SAM'S DOT PUBLISHING PRESENTS:
SPACEPORTS & SPIDERSILK
Welcome, visitors,
to the Spring 2012 issue of Spaceports & Spidersilk.
I spend a lot of
time thinking about what to say in these little editorials. In some ways, this
puny collection of paragraphs is my closest contact with you, the people I hope
enjoy reading the stories and poetry I collect four times per year.
As I sit here,
wondering what to write, and how best to introduce the works I’ve found for
this issue, I also wonder about you. Who is reading these words? Do you like
the stories in Spaceports & Spidersilk? The poems? Are you interested in
aliens? Space ships? Magic spells? Fantastical creatures? What are you
looking for, and what should I be looking for if I want you to come back?
Do you enter this
space station boldly, striding in off an interplanetary vessel? Do you sneak
through our corridors, peeking stealthily through shimmering doors at worlds
long-sealed and unexplored?
Who are you, readers?
What tales make you smile, or cry, or sing?
Pull up a chair.
Treat yourself to a cool, refreshing drink, and read of orange-loving aliens,
of worlds doomed by climate change, of fairies, both foul and fair, and of all
the creatures for whom the spring thaws mean huge changes.
And then, perhaps,
send me a short email. The address can be found in the guidelines. Tell me
about yourself, and what you liked, and disliked, what you want to see more or
less of. Perhaps even think about writing a story or poem you think would suit
S&S.
I look forward to
the reversal of our roles, and to reading, for once, what you have to
say.