The Best of MetaStellar Year One Kerry — E.B. Black

Forty-one enthralling stories from the most talented new science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers.MetaStellar is an online publication focusing on science fiction, fantasy, and horror launched in September 2020, founded by a dozen speculative fiction writers, editors, and artists from around the world.Since then, it's published hundreds of short stories by hundreds of writers, both original fiction, reprints, and excerpts. The proceeds from this anthology will help pay for even more original fiction in years to come.Read about how...A band of faeries endeavors to help a worthy little girl... - Twinkle by Katrinka MannellyLizzie Williams keeps a head in a burlap sack...- Lizzie Williams' Swampy Head by Joshua JonesIt's never a good thing to wake up and find yourself covered in marigolds... - How the Monarchs Came to Utah by E. E. KingThe old storms have gone away, and a little wonder has gone out of the world with them...- The Old Storms by Nina ShepardsonIn a society where everybody is beautiful, physical imperfection becomes a career move...- Bellatrification by Jelena DunatoTwo cyborgs, a woman, and a parrot, are outmatched by their deep space competitors...- A Ship With No Parrot by R. J. TheodoreA dentist with a dark family history receives a request to fit a patient with a very unique set of teeth...̶ Second Bite by Aeryn RudelA 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.