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A Metamorphion collection · C.S Smith

What The
Fables.

Strange premises.
Very human consequences.

Short fiction with surreal premises, sharp wit, and an unexpectedly human heart. From cosmic comedy to impossible reunions, each story starts with a world slightly—or spectacularly—out of place.

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Five stories. Five doors into the unexpected.

The collection

Nun from Mars by C.S Smith — cover art
Cosmic comedy · Faith & first contact

Nun from Mars

An accident in an Italian convent exposes Sister Helen’s secret: she is a refugee from Mars. Her account of a remarkably familiar Martian gospel sends the Vatican into a theological crisis—and two worlds toward a confrontation neither is ready for.

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Healaga has found a home among the Sisters of Perpetual Grace. When her disguise fails, the sisters must decide whether to fear the stranger in their midst or protect the woman they already know. Irreverent humor opens into a story about refuge, belief, and compassion on an interplanetary scale.

The Last Door by C.S Smith — cover art
Supernatural fiction · Grief & wonder

The Last Door

Beneath an Egyptian pyramid, archaeologist Miriam Vale opens a doorway to heaven and finds the brother she buried twelve years ago. The reunion she has longed for carries a danger that could unravel both worlds.

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An impossible discovery brings Miriam face to face with her family’s past and the people she thought she had lost forever. But the ancient portal is failing. To protect the living and the dead, she must confront the cost of certainty—and the possibility of saying goodbye again.

Tree Glidin by C.S Smith — cover art
Ecological mystery · Dry humor

Tree Glidin

Forests start gliding across the world, and farmer Calder Rusk’s crops disappear beneath uninvited trees. A scientist and a relentless reporter join him to uncover the technology, corporate secrets, and human greed behind the impossible migration.

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Dr. Iona Saye investigates the moving root systems while Nessa Venn follows the money to technology giant Hoodies. Together with Calder, they face a crisis threatening farms and food supplies. Scientific intrigue, stubborn rural humor, and an unexpected romance take root in the same disrupted landscape.

What in the Topeka? by C.S Smith — cover art
Future comedy · Fish out of water

What in the Topeka?

Earl Haskett wakes two hundred years in the future—with his entire house and six unlicensed chickens. Topeka has become a glittering metropolis where almost everything has improved except common sense.

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With city guide Mina Vale, Earl navigates breakfast cubes, intrusive conveniences, and the grief of losing the world he knew. His homemade breakfasts build an unlikely community, while an influencer sees a business opportunity. Old skills and new technology collide in a comedy about finding a place to belong.

The Maple Effect by C.S Smith — cover art
Speculative satire · Memory & identity

The Maple Effect

At 6:42 a.m., Canada forgets maple syrup. As livelihoods, traditions, and family memories begin to unravel, neuroscientist Élodie Caron investigates a catastrophe that an unknown intelligence calls an improvement.

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Élodie and a syrup-producing family discover that sensory experiences can briefly recover what vanished. Their search becomes a confrontation with outsiders determined to optimize human life. Beneath the national absurdity is a personal story about grief, imperfect memories, and who gets to decide what matters.

These manuscripts are complete; publication details will follow. AI-assisted production: the current editions disclose AI-generated story text and cover artwork developed from C.S Smith’s concepts and creative direction.