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Cinderella's Revenge / Sleeping Beauty / Snow White Speaks Out, Jill Solnicki
Cinderella's Revenge / Sleeping Beauty / Snow White Speaks Out, Jill Solnicki
The Mythic Circle
Cinderella’s Revenge: Sisters, you shut me by the hearth, by the broom and cinders, Sleeping Beauty: Wake me wake me I have slept so long the sun rising falling leaves uncurling crumbling Snow White Speaks Out: I see everything through the glass The tree that forms a roof, a canopy over my coffin,
Taking Off, Jill Solnicki
Taking Off, Jill Solnicki
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The ferris wheel creaks, shudders, then lifts off
Elfin Corner Trees, Charles Rampp
Elfin Corner Trees, Charles Rampp
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surprized each dawn, our morning star and i as crescent moon pales
The Betrayed, Erin Lale
The Betrayed, Erin Lale
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The long hall is hung with festive banners. Many Khuzhar are here, celebrating with us our victory over another Soft Poofie town, and loot was piled high on the cloth-covered table along with the rib roast and steaming plates of multicolored roots.
M.I.A., Patricia Ellen Flinn
M.I.A., Patricia Ellen Flinn
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One morning after a long and fitful night of dream-drenched sleep, Helen Blake awoke and discovered to her astonishment that she had been transformed into a large and dazzling butterfly.
Mythic Circle #10, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper
Mythic Circle #10, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper
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Welcome to The Mythic Circle #10. We have a first in this issue: a pair of stories written by father and son. Dan Ryan, a Phoenix, Arizona, high school student, has written a re-telling of the Romeo & Juliet story entitled “The Chain." His father, Charles W. Ryan, provides us with a short story called “Janus Winked." You’ll also notice we’re running a lot of poetry in this issue, including a series of poems by Jill Solnicki that examine fairy tale heroines from an unusual angle.
Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper
Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper
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Welcome to The Mythic Circle #10. We have a first in this issue: a pair of stories written by father and son. Dan Ryan, a Phoenix, Arizona, high school student, has written a re-telling of the Romeo & Juliet story entitled “The Chain." His father, Charles W. Ryan, provides us with a short story called “Janus Winked." You’ll also notice we’re running a lot of poetry in this issue, including a series of poems by Jill Solnicki that examine fairy tale heroines from an unusual angle.
The Little Mermaid, Jill Solnicki
The Little Mermaid, Jill Solnicki
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I saw the belly of the boat slide by, silent and seamless as a whale.
Sea Spiders, Sue Nevill
Sea Spiders, Sue Nevill
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Straight from the sea they come, straight from the mouth of the great bronze god, sightless Poseidon
Lohengrin, Owen R. Neill
Lohengrin, Owen R. Neill
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Knight of the morning swan flowing; Light of the waters through time mists gleaming
The Vernal Queen, Colleen Anderson
The Vernal Queen, Colleen Anderson
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He came to me. I was still young, growing like new shoots.
Untitled / The Flutist, Rhea Rose, Jill Solnicki
Untitled / The Flutist, Rhea Rose, Jill Solnicki
The Mythic Circle
Untitled: Cindy lives in the emerald sea Where water babies tug her hair The Flutist: lifted the silver shaft of light to his lips then danced
Secret Of The Golden Bough, Owen R. Neill
Secret Of The Golden Bough, Owen R. Neill
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Thunder and lightning lie among the branches, celestial fire sent as pledge on earth
Annwyn Castle / Dragon Sol / Eye Of Miranda, Owen R. Neill, Rhea Rose
Annwyn Castle / Dragon Sol / Eye Of Miranda, Owen R. Neill, Rhea Rose
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Annwyn Castle: The castle turns and turns westerly, gleaming westerly, all glass and radiating rainbows. Dragon Sol: the golden blood of gods pounds in your core, searing sea of molten force Eye of Miranda: dark shepherdess of epsilon whose lightless watch and silent cyclic trek
Sunset And Dawn…, E. R. Lifeson
Sunset And Dawn…, E. R. Lifeson
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In Her sadness, the Mother of All wept.
