Spaceports & Spidersilk July 2016

By Marcie Tentchoff

Spaceports & Spidersilk features some of the best science fiction and fantasy fiction and poetry for kids of all ages. The July 2016 issue will take you to places you might never have imagined. It will appeal to your inner child, and hopefully take you back to the places you loved as a child...and if you’re still a child, it will open your imagination to all kinds of new worlds.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nomadic Delirium Press
• Release date: Jun 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311333469

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1Spaceports & Spidersilk

July 2016

Edited by Marcie Tentchoff

Published by Nomadic Delirium Press at Smashwords

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Copyright 2016

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

A Product of Nomadic Delirium Press

Aurora, Colorado

http://www.nomadicdeliriumpress.com

Cover Art: Scootering With the Wind Riders by Richard Fay

Contents

From the Editor

Homesick by Lauren McBride

Sleeping in Space by Anne E. Johnson

Lord Licorice by Julie Artz

Prison Ship by John Grey

Eat It! It’s Good For You! by Rebecca Linam

End of Story (hexagram 57) by M. C. Childs

Thank You by Ruoqing Liu

Space Creature Clown by Guy Belleranti

Saline Solution by T.R. Jones

From the Editor

I hate writing editorials.

I know, I know. That’s an odd thing for an editor to say, and even odder for an editor to say at the start of... bletch, yeck, icky... an editorial.

But it’s true.

I love writing. I love writing stories, poems, recipes, articles, letters, even pick-your-own-path- adventures (oooo... now there’s an editorial idea), but editorials? Yes, I can look through the stories and poems in the issue, noticing themes and common threads. I can talk about how wonderful the authors, poets, and artist are (they all seriously rock) and mention that I hope all of you readers love this issue as much as I do.

But I’ve done that. I could talk about the space station, the corridors, the various worlds out there, all with their own adventures and wondrous tales.

And doing so would only delay you from setting out on those adventures yourselves, by way of the tales told by these great writers.

So forget that! Go! Read! Not my words, but theirs.

The worlds are waiting.

Homesick

by Lauren McBride

Staring out of MoonDome's windows

I long to run outside and play

like I used to do back home on Earth

where black skies turn to blue by day.

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About the Poet: Lauren McBride finds inspiration in faith, nature, science