Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins.Table of ContentsSnow Queen – T. R. NorthBusiness as Usual – N. R. LambertBe Prepared to Shoot the Nanny – Rachel KolarThe Snow Queen’s Daughter – Sean R. RobinsonCover art by Ben Bronstein.

A young girl runs to her grandmother in tears after displeasing her teacher. Gran Abigail hugs away the tears and tells her granddaughter that she, too, had sometimes been in trouble at school, one time BIG TROUBLE, after making a hideout with a friend and sneaking away from the playground. While Abigail and her new best friend were hiding out, the entire school thought that they had been kidnapped, leaving everyone in fear.Roxanne and Abigail will have more adventures to share in "...

The May/June 2023 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Aliette de Bodard, Kylie Lee Baker, Lindsey Godfrey Eccles, Fran Wilde, Ewen Ma, Theodora Ward, and K.S. Walker. Reprint fiction by Chimedum Ohaegbu. Essays by Caroline M. Yoachim, LaShawn M. Wanak, Hana Lee, and Sam J. Miller, poetry by Nnadi Samuel, Jennifer Mace, Tehnuka, and Angela Liu, interviews with Kylie Lee Baker and Ewen Ma by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Antonio Caparo, an...

“Including work by literary heavy–hitters... the anthology considers the act and weight of watching and being watched... and in Watchlist, these see–to–know quests range from funny to terrifying.” —Los Angeles MagazineIn Watchlist, some of today’s most prominent and promising fiction writers from around the globe respond to, meditate on, and mine for inspiration the surveillance culture in which we live. With contributions from Etgar Kere...

Although shapeless, perhaps immaterial, destiny is lurking. It's raining. A black Ford runs along a quite desert road, in the middle of Vermont woods. It's running toward something threatening, while the notes of an old piece by The Doors hover in the air.

Welcome. Take a seat. Buckle up, nice and tight. We've got a story to tell. But be warned. I Scream, You Scream! isn't just any tale. This is a Scary Tale, from James Preller.Meet Sam Carver, an ordinary kid with a very special ticket in her pocket. This ticket will send her and her new friend Andy on a most unusual ride—one that will leave them screaming for more.

Tom is late for Christmas, and Annie is having none of it. She has already allocated a suitably dusty spot for him in the dog house. Her father is thinking about boxing his ears, and brother is threatening to leave a dead rat in his new car’s air-conditioning system.Can he turn back the clock and set things right between the two? Sometimes going back in time is the only way forward for true love. Join the couple as they travel off into the unknown to celebrate a white Christmas ......

Learning to get along with a conquering alien species isn’t so hard -- or is it?

My big brother Jake love eggs, climbing trees, and snakes. I hate all three. But when a dangerous snake escapes from the zoo and begins stealing our eggs from the chicken coop, we have to come up with a plan. I sure hope Jake is smart enought to outwit the snake! Says Phil Callaway, "The response to these little books has been amazing! Children are finding they can read a chapters book in one sitting and parents tell me they're grinning the whole time. I think they mean both them and their...

Are you ready to be scared? Then step into the Fright Vault Vol 9, where four tales of horror and suspense await you. From ghosts to murder, revenge to the unknown, these stories will have you shivering in your boots.In Night of Justice a young superhero in training must face his fears and battles against his leader Vengeance. But will justice prevail in the face of true evil?The Invision of Henry Welks takes us on a journey with Henry, a man who finds him...

Rodin has the contract under control, drawing the target in, ready for the removal. Not a simple job, but nothing too complicated.But nothing happens in isolation, and Rodin has no idea how this contract will impact others — or himself.Impact is a series of four connected short stories, set in the dark Dystopian world of Dominions.

From the popular Twitter account @ASmallFiction, "simultaneously succinct and powerful. You'll be thinking about these stories long after you read them." (Matthew Inman,#1 New York Times bestselling author of How To Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You)For fans of the popular Twitter account @ASmallFiction comes a little book with a lot of big stories and images; some funny, some scary, but always thought-provoking! From the humorous to the ble...