metastellar year one anthology
Forty-one enthralling stories from today’s most talented science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers.
The proceeds from this anthology will help pay for even more original fiction in years to come.
Order now at:
AMAZON (print only)
BARNES & NOBLE (print and ebook)
APPLE BOOKS (ebook)
OVERDRIVE (ebook)
WALMART (print)
BOOKSHOP.ORG (print)
RAKUTEN KOBO (ebook)
SMASHWORDS (ebook)
VIVLIO (ebook)
EVERAND (ebook)
LITTLE SHOP OF STORIES (print)
THALIA (print and ebook)
BOOKS-A-MILLION (print)
INDIGO (print)
RAVEN BOOK STORE (print)
MITZI’S BOOKS (print)
WILD RUMPUS (print)
THRIFT BOOKS (print)
AN UNLIKELY STORY (print)
MAGERS & QUINN (print)
PARNASSUS BOOKS (ebook)
SCIFIER (print)
TATTERED COVER (print)
Boston Public Library
PRAISE FOR Metastellar
“MetaStellar is my favorite online speculative fiction magazine. The fiction is top-notch, but I also frequently recommend ‘This week’s top writing advice from around the web’ column to my editing clients, and ‘Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books’ column to readers. It’s not just a magazine, it’s a community.”
– Robert Runté, senior editor of EssentialEdits.ca
“It’s a pleasure to see MetaStellar emerge as a new sci-fi venue and an honor to be among the authors representing its inaugural year. I look forward to great things from MetaStellar.”
– Matt McHugh, Baen and PARSEC award winner
“MetaStellar has, in its first year, already proved as professional and polished as venerable mags decades old. Working with them has been an honor, and quite a bit of fun. The work they publish has sass and finesse, and I’m proud to be associated with these spirited upstarts.”
– Caren Gussoff Sumption, speculative fiction author, @spitkitten
“MetaStellar always delivers interesting fiction.”
– Kerry E.B. Black, author, @BlackKerryblick
“Metastellar is my one-stop spot to find great fiction, editorials, and reviews of what’s trending in sci-fi and fantasy.”
– Andrew Dunn, sci-fi author
“As an author, MetaStellar has been a real pleasure to work with.”
– Adam Gaylord, sci-fi and fantasy author, @AuthorGaylord
“Metastellar has given a wide range of writers an exciting platform for their work. Full of intriguing stories and thought-provoking new writing. Bold science-fiction at its brightest.”
– Barry Charman, sci-fi author and poet, @BarryCharman
“I visit MetaStellar frequently, not just for great stories, but for great articles that help me write better stories.”
– Bret Nelson, author, Manborg: The Novelization
“The Best of Metastellar anthology is a wonderful collection of short fiction with a classic sci-fi and fantasy vibe.”
– Louis Rosenberg, sci-fi author
stories Included in This Anthology
- The Unfinished Novels of Mandrake Fluke
- Dagger Quest
- The Superhero Registry
- The Howler on the Sales Floor
- Behold
- Safe Harbor
- How the Monarchs Came to Utah
- Siren Song
- How I Came to Be Raised by Balniwan the Fool
- The Talecrafter’s Apprentice
- Twinkle
- Lizzie Williams’ Swampy Head
- Concerto
- Quietly, Ross
- Second Bite
- Treasure Hunt
- William’s Legacy
- House Keepers
- The Wolf in the Woods
- Situation
- Maize
- Spiral Woman
- The Old Storms
- The Greatest Mystery of the Universe
- The Lingering Taste of Mars
- A New Home
- Fur
- Evacuation: Earth
- Apotheosis
- Brenda
- All Appearances Aside
- Bellatrification
- Barter Queen
- The Bars of Orion
- The Dark Constellation
- If Suddenly You Forget Me, Do Not Look for Me
- No Worlds Left To Conquer
- Weekend Treasures
- A Ship With No Parrot
- The Church of the Written Word
- Day Three
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Sneak Peek
A band of faeries endeavors to help a worthy little girl…
– “Twinkle” by Katrinka Mannelly
Lizzie Williams keeps a head in a burlap sack…
– “Lizzie Williams’ Swampy Head” by Joshua Jones
It’s never a good thing to wake up and find yourself covered in marigolds…
– “How the Monarchs Came to Utah” by E. E. King
The old storms have gone away, and a little wonder has gone out of the world with them…
– “The Old Storms” by Nina Shepardson
In a society where everybody is beautiful, physical imperfection becomes a career move…
– “Bellatrification” by Jelena Dunato
Two cyborgs, a woman, and a parrot, are outmatched by their deep space competitors…
– “A Ship With No Parrot” by R. J. Theodore
A dentist with a dark family history receives a request to fit a patient with a very unique set of teeth…
̶ “Second Bite” by Aeryn Rudel
A hayride with an old friend from the past unveils uncomfortable truths…
– “William’s Legacy” by Bridget Haug
… and thirty-two other short tales of wonder, shock, and awe.
INTERVIEW WITH METASTELLAR EDITORS GEORDIE MORSE AND MARIE LECLAIRE
MetaStellar editors Geordie Morse and Marie LeClaire are the guests on the Long Lost Friends segment on the MetaStellar YouTube channel, interviewed by segment hosts Andrea Goyan and E.E. King.
