River’s Song — Michael Barron

River has spent most of her life in a small suburban town, playing guitar and geeking out with friends… who have no idea she was born thousands of lightyears away. Her only memory of her home planet is of a terrorist attack that killed thousands of her people. Earth is all she has ever known, and as far as she is concerned, she’s just another ordinary teenager. But yesterday, her father informed her they were moving back home.

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.
Published in Metaphorosis on 17 March 2023.
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