Marge writes:
This was inspired from an idea that came as I worked on this piece: On another world, two natives are off for an evening stroll. Their people are slowly dying out. Suddenly a vision appears in the night sky—a creature they’d never seen before. Artemis is the goddess of fertility and childhood, as mythology goes. Perhaps her face portends a miracle . . .

Marge Ballif  Simon freelances as a writer-poet-artist for genre and mainstream publications. Her illustrated poetry collections include Eonian Variations, Dark Regions Press, 1995; Night Smoke, Miniature Sun Press, 2002; and Artist of Antithesis, Miniature Sun Press, 2003. She is the illustrator for the Bram Stoker winning EXTREMES 2 CD-ROM collection, two Best Poetry Collection winners, Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes by Linda Addison (2001), and Bruce Boston’s Pitchblende (2004). Her website is at: http://hometown.aol.com/margsimon, and her email address is MSimon6206@aol.com.

"Artemis" copyright 2006 by Marge Simon