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Catching College – Maggie Slater

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June 2023

Hilltown’s peace of mind shattered as the first whisper seeped out of a wristclamp autoreader over lunch, and before long, every device crackled with the news. Work stopped, students gathered, primed ears bent low to catch every detail. The collective heartrate skyrocketed. Inhabitants collapsed into chairs, eastern windows groaned as they were shoved open and eyes strained for something beyond the horizon. The dull old line where the plains cut the sky in half had always been present but unimportant. Not now. Promise lingered beneath its lip; opportunity raged towards town at fifty-five miles an hour.

Beneath the Hill, lodged deep in the rock where it had hidden for three hundred years, the Hilltown Energy Beetle’s turbines spooled up, preparing for the increased demand on the grid. Far above it, in every room, the people of Hilltown laughed and cried and hugged and danced.

Parbrier College was coming. There was no time to waste.

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A question for Theodore Lowry

Q: What do you think makes for a good story?

A: By inviting readers into strange worlds, a story shows them their own world from new perspectives. However, if the story is too strange, the reader may struggle to enter it. That’s where resonance comes in.

A good story contains deep elements that are broadly relatable, even if the skin of the story is unfamiliar. The reader may recognize their own experiences in the story, despite vast differences in context. This resonance connects the reader’s own heart to humanity at large and the world we inhabit.

In this way, a good story invites the reader into a world that is both unfamiliar and familiar, challenging them to see things from a new perspective while also resonating with their own experiences. This combination of the unknown and the relatable can make for a powerful story.


Theodore Lowry’s story “Escape to Mall B
in Metaphorosis Friday, 9 June 2023.
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It came from A.D. Guzman

A.D. Guzman’s story “An Hour in the City of Lightning” was published in Metaphorosis on Friday, 18 November 2022. “An Hour in the City of Lightning” began with my grandmother literally kicking me and my kids and my father out when we showed up at her house to sit a bedside vigil for my dying grandfather because, according to her, we weren’t family. And a fascinating documentary about how awesome lightning is! Angry and hurt, …

A question for Maggie Slater

Q: What would your animal totem be?

A: An octopus. I’ve always loved how smart and yet different they are. I love that their legs can have different personalities. I love that they both look and act like something that maybe, just maybe, slipped through some cross-dimensional fissure and decided that our oceans were comfortable enough to colonize. The only thing I hate about octopuses is how short their lifespans are. I have a growing collection of secret octopus decor hidden around my house. An embroidered throwpillow here. A candleholder there. A door knocker. All subtle enough that they might not immediately stand out, because that’s the weird beauty of octopuses, right? They hide in plain sight. I’ve got my eye on some bookends next…


Maggie Slater’s story “Catching College
in Metaphorosis Friday, 2 June 2023.
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