My first published fiction, a short story/novella titled “Shortcut to Happily Ever After,” was the first story in the April 2023 issue of Metaphorosis Magazine.
Synopsis:
Daniel is a hopeless romantic who uses time travel to find love. Whenever he meets someone new, he jumps to the future to see if their relationship lasts and if it doesn’t, he returns to the present to cancel the first date before anyone gets hurt. But when his dating strategy starts ruining the fabric of time, Daniel has to go back and live through every relationship he skipped, discovering what he missed the first time around.
You can read it here on their website, along with a podcast version narrated by Metaphorosis host Matt Gomez: https://magazine.metaphorosis.com/story/2023/shortcut-to-happily-ever-after-ben-wan/
You can also listen to the YouTube version of the podcast here:
The full April issue is available on Kindle and Paperback:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BWX33PKT
In addition to this, the story has been republished in three anthologies, which you can acquire here:
2. Inner Workings, mental fragility and resilience in the outer spaces
3. Ignition, science fiction stories by debut authors
I answered a one-question interview with Metaphorosis here:
Metaphorosis also included a mini biography for me here: