Metaphor features work from emerging and established writers from different parts of the world. We are literature beyond literature. CONTRIBUTORS: Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi Jessica Wiseman Lawrence Rita Anderson Waltman Whiter Amit Shekhar Roda Daignre Alisa Velaj Nick Romeo Beth Konkonski Vinay Kuchhal Dave Rullo Michael Enevoldsen Mike Biegner Lynn White Adrian Ernesto Cepeda Robert A. Kaufman Robert Knox John Grey Mark Antony Rossi Clinton Van Inman Richard King Perkins II Karen Mary Berr Octavia McBride Felino A. Soriano Kalen Rowe