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Mythic Circle #43, The Editors
Mythic Circle #43, The Editors
The Mythic Circle
Is it just us, or was 2020-2021 the worst year of the past hundred years? Infections, deaths, lockdowns, and quarantines too long for human endurance just kept on keeping on, intensified by squabbles between proponents of collective health measures (masks, vaccines, social distancing) on one side and of individual personal liberties, regardless of the social and health impact, on the other. But through it all, artists continued to think, dream, and produce new work.
Deathwater, Day, Meg Moseman
Deathwater, Day, Meg Moseman
The Mythic Circle
at thought's edge, past a mountain peak in pine, there is a fountain, terraced, calciferous — silent in the sun, save for a susurrus of ripples — I met a wretch who said:
Read by Meg Moseman
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
Our Contributors, The Editors
Our Contributors, The Editors
The Mythic Circle
This is a list of our contributors for The Mythic Circle #42
Editors' Introductions, The Editors
Editors' Introductions, The Editors
The Mythic Circle
The Mythic Circle is a creative writing journal devoted to fantasy-inspired creative works; it has been published by the Mythopoeic Society since 1987, and earlier versions of the Society’s creative writing efforts extend to Mythril (1971 to 1980) and Mythellany (1981 to 1987). These journals have now been archived in their entirety at https://dc.swosu.edu/mythsoc/ through the efforts of the Society’s archivist, Phillip Fitzsimmons, and digital assistant Benjamin Dressler. All but the current issue may be downloaded for free, and the current issue may be purchased as a digital download or ordered as a print-on-demand title from Amazon.
In its thirty-three …
Six Years After The Wedding, Joe R. Christopher
Six Years After The Wedding, Joe R. Christopher
The Mythic Circle
Arthur: Our wedding is, on this sixth anniversary, still barren. You have not had so much as a miscarriage to suggest a possible later fulfilment. I need to have an heir to my throne. Two or three heirs—royal brothers—would be even better.
Version A read by Kelley Logan and Jon Woltz
Version B read by Nolan Meditz and Jessica Salmans
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
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
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
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
In Memoriam: Ryder Miller, The Editors
In Memoriam: Ryder Miller, The Editors
The Mythic Circle
Ryder Miller, a long-time contributor to The Mythic Circle, passed away March 15, 2020.
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
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
We Dreamed Ourselves Awake, David Sparenberg
We Dreamed Ourselves Awake, David Sparenberg
The Mythic Circle
One day we all woke up. Every one of us really woke up. We dreamed ourselves awake.
Read by Victoria Gaydosik
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
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
Mythic Blooms (Fatherless / A Vision), Mack W. Mani
Mythic Blooms (Fatherless / A Vision), Mack W. Mani
The Mythic Circle
i. Papa sailed to Troy before I learned to sing, naming me and calling it a job well done.
Read by Nolan Meditz
Deathwater, Dusk, Meg Moseman
Deathwater, Dusk, Meg Moseman
The Mythic Circle
Lead us past the murky lakes, where all is laid to rest and sunk in earthIn overhanging twilight, seeking has no use, and understanding dies.
Read by Meg Moseman
Loss, Holly Day
Loss, Holly Day
The Mythic Circle
I look for it everywhere, the magic I used to see around me.
Read by Nolan Meditz
The Ship Of Fools, Holly Day
The Ship Of Fools, Holly Day
The Mythic Circle
If you see a bird in a tree, don’t bother shooting at it.
Read by Nolan Meditz
Ritual, David Sparenberg
Ritual, David Sparenberg
The Mythic Circle
Here is the place of the big tree Here is the place of coming together Known as the Ring of Gathering
Read by Nolan Meditz
Reviews, The Editors
Mythic Circle #42, The Editors
Mythic Circle #42, The Editors
The Mythic Circle
The Mythic Circle is a creative writing journal devoted to fantasy-inspired creative works; it has been published by the Mythopoeic Society since 1987, and earlier versions of the Society’s creative writing efforts extend to Mythril (1971 to 1980) and Mythellany (1981 to 1987). These journals have now been archived in their entirety at https://dc.swosu.edu/mythsoc/ through the efforts of the Society’s archivist, Phillip Fitzsimmons, and digital assistant Benjamin Dressler. All but the current issue may be downloaded for free, and the current issue may be purchased as a digital download or ordered as a print-on-demand title from Amazon.
In its thirty-three …