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The Chain, Dan E. Ryan
The Chain, Dan E. Ryan
The Mythic Circle
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 Betrayed, Erin Lale
The Betrayed, Erin Lale
The Mythic Circle
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.
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.
Merlusine, Janet P. Reedman
Merlusine, Janet P. Reedman
The Mythic Circle
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
The Mythic Circle
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
The Mythic Circle
King Arthur stood in the doorway of his tent, gazing nervously into the valley where the Saxon army camped.
M.I.A., Patricia Ellen Flinn
M.I.A., Patricia Ellen Flinn
The Mythic Circle
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.
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
The Mythic Circle
"Get out of here, kid!" Buster said to The Magus. "You’re finished! Just another Brooklyn bum who made good and blew it."
In Another Country, Fred G. Leebron
In Another Country, Fred G. Leebron
English Faculty Publications
That summer we lived in an icebox of a house, where nothing worked. The gas stove was stuck in a chimney that had no fireplace, plaid linoleum covered the chipped and rotting floor, a cold wet wind blew through the cracks in the doors and windows, the light bulbs hummed and fluttered, the clock struck at odd and unwarranted times, and we weren't allowed to drink the water from the sink because it came from an impure place. [excerpt]
Anniversary, Mark Andrew Garland
Anniversary, Mark Andrew Garland
The Mythic Circle
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?"
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.
The Crimson Berries, Deborah L. Hunt
The Crimson Berries, Deborah L. Hunt
The Mythic Circle
Alec longingly pressed his forehead to the windowpane. The sun was finally coming out. Behind him, he heard the clatter of his nanny's footsteps in the hallway as she approached.
Sweet As Muscatel, Gwenyth E. Hood
Sweet As Muscatel, Gwenyth E. Hood
The Mythic Circle
Although my grandfather had made his fortune in trade, I had been educated as a gentleman and at first I expected Flora society to accept me as such.
Prince Of Thieves, Angelee Sailer Anderson
Prince Of Thieves, Angelee Sailer Anderson
The Mythic Circle
"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."
An Unearthly Pun, Bonnie B. Kennedy
An Unearthly Pun, Bonnie B. Kennedy
The Mythic Circle
When the great god Zeus summoned the cartel of gods to a meeting, the lesser gods were forbidden to attend.
Thurenfel's Source, Gerard Daniel Houarner
Thurenfel's Source, Gerard Daniel Houarner
The Mythic Circle
The King of Pel looked down upon the flowing waters of the Thurenfel River, and was not content.
The Planet Of Scientists: A Fable, Joe R. Christopher
The Planet Of Scientists: A Fable, Joe R. Christopher
The Mythic Circle
Once upon a time, in the future when mankind was settling some uninhabited planets (not that they all were), a spaceship load of scientists settled one planet, having decided not to bring to their new world any person whose thinking was muddled with religious passions.
El Patio De Los Legartos, Michael Kocik
El Patio De Los Legartos, Michael Kocik
The Mythic Circle
After having lingered through one of the most gracious esplanades surrounding Madrid, my guide abruptly pulled up before a ‘polvo mojado’ -- a Moorish well, literally translating to ‘wet powder’ for the crystalline residue floating atop the tepid water found there - and paused for a long drink.
We Call It North Carolina, Kay Fortunato
We Call It North Carolina, Kay Fortunato
The Mythic Circle
Stacy Miller pulled off the New York State Thruway and turned onto a narrow country road somewhere just north of Pembroke, a perfectly ordinary country road, by all appearances.
Gravity's Rainbow: Modernist Discourse Vineland: Postmodernist Discourse, Ted Mouw
Gravity's Rainbow: Modernist Discourse Vineland: Postmodernist Discourse, Ted Mouw
Honors Papers
To locate Gravity's Rainbow as a postmodern text within modernist discourse is probably sort of an odd thing. Obviously, the books' thematic depictions of linguistic colonialism and discourse of control (capitalism), suggest the inscription of power relations into formulations of truth and rationality, and a postmodern analysis of discursive operations and hierarchies. Yet, I want to stress here the ways in which we have been oriented to access and reproduce the text through modernist discourse.