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ORIGINAL FICTION BY:

S Hutson Blount

Simon Brown

Stephanie Campisi

Marissa Lingen

Chuck McKenzie

André Oosterman

Steven Pirie

Anna Tambour

Brian Tillotson

Katherine Woodbury

Paul Woodlin

Ed’s Itorial

…Edwina Harvey

A few years ago I did a one day “horse whispering” course. I’ve been an equine

enthusiast all of my life, so that’s not so unusual. In the afternoon I got handed the

lead of a beautiful bay mare wearing a loose itting string halter. At my lightest touch

she walked happily beside me, offering me her trust, conident in herself and in me.

Although we had just been introduced, we were comfortable in each other’s presence

as we headed in the same direction. And it was magical!

I get the same feeling being an editor. Those writers who are conident enough

to trust you with their creative work because they know you’re both walking in the

same direction are a pleasure to work with. I’ve been fortunate with this issue to

have a few authors who just kept giving — coming back with better stories every

time I asked them. And the trick there is to know when to stop asking! I’ve also been

fortunate in selecting stories that were just about word-perfect (and I was only along

for the ride), but that felt pretty magical too.

I’ll be honest, I didn’t always get what I wanted with this issue; more high

humour would have been good. But I wanted what I got. I hope a few of the stories

make you laugh out loud. I’m sure a few will have you smiling and maybe, just

maybe, you’ll be touched by a sense of wonder, wow and whimsy, just as I was when

I selected them.

Special thanks to Marianne Plumridge for providing the cover art for this issue.

She was a talented artist when we were hanging out having a good time on weekends

in the NSW Southern Highlands all those years ago, and her art has just gone from

strength to strength. But back then I couldn’t have even dreamed I’d end up editing a

great magazine like ASIM some day!

Edwina Harvey,

Editor, Andromeda Spaceways Inlight Magazine issue 24

This issue of

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine

is dedicated to the memory of

Karen (“Womble”) Warnock,

who was an ASIM Frequent Flyer from

the very beginning.

ANDROMEDA SPACEWAYS Inflight Magazine

Vol. 5/Issue 1

Issue 24

Fiction

4 Wash and Wear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Tillotson

5 Poet Warrior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Woodlin

10 The Beast’s Apprentice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marissa Lingen

24 Bones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Campisi

28 Spotting Starwhales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . André Oosterman

36 The Cat Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Tambour

39 Tarans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simon Brown

52 The Coming of the Space Crawl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Hutson Blount

65 Harry, the Wife, and Mrs Robson,

Hell’s Temptress from Number Six. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steven Pirie

73 The Second-Hand Bookshop of Al Hazred. . . . . . . . . . Chuck McKenzie

75 Impersonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katherine Woodbury

Poetry

9 Ugly Fish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samantha Henderson

Special FEatures

81 Interview — Sonny Whitelaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edwina Harvey

83 Conan the Romantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Nichols

Regular Features

90 Reviews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Various contributors

94 Author biographies

96 Acknowledgements

Editor

Edwina Harvey

Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Co-op Ltd

c/- Simon Haynes, PO Box 127 Belmont, Western Australia,

6984.

http://www.andromedaspaceways.com

Published bimonthly by Andromeda Spaceways Publishing

Co-op. RRP A$7.95. Subscription rates are are available

from the website.

Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Co-op actively encourages

literary and artistic contributions. Submissions should be

made online by emailing:

submissions@andromedaspaceways.com

Submission guidelines are available from the website. Please

read them.

ISSN 1446–781X

Sub-editor

Ben Cook

Non-fiction Editor

Ben Cook

Reviews Editor

Ian Nichols

Poetry Editor

Ian Nichols

Editor-in-chief

Robbie Matthews

Layout

Zara Baxter

Subscriptions

Simon Haynes

Advertising

Tehani Wesseley

Cover Art

Marianne Plumridge

Wash and Wear

…Brian Tillotson

“The earthling is dead?”

“Yes, sir. Sorry, sir.”

“How did it happen?” Captain Zargle coiled a tentacle around the chief scientist’s

throat. Their forty light-year journey was supposed to fetch a live specimen. Now

that he’d fired engines homeward, it was too late to try again. Zargle’s career was

as dead as the hideous alien.

“Don’t know, sir. He died while we were decontaminating him. We followed the

instructions.”

“Instructions?” Zargle’s tentacle wrapped tighter. “This is a new species, you

idiot. We don’t have any instructions.”

“Printed on his sweater, sir. ‘Turn inside out before washing.’”

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