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Falling For A Cornish Maid, Ella Wallsworth-Bell
Falling For A Cornish Maid, Ella Wallsworth-Bell
The Mythic Circle
It’s the girl’s blue eyes that hook me in. She sits at the back of the pub, staring at me through a sea of cigarette smoke and a chatter of voices, incessant as waves on rocks.
Read by Adrian Watts
Betrothal, Lawrence Buentello
Betrothal, Lawrence Buentello
The Mythic Circle
Grayson first saw her as she rode from the trees of the forest beyond his small house. The sun, with the last of the light it threw over the hills to the west, illuminated her astride her horse in burnished gold and yellow streaks.
Read by Phillip Fitzsimmons
What Iphigenia Knows, Ama Kirchner
What Iphigenia Knows, Ama Kirchner
The Mythic Circle
1. Iphigenia is in a void. The space surrounding her is not black or gray, nor is it faded light that tapers off at the edges of her vision.
Read by Victoria Gaydosik
Epic, David Sparenberg
Epic, David Sparenberg
The Mythic Circle
A back-to-the-future Shamanic telling for public recitation Sing in me, Muse, the epic tale of that Earth daughter who shook the foundations of the Dark Towers and challenged in combat the dread lords of tyranny and their master the Patriarch of Death. Before the Book, back in The Dreaming— over eons of Shaman Lore—it is attested that light is restoration for those who are eaten by their own shadows and fire is the bane of phantoms. From somewhere here, Muse, begin.
Read by David Sparenberg
Troll, Kevan Kenneth Bowkett
Troll, Kevan Kenneth Bowkett
The Mythic Circle
Once upon a time there lived a troll who guarded a tollbooth on a bridge.
Read by Kevan Kenneth Bowkett
Working Title, S. Dorman
Working Title, S. Dorman
The Mythic Circle
Mark Twain had gone into outer darkness on a comet, leaving his friend Jack Lewis at his desk musing on their great experience together—an awful vision of the crucifixion in which the crucified Christ was nothing but an insect.
Read by Scott Long and Steve Strickler
The Tree That Stood Forever, Mary Alice Dixon
The Tree That Stood Forever, Mary Alice Dixon
The Mythic Circle
One day not long ago, as time is measured by trees, a woman wandered fields of thyme and lavender near a small, hard-to-find town. She was a traveler who had become lost looking for home. Her memory was lost, too.
Read by Phillip Fitzsimmons
The Dreaded Tome Of Urawn, Lee Clark Zumpe
The Dreaded Tome Of Urawn, Lee Clark Zumpe
The Mythic Circle
"Curse you, mortal," shouted the great gray dragon vexedly as the mortal on her back fidgeted nervously in his saddle. "By the gods, be still!"
Read by Kelley Logan
Equuleus Of Troy, Dc Mallery
Equuleus Of Troy, Dc Mallery
The Mythic Circle
In the waning days of The Trojan war, as Agamemnon's Army was losing hope, the Towering Horses of the wilds of North Africa were but myth and fable to both Greeks and Trojans.
Read by Helen Taylor