Free Star Travels Tales of Science Fiction by Rhea Rose

lips and snagged in my eyelashes ; I imagined my reflection as it
grimaced back at me eight glistening times as the spider scurried
to take shelter somewhere in my long blonde hair. From the corner
of my eye I reluctantly observed the spider’s miniature butt swing
round in mid scuttle and disappear. I squeaked in stifled horror
when I thought I felt the eight-legged weaver’s tiny tickle as it
made its way down the canals of my inner ear. Several small smacks
to the side of my head didn’t seem to dislodge anything but my
sunglasses. A frantic visit to the washroom mirror revealed
nothing. Like some great ape, I checked for fleas, brushed and
parted, combed and flipped my hair around. No spider. I picked the
remains of its web from my brow and felt the silk still on my arms,
still invisible except for its insistent tickling
presence.
     
    Days later, the incident forgotten, I
cleaned webs off the windows around the house. The outdoor lights,
thick with layers and layers of soft white silk and bits of tangled
insect debris, took on the look of large glass eggs in
cocoons.
     
    Find the rest of the collection of four
Feral Fantasy stories from Keyboard Books second publication at
Smashwords and look for more Keyboard Books while you’re
there. https://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=rhea+rose
     
    The Table of Contents for Feral Fantasy
    Summer Silk
    Bigfoot Boarder
    Sibling Seed
    Alia’s Angel
     
    You can find these stories as singles also at
Smashwords.
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