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Fantasy: January 17, 2018 Issue [#8705]

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 This week: Frigid Fantasy
  Edited by: Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon
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3. Letter from the Editor
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About This Newsletter

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
         -Lucy Larcom

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.
         -Charles Dickens

Great things come out of being hungry and cold. Once you're pampered, you get lazy.
         -Rob Zombie


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Letter from the editor

Ever consider the cold?

I have, because for the past month it's mostly been freaking FREEZING around here.

I know some of you crazy people actually prefer the cold. "You can always put on more clothes," goes your reasoning.

Well, that reasoning is nonsense. No amount of clothing can keep my hands and feet warm when it's below freezing out there. The only conclusion is that you're mentally deranged. No doubt about it.

Of course, that's a bonus for a writer, so why not put it to use? Use the cold.

Cold weather - with or without snow/ice - can make an effective antagonist. It can become a character in itself - think Narnia or Hoth. How characters respond to, deal with, ignore, or brave the cold weather can help define them. It becomes one of the conflicts in your story, drives characters' actions, presents obstacles to overcome.

Even whackjobs who actually prefer the cold need to keep their body temperature above a certain point, so exploring how they do that in a setting that may be unfamiliar to the readers can be interesting. Or write about expeditions across a place like Antarctica; that can be fun. You can keep score by how many fingers/toes get lost along the way.

Or you can write about someone like me, whose preferred method of dealing with the cold is to visit tropical islands. You'll have to invent the conflict yourself.


Editor's Picks

Some fantasy to keep you warm (no offense to those dealing with extreme heat in the southern hemisphere):

 A long time ago Open in new Window. [E]
A story of pre-European times in what is now Canada. Historical fiction project
by James Write's Author Icon


 Twilight at the Stone Man Open in new Window. [13+]
Thoughts on those who go unrecognized for their deeds.
by Vincent Coffin Author Icon


 A Winter Morning Open in new Window. [E]
Many thanks to Cheri Annemos, PDG Rocks, and Cobe for answering the call to arms.
by Vincent Coffin Author Icon


 Decisions Made Open in new Window. [13+]
The idea that we have many parallel lives, different only by the decisions we have made.
by whom Author Icon


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by A Guest Visitor


Samurai Open in new Window. [ASR]
A man of peace seeks strenght to face a duel.
by Kotaro Author Icon


 The Stolen Child Open in new Window. [E]
A sleeping child is visited in the night by an unusual creature.
by Allen May Carpenter Author Icon

 
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