Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine.Memories, travel, and identity. Becoming a tree, applying to college by grappling hook, and living with a monster in your heart - the best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine's eighth year.ContentsThe Conch Shell - Elizabeth RaphaelThe Excursionist of JCPenney - Chris PanatierArborify - Cadence MandyburaPain Eater - Danny MenterShe Was the Universe - Damian StockliCatching College - Maggie SlaterThe Beast-Consul - E.C. DorganVisions for the Independent City of New York - Cidney MayesAstrid Underwater - J.J. EskelinUseful and Beautiful Things - E. SaxeyA Wielder Does Not Know Regret - Katherine KarchPacking List for Oblivion - Cameron BertronNothing but the Gods On Their Backs - Alex T. SingerCover art by Carol Wellart.