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.

Concerned by the changing social climate in Gimul, Ryoma resolves to reinvigorate the city and take out whoever is orchestrating the city's decline. With the help of reinforcements (courtesy of the duke) Ryoma uses his connection with the city's residents to his full advantage, concocting revolutionary policies and businesses to clean up the streets of Gimul! Meanwhile, the nine gods call Ryoma to explain a key piece of information about slime magic... The slime-ridden slice of life contin...

Book three of The Defiance SeriesLuna is headed for trouble. She knows exactly what the men who run motorcycle clubs are capable of-the ruthless violence, the grabs for power, the brutal treatment of women. The one bright spot in her dark world is being held against his will by a rival gang after sacrificing himself for the sake of the club-without saying goodbye first. She needs to bring Bishop home to Defiance, both for the good of the MC and for herself.Keller's...

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.

In 2,700 words and eight illustrations, an ordinary chicken finds himself in an awkward situation and needs to get away—fast. He soon discovers he is inventive, smart, and sneaky enough to become a temporary zombie (and a stylish one), a magician of dazzling feathers, and a half-mastermind hero.Suitable for all readers who wonder how far nonsense can go while enjoying a ridiculous series of events.

For a long time, I had thought that I was the only real person in the world, that everyone was fake, the purpose being that some being high up wanted to test me to see how I would react under certain conditions. I had never experienced any extreme event in my life. A person named Angela White came to visit and told me I had been right all along. It had been an experiment. This story tells about this life-changing event.

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?