Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. Fifty-two great science fiction and fantasy stories. All the stories we published in 2020. Contents From the Editor January Kozuna, the Ogre's Child - Felicity Drake Magical Whistleblower Tells All - Michael Sherrin Choice - Tomas Marcantonio Bedwyr by the Sea - C.B. Blakey Sonata I: Sona - L. Chan February Pyrrha - Antony Paschos Heart of Stone - Chris Cornetto Grow, Divide, Sacrifice, Thrive - Jo Miles Sonata II: Shailani - L. Chan March The Eighth Fathom - Chris Panatier The Wicked Stepmother - Rhema Sayers The Draining - Matt Hornsby Sonata III: Canta - L. Chan April Revitalized - Jason P. Burnham Clod-Shodden - J.J. Drew Seven Scraps Unwritten - L. Chan Donald Q. Haute, Gentleman Inquisitator, and the Peril of the Pythogator - David A. Hewitt May Figlia della Neve - Jonathan Louis Duckworth Regret's Relief - Travis Wade Beaty Pre-Triage - Joe Prosit A Witch's Guide to Mushrooms and Toadstools - Hannah Hulbert Exhibit 57-B from the Trial of Alonzo Montalvo v. MoodFoods Incorporated - Douglas DiCicco June The Record Collector - Nathaniel Williams Zsezzyn, Who Is Not a God - Jennifer Shelby The Woman Who Brought Love to Death - Kathryn Yelinek Time and Grace - Joseph Halden July The Friendly Ghost - Ashley R. Carlson They Build 'Em Tough on Magna Mater - R.W.W. Greene Shards - Jordan Chase-Young A Picture of Home, in Silence - Alexandra Seidel The Chorley - Rachel Ayers August Calling Me Home - Spencer Nitkey Devilish Calliope and the Ungrooviest Apocalypse - Evan Marcroft All That Remains - Michael Gardner Joy (Unplugged) - B.C. van Tol September Fetch - B. Morris Allen Where the Old Neighbors Go - Thomas Ha Pages Missing From the Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esq. - David Berger Tower of Mud and Straw I: The Duchy - Yaroslav Barsukov October Good Boy - M. Douglas White Cactus and Lizard - Hannah Costelle Lingua Franca - Amelia Fisher Holding - John Adams Tower of Mud and Straw II: The Adversary - Yaroslav Barsukov November Madam Savva's Magical Emporium - James Rumpel The Preserved City - Charles Schoenfeld A Death in New York - Allison Brice Tower of Mud and Straw III: The Tulips - Yaroslav Barsukov December The Skin of Aquila Cadens - Chris Panatier The Three Thousand - Elise Kim Heritage - Andrei Pechalin Tower of Mud and Straw IV: The Tower - Yaroslav Barsukov