Queen Riddles was a fun-loving monarch who liked riddles and jokes. She had spent most of her life working out answers to riddles, so there were few who could trick her. All it took was a little time ... [+]
Noisy Night on Planet Purple Plum
Originally published in Spaceports & Spidersilk, January 2015
SNORRRRR! Jason sat up in his space bunk. What was that noise? It wasn't the wind. He'd heard and felt lots of Planet Purple Plum wind in the front yard that afternoon while Mia and he were building their first ever purple snowman. But it didn't sound like that! SNORRRRR! SNORRRRR! Jason leaped to the floor. It was coming from somewhere in the front of their space house.He rushed around the first corner of the twisting hallway and stopped short. Mia's bedroom lights were ablaze."Mia," Jason whispered. He looked in the room, then in the closet. Mia wasn't there. Spooky, their basset hound and