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It came from Jason A. Bartles
It came from Jason A. Bartles, @jabartles
Jason A. Bartles’s story “Leiprenese 101” was published in Metaphorosis on Friday, 21 May 2021. Burnout. Achievement culture. The trivial matters that become blood feuds among academics. Administrators who rebrand the defunding of public education as a meritocracy. These are just some of the things that had been weighing on my mind going into 2020. If there’s a very small silver lining to be…
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Leiprenese 101 - Jason A. Bartles
New story! Leiprenese 101 - Jason A. Bartles, @jabartles
May 2021 I scrambled to find the arm hole in my gown as I ran toward Zorah’s office apartment. Synthetic fabric should not get this twisted, but the wind tested my best efforts to arrive precisely on time. Zorah lived in the central Administration Building that towered over Mount Leipren University. They occupied the second-highest floor, but unlike the Chancellor right above them, Zorah invited…
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A question for Jason A. Bartles
A question for Jason A. Bartles, @jabartles
Q: What is your favorite fairy tale and why? A: Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub! What’s not to like about that? Okay, I suppose that’s cheating. It’s a nursery rhyme, not a fairy tale, technically speaking, but since this answer doesn’t have to go through peer review, I’m sticking with it. Though the lyrics have changed over the centuries, I can’t help but hear it as a quintessential queer…
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About Jason A. Bartles
About Jason A. Bartles, @jabartles
Jason A. Bartles, originally from West Virginia, now calls Philadelphia home. He lives with his husband and two dogs, a blue-eyed husky and a pit-mix who will lick your face off. He teaches Latin American literature and Spanish at a regional university, but he promises his stories are entirely fictional. jasonabartles.wordpress.com, @jabartles Jason A. Bartles’s story “Leiprenese 101”in…
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May 2021
Metaphorosis TOC - May 2021 - with stories from @laura__duerr, Emmett Swan, @jabartles, and Mariah Montoya, and art from @DamiadanDanos
May 2021 Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. All the stories from the month, plus author biographies, interviews, and story origins. Table of Contents Vertical Flight — Laura Duerr The Song of the Moohee — Emmett Swan Leiprenese 101 — Jason A. Bartles The Nocturnals I — Mariah Montoya Cover art by Danos Philopoulos. Subscribe to our e-mail updates so you’ll know…
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