Walking On Royal Carpets / Meteorite, Owen R. Neill, Jill Solnicki
Walking On Royal Carpets / Meteorite, Owen R. Neill, Jill Solnicki
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Walking on Royal Carpets: No sun penetrates here, Holy man-light in these halls of halls Meteorite: What news did it bring crashing out of the night
Letters Of Comment, Donna Farley, Pat Reynolds, Owen R. Neill, Angelee Sailer Anderson, Ron Blizzard, Ruth G. Mortensen, Anne Valley, C. R. Schabel, Gwenyth E. Hood, Joan Marie Verba, Erin Lale, Amos Hufflebinger
Letters Of Comment, Donna Farley, Pat Reynolds, Owen R. Neill, Angelee Sailer Anderson, Ron Blizzard, Ruth G. Mortensen, Anne Valley, C. R. Schabel, Gwenyth E. Hood, Joan Marie Verba, Erin Lale, Amos Hufflebinger
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Letters from readers in The Mythic Circle #10.
Merlusine, Janet P. Reedman
Merlusine, Janet P. Reedman
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I had been wandering for a year when I stumbled on Castra Castle. The month was Mys Rhagvyr, the Year’s Wane, and the weather had been cruel and cold, bringing snow and ice and hail
Janus Winked, Charles W. Ryan
Janus Winked, Charles W. Ryan
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Jeremiah Sharpe listened to the revelers in the street below, hunched himself against the nagging chill, and listened with grudging envy to the hoots and laughter muted by the dusty, rain-streaked window glass.
Giants Of Avalon, Mel Hunnicutt
Giants Of Avalon, Mel Hunnicutt
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King Arthur stood in the doorway of his tent, gazing nervously into the valley where the Saxon army camped.
The Chain, Dan E. Ryan
The Chain, Dan E. Ryan
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Ramón Montaña saw her at the Spring Dance and made his way across the crowded dance floor as the room reverberated with the tape-recorded rhythms of U2.
The Old Millstream, James Hartley
The Old Millstream, James Hartley
The Mythic Circle
The old mill stream. Sounds corny, doesn't it? But that’s where it was. I’ve been living in a rural area ever since my, er, "retirement," and I go on long walks a lot.
The Magus, Mel Waldman
The Magus, Mel Waldman
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"Get out of here, kid!" Buster said to The Magus. "You’re finished! Just another Brooklyn bum who made good and blew it."
Cairnwoman, Rosamund I. Flambard
Cairnwoman, Rosamund I. Flambard
The Mythic Circle
On a sun-warmed boulder far from the other children in her class, Francie Dunster sat eating her frugal lunch.
Hard Time, David Rubenstein
Hard Time, David Rubenstein
The Mythic Circle
Over the moonlit moor the wail of bagpipes rose and fell with the gusting of the wind; disembodied notes, measures lost in space and time, moving like the patches of mist that floated between the barren hilltops.
Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper
Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper
The Mythic Circle
This issue was intended for September, 1989, but during that month my (Lynn’s) husband was hit by a truck while we were walking back to our car after a visit to the L.A. County Fair. A hit-and-run accident has a way of re-prioritizing your life.
Sonnet For A Blessed Son Of Grace, Angelee Sailer Anderson
Sonnet For A Blessed Son Of Grace, Angelee Sailer Anderson
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Twice thirty suns of measured bliss, you danced within my arms to shanties of the sea.
Vulture / Pigeons, John Grey, Lynn Maudlin
Vulture / Pigeons, John Grey, Lynn Maudlin
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Vulture: The vulture is the most fabulous of birds. Pigeons: The pigeons turned to vultures in the night, By morning light they were eating city carrion.
Prince Of Thieves, Angelee Sailer Anderson
Prince Of Thieves, Angelee Sailer Anderson
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"Go not wandering, O ye maids, upon Gad’s hill, in the time of autumn when the daisies linger late. For there will you meet him, and learn to heap curses on the bitter hour in which you were born."
Anniversary, Mark Andrew Garland
Anniversary, Mark Andrew Garland
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I don’t know why we had to come here." "Please," Anna Cole said with a sigh. "Just humor me." She turned toward him. 'Take my hand, won’t you?"