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Editorial, Tina Cooper, Christine Lowentrout

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Welcome to The Mythic Circle #12. We apologize for the lateness of this issue. Tina’s triplets (!), bom in March, slowed her down considerably over the past few months. They are now beginning to sleep at night, however, and she anticipates returning to a normal pace soon. We appreciate your patience in the meantime.

To Christopher Columbus, Gwenyth E. Hood

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I wonder at the fervor of your passion, Your dreams o f glory, gold and splendid wealth

Eleventh Hour / Autumn Cleaning, Gwenyth E. Hood

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Eleventh Hour: / climbed down the dark and jagged path leading on, down down, in the shadowed lands. Autumn Cleaning: The autumn wind is sighing in the branches to lift dead leaves and carry to the ground

The White Queen Soliloquy, Lala Heine-Koehn

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A trumpet wakes her from her sleep. The long wailing notes disturb the heavy folds o f her bed curtains

The Puppets / The Death Of Sun And Moon, Lale Heine-Koehn, Janet P. Reedman

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The Puppets: The woman behind me is cutting a tree to crush me and if it must, his hand, holding mine. The Death of Sun and Moon: The Moon stood in the shroud of night, a crone who waned and sank billowing pale deathlight

On The Walls / Hero To His Captive Elfbride / Asphodel, Janet P. Reedman

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On the Walls: Under the shade of shattered walls, Remembered lives blow like dreams Hero to His Captive Elfbride: Dawn's light glitters on faded mountain tarn Asphodel: Caught in the shadows the keep cast

Letters Of Comment, Angelee Sailer Anderson, Cynthia M. Parkhill, Lynn Maudlin, Joan Marie Verba, Ann Blackwell

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Brides Of Sealmen / Rites Of Union, Janet P. Reedman, David Sparenberg

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Brides of Sealmen: Loneliness breeds strange fancies in girls grown too old for love Rites of Union: Am I b ut one rhythm? Are my rhythms not multiple as air's motions?

Childhood's End, K. V. Skene

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Each yesterday Ended when, quite magically, The streetlights blinked, and once again Bewitched the night.

Confessions Of A Dragon Lady / Windbound, K. V. Skene

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Confessions of A Dragon Lady: Before I knew the wisdom of this world I felt the ebb and flow of secret tides. Windbound: Back of the North Wind, Under a pallid sun, all life Is permafrosted.

Exile And Mending, David Sparenberg

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Peace to you, Shulammite maiden! Waiting tears at the heart of hope.

Il-Lyran's Song For Midsummer, Sarah Beach

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Light lay soft in dreaming gloom. Darkness then did roam and drift.

Rising In The Night, Ramona M. Czer

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When Gina sprang out of bed that night she did it joyfully. Her eyes swept open at once, her legs from the thighs to the toes felt life in them.

The Rescue, Alex Mcgilvery

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Darla walked down High Street, her heels clicking a rapid beat, her normally pleasant face marred by a frown.

The Bike Trail, Jefferson Dukes

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They were killing the dogs when I met Kalie.

Dialogue Between The Sun And The Wind, Richard Sharpless

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What is this tree," said the Wind, "whose leaves are like spines and whose seeds carry two eyes and a mouth?"

The Seduction Of Yahu-El Betshintav, David Sparenberg

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Recently an angel of heaven descended to earth. She was not one of the fiery seraphim. Nor was she an androgynous angel, an ofan.

Now I Will Believe That There Are Unicorns, Amy Wolf

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George R. Erickson hurled the twenty-five-percent cotton fiber paper across the room, visions of following it with his Selectric dancing through his head like sugar plums.

The Stars Are Caring Travelers, Paul Newman

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The day had been a wonderfilled one for all, as the family’s four living generations had been reunited for this holiday spent in the country air at the farm of one of its members.

The Seventh Bellkeeper Of Vienna, Dennis Bock

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In the silence of his violin days (for he composed very little during that sad time) Mozart slept while he could, at the height of day when all of Vienna was loud and alive with accident and arguments, castrations, rehearsals, fist-fights and anthems.

Mythic Circle #12, Tina Cooper, Christine Lowentrout

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Welcome to The Mythic Circle #12. We apologize for the lateness of this issue. Tina’s triplets (!), bom in March, slowed her down considerably over the past few months. They are now beginning to sleep at night, however, and she anticipates returning to a normal pace soon. We appreciate your patience in the meantime.

The Man Of An Uncertain Address, Lala Heine-Koehn

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were my neighbours at rate time. We used to chat across the fence, discuss the weather due the next day, sometimes our dual problems.

The Bones Of Erin, Linda Buchanan

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When her shovel hit something hard, Sharon assumed it was just another rock.

The Sorcerer Of Darkstone Tower, Mitchell Diamond

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Being a peasant wasn’t so bad, thought Carik as he walked down a dusty road to the town of Lanthor.

Archetypes, Stereotypes, And The Female Hero: Transformations In Contemporary Perspectives, Terri Frontgia

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Points out deficiencies of traditional mythic and psychological archetypes in encompassing females. Considers some heroes and heroines of modern fantasy who demonstrate a new paradigm of archetypes not tied to gender.

Bashing Joseph Campbell: Is He Now The Hero Of A Thousand Spaces?, Coralee Grebe

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Defends Joseph Campbell against recent attacks on his scholarship and personal beliefs.

Reviews, Nancy-Lou Patterson, David Llewellyn Dobbs, Glen Goodknight

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. C.S. Lewis, Illus. by Pauline Baynes. Reviewed by Nancy-Lou Patterson.

The Magical World of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield. "Gareth Knight". Reviewed by David Llewellyn Dobbs.

Celtic Calendar 1992: an historical and mythological calendar representing the Celtic Year: November 1, 1991 to October 31, 1992. Patrick Wynne and Alexei Kondratiev. Reviewed by Glen GoodKnight.

The Scouring Of The Shire As A Hobbit Coming-Of-Age, Jonathon D. Langford

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Contends the events of The Lord of the Rings, culminating in the Scouring of the Shire, demonstrate a coming-of-age for the individual hobbits of the Fellowship, for some social and for others spiritual. The Shire’s response to Sharkey, especially after the Fellowship members return, is a coming-of-age for Hobbit society as a whole.

Always Winter And Never Christmas: Symbols Of Time In Lewis' Chronicles Of Narnia, Nancy-Lou Patterson

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Disagrees with Kilby that the appearance of Father Christmas in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is “incongruous.” Sees him as key to Lewis’s understanding of the theological significance of time and eternity.

Above All Shadows Rides The Sun: Gollum As Hero, Elizabeth Arthur

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Extensive discussion of the complexity of the character of Gollum/Sméagol. He can be seen as a kind of hero, intensely flawed but with incomparable endurance, and essential to the Quest.