NonBinary Review: Issue #46: Metamorphosis Zoetic Press Gold Star Program Gold Star Free Tip Jar Option

Every single thing, from the universe to the quantum world, is in a state of flux. New to old, alive to dead, light to dark, rocks to sand, trees to paper...Each individual human experiences constant changes, both physical and mental, that affect how we view ourselves and the world around us. Sometimes, change is only apparent from outside, and from exactly the right perspective. The vase that becomes two faces. The laughing man that becomes a crying man when seen upside down. The collection of garbage that becomes two birds flying if you take three steps to the right.

We don't want caterpillar-to-butterfly kinds of metamorphoses. We want caterpillar to Lucille Ball's hairdresser; plasma cloud to extra large pizza with everything; shy, introverted genius to sleek black plastic cube that sits on the kitchen counter, running your life and making barely audible, sarcastic comments. We want the kinds of change that no one could have foreseen, that no one would even have thought possible.

We aren't looking for "I was an ugly, unpopular loser as a child, but now I'm Miss America" stories, or "I took a thing someone threw away and made something cool out of it" stories. No "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect," or "I want to speak about bodies changed into new forms," since Kafka and Ovid got there before you.

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