The Best of MetaStellar Year Three

Forty-six enthralling stories from the most talented science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers.

A robotics designer has only her wits to rescue her kidnapped sister....
— "Swatted" by Devin Miller

Jennet Andrews should heed the village women's advice, so as not to repeat history....
— "The Spinning Circle" by Sarah Jackson

A monk realizes he is content in his modest monastery and refuses to travel back to his own time….
— "A Medieval Tale" by Regina Clarke

Two lovers venture into the vastness of space....
— "Reflection" by Addison Smith

A mortal falls in love with a god, and the effects of their relationship start to show….
— "The Last Thing Taken" by Claudia Wair

After Nabokov, no one has used the Overcoat. It has waited for two centuries….
— "Who Stayed in Gogol's Overcoat" by Yelena Crane

Three little girls play a game to be either the Witch, the Witch's Wife, or Soup.…
— "The Witch's Wife" by Ashlee Lhamon

… and many other short tales of wonder, shock, and awe.