The Snowflake Chronicles

For the January fantasy newsletter

Editor's Picks

1. Cat Girl
2. The End of General Custer?
3. Remember Human?
4. My Family
5. A Good Cup of Coffee
6. The Pink Curtains
7. Come to the Future wit Me
8. Redwell Interactive
9. WDC Speculative Fiction Workshop

Cat Girl  (E) Short story based on the fable, "Aphrodite & the Cat" #1944418 by Thomas Browning

Excerpt: 'So as I was saying,' he began, but then suddenly stopped. She was not paying any attention to him. She was looking past him. Her eyes were locked on something on the other side of the room. She looked like a cat that had just seen a ghost. He tried to follow her gaze but he could not see anything there. 'Sweetheart,' he said. 'What's wrong? What is it? What do you see?'

The end of General Custer?  (E) Radical native Americans travel through time to 24th June 1876 with a malicious intent. #1965595 by Steve Goodman

Excerpt: It was 3 am, when the normal became abnormal. The security gate at a Government research facility in downtown Wymore was suddenly thrown into turmoil, when it was wracked by machine gunfire coming from a black Chrysler people-carrier that had drawn level with the service window. Unprepared the attending officer was catapulted backwards off his chair with blood flowering from his chest. Two other officers suffered a similar fate.

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Excerpt: The nights are dark purple. The stars brighter and closer.

My Family  (E) The Challenge, name the dragon, family relation, family position, and temperament. #1965689 by The Run-on King PDG Member

Excerpt: Here be my dragon family! My purpose is to have fun. I think it would be a blast for you to pick a picture and write a short piece about this member of my family.

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Excerpt: Have you ever seen the huge coffee cups that they sell in 7-Eleven stores? I bought one of the turquoise ones, the kind with black wording that said "Refillable" on the outside and the word "GIANT" next to it with pink diamonds all around. The cup is terribly tacky and ugly, I'm afraid, but I adore drinking coffee from plastic, insulated cups. It tastes better that way. At least, that's what I used to think.

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Excerpt: 'In the middle of the ocean. How did I end up here? Oh yes, I remember! My wife decided I needed a vacation. What I really think she meant is that she needed a vacation from me. So she buys me a boat, sends me off on this crazy sea voyage, and what happens? It sinks. It sinks! And now, I can't even see anything because there's so much fog around! I feel like I'm in our tiny little shower thing at home where she put up her pink curtains' PINK' in my bathroom. Can you imagine? Geez, and now I'm talking to myself, maybe I'm'

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Excerpt: Come with me to worlds unknown.
Magic, mystic foreign places.
Let the future be our own.

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Reader Feedback
"Fantasy Newsletter (December 4, 2013)" 

ENB writes: Thanks for highlighting my piece:)I've been reading a lot on Tolkien, and he really did a lot of editing in his work. Or, should I say,his son did. In some cases Tolkien even changed the names of his characters over four times! I have to admit that I too have some trouble with consistency, but I like to have all my notes, maps, and notebooks around when I'm writing so as to keep some consistency flowing.
Prosperous Snow celebrating You're Welcome.

Joshiahis writes: Any subjects for the New Year? Hmmm... {e:ponder} How about highlighting some tips to filter through different fantasy publishers to find the right one to submit your work to? There's so much stuff out there that it's confusing, especially these e-zines. Who's credible, who's not? Is it okay to submit stories without pay, and seek glory rather than fortune? What's the RULES to break out of one's portfolio and into the real world?

BIG BAD WOLF Happy July 4th! writes: A story set in the After-life is interesting, especially when the afterlife takes the form of a book you've read.

Redwall Interactive  (13+) After an accident, you find yourself in the land of Mossflower. What now? 3,860+views. #1802654 by BIG BAD WOLF Happy July 4th!

brom21 writes: Dude, your editing points really hit the nail. I have a problem with editing and making corrections. It is such a daunting task to go back over pages and pages of work and make everything cohesive. The hardest part is deleting the content I like allot in order for the story to flow or have more effect. So about how hard is it to go back and edit an entire novel?