Writer's Muse Magazine December 2012

By Sumiko Saulson

The first issue of ”Writer’s Muse” Magazine! It is a compilation of the works of the Writer’s Muse Page, an online writer’s group started by Richard Cotton.
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The stories and poetry included in the first Writer’s Muse Magazine issue, our Christmas 2012 issue, are participants in a contest on the page. The contest was to see who created the most beloved Christmas story, as determined by votes on the page. It was a hard decision to make, figuring out which story was the winner, with so many truly inspired submissions. Congratulations to Victoria Tomlinson, who won the contest with her heartwarming tale of the innocence of children and the true spirit of the season, “A Christmas Gift”.

We hope you enjoy all of the submissions in this, our first issue!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Iconoclast Productions
• Release date: Dec 22, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301595563

Sumiko Saulson

Sumiko Saulson is a science-fiction, fantasy and horror writer and graphic novelist. She was the 2016 recipient of the Horror Writer Association's "Scholarship from Hell." She is best known for her non-fiction reference guide "60 Black Women in Horror Fiction." Her novels include "Solitude"," The Moon Cried Blood, "Happiness and Other Diseases", "Somnalia", "Insatiable" and the Amazon bestselling horror comedy “Warmth." She has written several short stories for collections and anthologies, including the Carry the Light award winning science-fiction story "Agrippa." She writes for the Oakland Art Scene for the Examiner.com, SEARCH Magazine and horror blogs HorrorAddicts.net and SumikoSaulson.com, which featured a 2013 Women in Horror Month interview series. The child of African American and Russian-Jewish American parents, she is a native Californian who grew up in Los Angeles and Hawaii. She is an Oakland resident who has spent most of her adult life in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Writer’s Muse Magazine – The Christmas Edition

Writer’s Muse Group

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Copyright 2012 Writer’s Muse Group

Each Contributor Maintains His or Her Individual Copyright

Cover & Layout by Sumiko Saulson

Writer’s Muse Magazine

First Issue – First Year

Holiday Issue

December 2012

Contributors:

Victoria Tomlinson – A Christmas Gift © 2012

Kateryna Fury – The Cat Who Danced With Elves © 2012

Michelle Gent - Santa's Little Helper - A Dusty the Demon Hunter Story © 2012

Gretchen Steen - The Christmas Picture - 1961 © 2012

Richard Cotton – T’was The Night Before Christmas © 2012

Susie Bennet – Christmas Poem (Untitled) © 2012

Kateryna Fury – The Girl Who Did Not Believe In Christmas © 2012

Carol Bird – Murder Mystery © 2012

Philip Nork - Holidays Remembered by a Child of Divorce © 2012

Sumiko Saulson – Illustrated Principles of Kwanzaa © 2012

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Table of Contents

Smashwords Edition

First Issue – First Year

Welcome

The Cat Who Danced With Elves

Santa's Little Helper - A Dusty the Demon Hunter Story

The Girl Who Did Not Believe In Christmas

The Christmas Picture - 1961

T’Was The Night Before Christmas

Christmas Poem

Featured Story: A Christmas Gift

Murder Mystery

Holidays Remembered by a Child of Divorce

The Illustrated Principles of Kwanzaa

Connect with Us!

Welcome

Welcome to the first issue of Writer’s Muse Magazine! It is a compilation of the works of the Writer’s Muse Page, an online writer’s group started by Richard Cotton. You can find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/writersmusepage/

***

The stories and poetry included in the first Writer’s Muse Magazine issue, our Christmas 2012 issue, are participants in a contest on the page. The contest was to see who created the most beloved Christmas story, as determined by votes on the page. It was a hard decision to make, figuring out which story was the winner, with so many truly inspired submissions. Congratulations to Victoria Tomlinson, who won the contest with her heartwarming tale of the innocence of children and the true spirit of the season, A Christmas Gift.

We hope you enjoy all of the submissions in this, our first issue!

The Cat Who Danced With Elves

by Kateryna Fury

Once upon a time in a land right down the street, there was a cat named Sylvani. This cat was smart but shy of al the people he met. He had not found a place that he felt was home, and continued to wonder if he would. He was a silvery gray cat, with stripes that were lighter than the rest of his fur, bright green eyes that reflected the moon, and despite his trepidation with people he was a curious creature. As it grew colder, the cat knew he needed to find food and shelter. It was so cold even the mice had begun to hide. While Sylvani was a great hunter not even he could hunt the mice if they were tucked up in their warm dens, inside the walls of the houses. So he waited one day until he saw an open door, to a barn and darted inside. He could smell the mice there, his whiskers twitching as he inhaled the scents of horses, people, and to his joy mice. Little furry creatures that he could eat. It would be enough for this winter.

He took time in his barn to make a nest, it was warm there and as the snow outside fell he felt safe. The humans who kept the horses never saw him, as they came in and cared for their friends. He watched them, laughing and playing and wondered at their winter clothing, the thick sweaters. Did humans not get fur? He wondered. Time passed