? Good on ya! Need something else to keep you entertained? Might I make one small suggestion?
Well, I guess better late than never.
September 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Boycotting Disney? Good on ya! Need something else to keep you entertained? Might I make one small suggestion?