Friends Like Gianni

Metaphor Publications is a micro-press publisher of high quality fantasy and science fiction, some with erotica, some without. It’s two principle authors are:

Alesia Matson is an author, needlework enthusiast, aspiring Buddha, RPGer, gardener, and tech-geeky herbalist. She’s been married to Michael, her co-author, for 21 years. They have three grown sons (two bio, one foster), two goofy dogs, and one eccentric cat. She writes because she tried not writing for a long time, and it sucked.

Michael Matson wrote his first book at age 12. A 24-page masterpiece hand typed onto letter paper folded in half with a construction paper cover—hand illustrated, of course—the tome was nonetheless a bestseller in the family. Since then, he’s been an airman; a commercial fisherman, the third generation to go to sea in his family; a lobbyist; truck driver; counselor and minister; and general contractor. All the while, writing has remained an important creative outlet and a cornerstone of his marriage to his equally gifted wife. Having retired from his construction firm, he now writes and publishes full time from his home in Northern California.