Arvin the Wayfaring Spider

By Gael DeRoane

Arvin Theridion is a bored house spider who yearns for a more exciting life. Carried forth on the back of a jumping spider named Leander, Arvin explores the outside world. But after a series of terrifying adventures, he longs for his old, comfortable life and the possibility of romance in the eight arms of Weirdith, a female house spider he left behind.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Aug 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9781487428846

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Will Arvin return safely to his home? And if so, will Weirdith accept his romantic overtures, or will she eat him?

Arvin Theridion is a bored house spider who yearns for a more exciting life. Carried forth on the back of a jumping spider named Leander, Arvin explores the outside world. But after a series of terrifying adventures, he longs for his old, comfortable life and the possibility of romance in the eight arms of Weirdith, a female house spider he left behind.

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Arvin the Wayfaring Spider

Copyright © 2020 Gael DeRoane

ISBN: 978-1-4874-2884-6

Cover art by Martine Jardin

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Arvin the Wayfaring Spider

By

Gael DeRoane

Author’s Note

This book is dedicated to all spiders everywhere—including the patient fellow who occupies a web beneath my kitchen window and hides when I turn on the faucet—and to the wise and good-hearted humans who allow them to live despite their hairy limbs, eight staring eyes, and scary fangs.

Chapter One

Once there was a spider named Arvin Theridion. His last name referred to his clan, of which he was very proud. Arvin’s childhood had been pleasant, and he wished his dozens of siblings were still around to play with and talk to. Alas, they had all been scattered to the winds, eaten by predators, or clubbed to death by humans with rolled-up newspapers. But Arvin was a lucky spider. The house he lived in had only one human occupant, an elderly man who spent his days reading books and listening to classical music. Arvin occupied a web in the upper corner of a spare room that was cluttered with dusty old magazines and boxes piled against the walls, a perfect habitat for a spider.

His web was well constructed, and a sufficient number of flies and midges found their way into it to keep him fed if a trifle underweight. He didn’t care for the sunlight that streamed through the window during the day, but he endured it without complaint. On occasion, the elderly man came into the room to look for something, but so far had failed to notice the quiet, inoffensive spider hanging in the corner where the wall met the ceiling. Life, therefore, was