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The Light That Was Lorainne, Dan O'Keefe
The Light That Was Lorainne, Dan O'Keefe
The Mythic Circle
One second, I sat alone in my bedroom, in my wheelchair. I stared out the only window at a neighbor across the street mowing her lawn.
Sun-Time, Suzanne Burgoyne Dieckman
Sun-Time, Suzanne Burgoyne Dieckman
The Mythic Circle
Mryeshta sat on the riverback, watching skyrr birds skim over the water in little leafy boats. The sun sat high in the sky.
Cat's Paw, Amy Wolf
Cat's Paw, Amy Wolf
The Mythic Circle
The frozen expanse of Balion Wood was silent, save for deerskin boots crunching against snow.
The Theft Of The Sun, Douglas A. Rossman
The Theft Of The Sun, Douglas A. Rossman
The Mythic Circle
It is told that when the great skald Dag Ormseeker was but a mere lad, his mother, the swan-maiden Hervor, sent him off to live with her brother, Ragnar Rune-Wise, the fatherless boy having reached an age when he required the kind of training that only a man could provide.
One Sunday My Son / Cassandra, Dirk J. Verhulst
One Sunday My Son / Cassandra, Dirk J. Verhulst
The Mythic Circle
One Sunday My Son: One Sunday my son ran into the orchard behind the house. Cassandra: You have heard the children cry from the water below the rock: the earth red with blood from the feast of the father.
Civic Hospital, Emergency Ward / Reluctant Spring, Dirk J. Verhulst
Civic Hospital, Emergency Ward / Reluctant Spring, Dirk J. Verhulst
The Mythic Circle
Civic Hospital, Emergency Ward: In the waiting room my wife rests her pain on my shoulder; the broken bones are hidden below the surface of her skin. Reluctant Spring: This spring the birds fly low above the trees; their new green skin not yet able to hide the bones of branches.
Sonnet From A Dark Tower, Gwenyth E. Hood
Sonnet From A Dark Tower, Gwenyth E. Hood
The Mythic Circle
I dreamed a dream of dancing silver water that called a distant kingdom to my mind
Olde Ballade, Gwenyth E. Hood
Olde Ballade, Gwenyth E. Hood
The Mythic Circle
Come, listen to the Story Olde Of two Cities and a Friar Bolde
Sean's Retort, Howard Tessler
Sean's Retort, Howard Tessler
The Mythic Circle
I hunt to fill my table; to sate my hunger.
The Dream She Never Told You / The River Of Glass / Wooden Masks, Howard Tessler, Zan Agzigian
The Dream She Never Told You / The River Of Glass / Wooden Masks, Howard Tessler, Zan Agzigian
The Mythic Circle
The Dream She Never Told You: Colors dark and somber from a world buried deep in secrets and lore. The River of Glass: dream rocks in the lonely river black rocks smooth the water’s ripple in a mixture of reflection Wooden Masks: i felt the wake of wooden masks, and wept for city lights through swaying branches, raised
Passage In The Night, Brian Mason
Passage In The Night, Brian Mason
The Mythic Circle
The fire had gone out and I was unable to get it started again. I had been a Boy Scout and all that, but without dry kindling I could not get more than a few flickers of flame.
A Special Bus, Charles Rampp
A Special Bus, Charles Rampp
The Mythic Circle
Winter was dragging along its weary way toward spring, which seemed far in an indefinite future.
Mythic Circle #11, Tina Cooper, Christine Lowentrout
Mythic Circle #11, Tina Cooper, Christine Lowentrout
The Mythic Circle
Welcome to The Mythic Circle #11. This issue offers some variations on a theme of Winter-into-Spring, particularly Doug Rossman’s notable "The Theft of the Sun"; let us know if you enjoy the seasonal parallelism. You’ll also notice that we continue to run a lot of poetry, including a series of poems by Dirk Verhulst which delicately probe the terror in everyday life, and a wryly lyrical series by Clelie Rich.
Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper
Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper
The Mythic Circle
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 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 Little Mermaid, Jill Solnicki
The Little Mermaid, Jill Solnicki
The Mythic Circle
I saw the belly of the boat slide by, silent and seamless as a whale.
The Vernal Queen, Colleen Anderson
The Vernal Queen, Colleen Anderson
The Mythic Circle
He came to me. I was still young, growing like new shoots.
Taking Off, Jill Solnicki
Taking Off, Jill Solnicki
The Mythic Circle
The ferris wheel creaks, shudders, then lifts off
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,
Walking On Royal Carpets / Meteorite, Owen R. Neill, Jill Solnicki
Walking On Royal Carpets / Meteorite, Owen R. Neill, Jill Solnicki
The Mythic Circle
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
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.
Elfin Corner Trees, Charles Rampp
Elfin Corner Trees, Charles Rampp
The Mythic Circle
surprized each dawn, our morning star and i as crescent moon pales
Mythic Circle #10, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper
Mythic Circle #10, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper
The Mythic Circle
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 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.
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.
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."
Sea Spiders, Sue Nevill
Sea Spiders, Sue Nevill
The Mythic Circle
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
The Mythic Circle
Knight of the morning swan flowing; Light of the waters through time mists gleaming