SAM'S DOT PUBLISHING PRESENTS:
SPACEPORTS & SPIDERSILK
Welcome to the Winter
issue of Spaceports & Spidersilk. As readers of this publication may have
noticed, I like to find at least some pieces for each issue that suit the
season in which it is published. For Spring and Summer I search for tales of
new warmth and growth, and for Autumn I hope for spooky tales of candy apples,
ghosts and falling leaves.
For the Winter
issues, I look for ice, for snow, for short days, long nights, and the scent of
hot chocolate and candy canes. I long for stories filled with holiday lights
and decorations.
Sometimes the
poems and stories that find their way to me through the space station’s
corridors and portals fit my idea of seasonal tales, and sometimes they do
not. In this issue I can offer readers pieces that focus on alien robots, the
dangers of driving in space, the uses (and failings) of various monsterly
attributes, and even the occasional rampaging giant worm.
What I can not
offer, alas, are many frosty Winter tales. But, perhaps that is not a bad
thing. Here, in front of you, are the stories that wanted to be told, now, this
Winter, icy or not.
And I learned long
ago that arguing too hard with the stories that truly want to be told is
unwise.
Happy reading!