The Snowflake Chronicles

Fantasy Newsletter Deadline July 4, 2022

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Editor's Picks

1. Synchronicity
2. Altered Reality
3. A Beautiful Inter-Galactic Friendship
4. Snow White and the Secret of the Mirror
5. Mr Moonlight
6. The Sky Was Never the Limit
7. Zoltan's Crypt
8. Barrier
9. The Backwards thinking machine

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Do you have a muse?

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What does your muse look like?

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Is your muse a skin changer?

About This Newsletter

Have you found your muse yet? Can you describe what your muse looks like? Is your muse male or female? Is your muse amusing, serious, or a combination of amusing and serious? Does your muse suggest a specific genre of stories, poems, or essays?

From "Finding Your Muse"   by Prosperous Snow celebrating

Letter From the Editor

Do you have a muse? Is there such a thing as a muse? Does believing in a muse give a writer an excuse for writer's block? Those are questions I have asked myself over the years. I have written poems and essays about my muse, which I have referred to as a shape-shifter, a nightingale, and a Phoenix, which indicates that I do not think my muse has one specific shape.

This is good, because it means that I can or could get an idea from anywhere. Of late, I have been having problems getting ideas for anything other than blog entries or poems. I am not sure what is causing the problem. It could be that I need to make some sort of change in my life. It could be that I am letting the headlines of this dystopian society we are living in get to me. The problem could be that I am just getting old, a possibility I refuse to accept.

The taste of coffee
awakens my sleeping muse
to new possibilities.

What time of day do you find it easiest to write. Are you a morning, noon, or night person? Are you a writer who takes jots down ideas in your smartphone's notepad? Have you ever found yourself setting at a stoplight writing down an idea, the light turns green, and the car behind you hanks to get you moving? I have experienced all of these and more.

Write a fantasy or science fiction story about your muse. Content rating of 18+ or lower. Deadline: July 28, 2022.

Editors Picks

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Synchronicity   (18+) Teodosia makes history with her invention - “Short Shots” May 2022 - 2nd place winner #2272829 by Christopher Roy Denton

Altered Reality  (E) Flash Fiction 5-22-20 W/C 296 #2222534 by QueenNormaJeanGreeneggs&vegham

A Beautiful Inter-Galactic Friendship,   (E) A Beautiful Inter-Galactic Friendship started with Corn on the Cob for Writer's Cramp, #2274624 by JCosmos

Snow White and the Secret of the Mirror  (E) a new look at an old tale #2273605 by eyestar~*

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Mr Moonlight  (E) A brief introduction to, hopefully, whet the whistle. (Updated 7th July 2021) #2253502 by Adherennium Dr of Phoolishness

The Sky Was Never the Limit  (13+) Science Fiction and the Literature of Ideas #997450 by Robert Waltz

Zoltan's Crypt  (E) Flash Fiction Entry, 298 w/c #2274971 by Brendan O’Neal

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Barrier  (ASR) Incompatible Mythos #2274951 by Words Whirling 'Round

The Backwards thinking machine  (E) What else would you do with it? #2226950 by Jeffhans

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