Spaceports & Spidersilk October 2014

By Marcie Tentchoff

Spaceports & Spidersilk contains some of the best science fiction and fantasy stories and poetry for "young" readers of all ages. Let your inner child be entertained by the contents of this issue, or introduce your young readers to the wonders of speculative fiction.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nomadic Delirium Press
• Release date: Sep 30, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310642661

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1Spaceports & Spidersilk

October 2014

Edited by Marcie Tentchoff

Published by Nomadic Delirium Press at Smashwords

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Copyright 2014

All stories and poems are copyrighted in the names of their respective authors

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Cover art: Looking for Loot by Vonnie Winslow Crist

Contents

From the Editor

Ghost in a Pink Dress by Donna Marie West

Managing Fright by Lauren McBride

Brave in Real Life by Trudee Law

The Site By JD DeHart

Dear Sarah By Lizz Shepherd

zooming along by Les Merton

Chicken by B. L. Draper

Midnight Snack by Guy Belleranti

Perilous Planet by Evelyn Weibel

My final Halloween by Sean Lause

From the Editor

Dear Readers,

What is bravery?

Yes, I know that is not at all how I usually start off one of my editorials, but it is a question I’ve been asking myself lately, and one that comes up in many of this issue’s stories.

What is bravery? Is it fearlessness? The knowledge that nothing can hurt you and that the phantoms other people fear actually have no power? I don’t think so. How is it brave to exist in a world with no danger, and no risk?

Fine, then. Perhaps being brave is about being foolhardy, and rushing off in search of that same danger and risk. And yet, there is a reason that the word fool is the first part of foolhardy. Fear is a warning that something is wrong, and simply ignoring that