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Untitled / The Flutist, Rhea Rose, Jill Solnicki Sep 1990

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


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 Sep 1990

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

The Mythic Circle

Letters from readers in The Mythic Circle #10.


Annwyn Castle / Dragon Sol / Eye Of Miranda, Owen R. Neill, Rhea Rose Sep 1990

Annwyn Castle / Dragon Sol / Eye Of Miranda, Owen R. Neill, Rhea Rose

The Mythic Circle

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


Secret Of The Golden Bough, Owen R. Neill Sep 1990

Secret Of The Golden Bough, Owen R. Neill

The Mythic Circle

Thunder and lightning lie among the branches, celestial fire sent as pledge on earth


Sunset And Dawn…, E. R. Lifeson Sep 1990

Sunset And Dawn…, E. R. Lifeson

The Mythic Circle

In Her sadness, the Mother of All wept.


M.I.A., Patricia Ellen Flinn Sep 1990

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 Betrayed, Erin Lale Sep 1990

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.


Sonnet For A Blessed Son Of Grace, Angelee Sailer Anderson Jan 1990

Sonnet For A Blessed Son Of Grace, Angelee Sailer Anderson

The Mythic Circle

Twice thirty suns of measured bliss, you danced within my arms to shanties of the sea.


Thurenfel's Source, Gerard Daniel Houarner Jan 1990

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 Crimson Berries, Deborah L. Hunt Jan 1990

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.


Hard Time, David Rubenstein Jan 1990

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.


El Patio De Los Legartos, Michael Kocik Jan 1990

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.


The Planet Of Scientists: A Fable, Joe R. Christopher Jan 1990

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.


Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper Jan 1990

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.


Vulture / Pigeons, John Grey, Lynn Maudlin Jan 1990

Vulture / Pigeons, John Grey, Lynn Maudlin

The Mythic Circle

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 Jan 1990

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."


Anniversary, Mark Andrew Garland Jan 1990

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?"


Letters Of Comment, Charles De Lint, Bent Lorentzen, C. R. Schabel, Douglas Rossman, Alex Mcgilvery, F. Harris, Lawrence Schimel, Ron Blizzard, Mary-Edith Bridges, Angelee Sailer Anderson, Karen Harbaugh, Evelyn Cooper Jan 1990

Letters Of Comment, Charles De Lint, Bent Lorentzen, C. R. Schabel, Douglas Rossman, Alex Mcgilvery, F. Harris, Lawrence Schimel, Ron Blizzard, Mary-Edith Bridges, Angelee Sailer Anderson, Karen Harbaugh, Evelyn Cooper

The Mythic Circle

Letters from readers in The Mythic Circle #9


An Unearthly Pun, Bonnie B. Kennedy Jan 1990

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.


We Call It North Carolina, Kay Fortunato Jan 1990

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.


Sweet As Muscatel, Gwenyth E. Hood Jan 1990

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.


Mythic Circle #9, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout, Tina Cooper Jan 1990

Mythic Circle #9, 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.


The Opaque Crystal, Patrick Mcginn Jun 1989

The Opaque Crystal, Patrick Mcginn

The Mythic Circle

Beneath the austere sun, a spinning cloud of dust rose from the hardpan ground and whipped toward Reget. A chill rippled through him as he watched the gyrating motes coalesce into a towering demon the color of twilight.


The Cause And Effect Of Daydreaming, Laurence Weiner Jun 1989

The Cause And Effect Of Daydreaming, Laurence Weiner

The Mythic Circle

In a typically large metropolitan area stood a typically large metropolitan insurance building that dwarfed the surrounding buildings to such an extent that the metropolitan area became famous due to the hugeness of one, single metropolitan structure.


Temple Of Bougledesh, Tom Raley Jun 1989

Temple Of Bougledesh, Tom Raley

The Mythic Circle

The streets of the city were packed with people, all of whom seemed to be hurriedly going nowhere.


Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout Jun 1989

Editorial, Lynn Maudlin, Christine Lowentrout

The Mythic Circle

There are lots of things going on in this world and, in the scheme of things, The Mythic Circle is a very small piece indeed. Still, it consumes more of Ye Olde Edytors’ effort and energy than you might imagine. Just about the same time that I found myself wondering, "why are we doing this, anyway?" while we struggled with overloaded schedules and my temporarily bi-coastal lifestyle (back in Altadena now) -- I’d started talking to Christine about whether we should hang up the gloves and climb out of the ring before we’re punch-drunk- the Mythopoeic Society’s members questionnaire started …


Predictions, John Grey Jun 1989

Predictions, John Grey

The Mythic Circle

Light pokes through the sculptured lions atop the battlements,


The Gift Of Sibyl, Owen R. Neill Jun 1989

The Gift Of Sibyl, Owen R. Neill

The Mythic Circle

In a Grecian jar carved holy by Apollo the voice of Sibyl cries to all who ask,


Ulysses To Penelope / Penelope To Ulysses / The Man In The Machine, John Patrick Wall, Elizabeth Hillman Jun 1989

Ulysses To Penelope / Penelope To Ulysses / The Man In The Machine, John Patrick Wall, Elizabeth Hillman

The Mythic Circle

Ulysses to Penelope: When off upon the oceans blue Forever will I think of you Penelope to Ulysses: My wonderous love, no longer roam Return unto your true love’s home The Man In The Machine: The Great Roc flies; I sit on a claw, My arm around the leg


Sky-Toy, Elizabeth Hillman Jun 1989

Sky-Toy, Elizabeth Hillman

The Mythic Circle

Brilliant spiders waltz and whirl Behind the sky-bowl, Spinning the delicate wheels To keep our toy-universe in order