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Publisher of speculative fiction anthologies, Metaphorisis magazine, etc. run by @BMorrisAllen.com
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Wondering what to #nominate? 2/4

If you prefer your reading short and flashy, please consider my story "The Only Map is Memory", published just this week in Podcastle.

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PodCastle 919: FLASH FICTION EXTRAVAGANZA: Possibilities - PodCastle
The Only Map is Memory by B. Morris Allen I use my memory for a map. It’s the only map I have, but it’s unreliable in the way all memory is. Objects that I remember as big must have been smaller, loca...
podcastle.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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and the issue 99 COVER ✨

Asterisa, Weaver of Constellations, by Babs Webb
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thanks. We had a lot of fun writing it. Enjoy!
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
All our Verdage books are available in physical form at bookshop.org as well as in ebook form at most retailers.

bookshop.org/lists/verdage
Verdage
Science fiction and fantasy anthologies, often with an innovative approach to the process of writing.
bookshop.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Score: an sff symphony

What if prose were written like music?

Score is an anthology of varied stories arranged to follow an emotional score from the heights of joy to the depths of despair – but always with a little hope shining through.
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Score: an SFF symphony
What if prose were written like music? Score is an anthology of varied stories arranged to follow an emotional score from the heights of joy to the depths of despair – but always with a littl…
books.metaphorosis.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Reading 5X5 x3: Changes
How do SFF stories move from ‘maybe’ to published?

What’s needed to take a story from interesting to publishable? What changes during the editorial process? 15 case studies.
books.metaphorosis.com/anthology/20...
Reading 5X5 x3: Changes
How do SFF stories move from ‘maybe’ to published? What’s needed to take a story from interesting to publishable? What changes during the editorial process? Reading 5X5 x3 present…
books.metaphorosis.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Reading 5X5 x2: Duets
How do authors’ voices change when they collaborate?

A round-robin of great science fiction and fantasy stories: five authors collaborating with each other and writing solo.
books.metaphorosis.com/anthology/20...
Reading 5X5 x2: Duets
How do authors’ voices change when they collaborate? A round-robin of great science fiction and fantasy stories: five authors collaborating with each other and writing solo. Epic duels both h…
books.metaphorosis.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Reading 5X5
See what different authors do with the same basic premise!

Five science fiction and fantasy themes, each explored five times by five different authors. Contemporary Fantasy, High Fantasy, Soft SF, Hard SF, Other – you name it, it’s here.
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Reading 5X5
Five stories, five times Five science fiction and fantasy themes, each explored five times by five different authors. Contemporary Fantasy, High Fantasy, Soft SF, Hard SF, Other – you name it…
books.metaphorosis.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Having a lot of fun with the great submissions for TRUNK. From about 500 submissions, I narrowed it down to 5%. Of those, 9 are through editing, 8 are in process, 3 are pending, and 2 didn't make it.

I look forward to sharing these with you next year. There's great stuff in here!
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
? Not sure how to interpret this, but assuming it's not meant to be hostile.
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM