“Blackboard Galaxy,” is a 1,720 word science fiction story about a teacher who has dreamed of teaching in space. Now that she is living her dream, she must find ways to discipline students besides eating them, as that is the standard protocol among alien teachers. This story originally appeared in Issue 6 of Untied Shoelaces of the Mind. It is available in print here:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/485218
It is available as an podcast here:
https://www.untiedshoelacesofthemind.com/audio/blackboard.mp3