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Fantasy: May 29, 2024 Issue [#12567]




 This week: Wrath and Reward
  Edited by: Robert Waltz Author IconMail Icon
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2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

More law, less justice.
         —Marcus Tullius Cicero

I think the first duty of society is justice.
         —Alexander Hamilton

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.
         —Orson Welles


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Letter from the editor

One of the reasons for the existence of Fantasy as a genre is to imagine places, characters and situations that are different from what we have here in reality. It's right there in the name.

As we all know, life isn't fair. Sometimes, bad things happen to good people, and good things happen to terrible people. Natural disasters affect the just and the unjust alike. The innocent get punished, and the guilty walk free. People who don't return their shopping carts to the supermarket's parking lot corral never seem to face any consequences. That sort of thing.

But, in the grand tradition of Fantasy, why not ask, "What if... the Powers that Be actively meted out rewards and punishments?"

A pickpocket might spend some time with paralyzed hands. If your neighbor's house were destroyed by a tornado and yours wasn't, then you'd know they were sinners. People who cheat at chess would be named and shamed. An employer engaging in wage theft would have their stock value tank into the toilet. Liars would get hit by lightning out of a clear blue sky. Those who commit murder would immediately perish. And so on.

Why would such a Power enact vengeance instead of simply preventing the acts in the first place? I leave that up to your fertile imagination.

What sorts of stories could one write about such a universe? Well, forgive me if I keep those details to myself for my own use. I'll just have to accept the punishment for withholding ideas.

This would, of course, require a powerful intelligence running things, some entity or entities who know what you did and had the ability to do something about it. Which might fit "Horror" more than "Fantasy," but the line between those genres is fuzzy, anyway.


Editor's Picks

Some Fantasy for your consideration:

Devonshire Open in new Window. [18+]
Published in Abaculus III anthology 2009.
by MD Maurice Author Icon


 
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The Smiling Rabbit Open in new Window. [E]
Keep calm and carrot on!
by Genipher Author Icon


 
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Butterfly Spirit Open in new Window. [E]
The Dear Forgotten: Pixies, elves, and all fae
by Allan Charles Author Icon


 
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Castle Cross Stitch Open in new Window. [E]
A tale of seamstress Guinevere.
by Jatog the Green Author Icon


 
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Mondakota Racing Open in new Window. [E]
Dreamweaver Bar & Grill - September 2020 - W/C 1,590
by QueenNormaJean maybesnow?! Author Icon


 
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A Variegation Open in new Window. [13+]
After years of estrangement, Vetle seeks a reconciliation with his wife.
by K Renée Author Icon


 The Tale of First Boy Open in new Window. [ASR]
From In & Out Twiga's Stories
by Twiga Author Icon

 
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Ask & Answer

Last time, in "Star Wars Day" Open in new Window., I prepared us all for May the Fourth (be with you).

Unfortunately, everyone was too busy celebrating to leave a comment.

So that's it for me for this month. See you in June! Until then,

DREAM ON!!!



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