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Fiddler Of Sundown Lake, Cal Clawson, Bob Casad Nov 1992

Fiddler Of Sundown Lake, Cal Clawson, Bob Casad

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The fading cow-town of Quinlin was quiet but for the faint buzz of insects. Meyers Market and Gas Station was still going, but the rest of the town was abandoned, the local ranchers preferring to drive forty- five miles south to Flagstaff to do their shopping.


Ragwort, Ragwort, Ruth G. Mortensen Nov 1992

Ragwort, Ragwort, Ruth G. Mortensen

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Into every life, providence scatters a handful of extraordinary hours charged with creating its unique design— the before and after hours that emboss the weave.


Images, Jane M. H. Bigelow Nov 1992

Images, Jane M. H. Bigelow

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He was not silver, but red gold as the sand; he was not large, but wiry as a goat; he was not gentle, but fierce as the rocks behind him.


The Magic Carpenter, John R. Alderson Nov 1992

The Magic Carpenter, John R. Alderson

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"There is a great deal of difference between butter and butterflies," said Eldewin Whiteharte to his son, Dak.


Letters Of Comment, Charles De Lint, Erin Lale, Joe Christopher, Jane M. H. Bigelow, Lynn Maudlin Nov 1992

Letters Of Comment, Charles De Lint, Erin Lale, Joe Christopher, Jane M. H. Bigelow, Lynn Maudlin

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Editorial, Tina Cooper, C.I.S. Lowentrout Nov 1992

Editorial, Tina Cooper, C.I.S. Lowentrout

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Welcome to The Mythic Circle #14. We hear raves from all quarters about the Tolkein Centennial in Ox- ford; sounds like a splendid time was had by all. Alas, we couldn't go, but we're enjoying the anecdotes!


The House Of Knowledge, Lala Heine-Koene Nov 1992

The House Of Knowledge, Lala Heine-Koene

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This building here with the arched windows two stories high to let in light, is to be your home for a time.


Iorg And The Dancing Sword, Ron Blizzard Nov 1992

Iorg And The Dancing Sword, Ron Blizzard

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The water trickled down his neck as Iorg slogged through the mud. He rubbed his hands together to try to get some feeling in them and then lost his balance, falling face-first into a slimy, sewage-infested pool.


To Kill A Wizard, Karen J. Connell Nov 1992

To Kill A Wizard, Karen J. Connell

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The tavern's front door swung open. An evening breeze, rank with rotting garbage, swirled in. A large, ragged man stepped over the threshold.


"Naughty Or Nice", E. D. Shafer Nov 1992

"Naughty Or Nice", E. D. Shafer

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"Charles Michael Dare put the cat down, and I mean do it now!" Pesker-cat watched the kitty-litter gray carpet rush toward his face. Chuckie Dare shrugged his shoulders. "Gee, Mom, I thought cats were always suppose to land on their feet."


Color It Vanity, Peter Dean Nov 1992

Color It Vanity, Peter Dean

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"Wizard, are you sure you have the spell I need?" "Are you sure that your money is good, Sir Landsworth?" The quick retort startled the noble and shocked his followers


The Seminar, George Egon Hatvary Nov 1992

The Seminar, George Egon Hatvary

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Perhaps the idea was on the foolishly sentimental side, but it did not seem so when it was first brought up.


Bridget Skla's Dreamworld Tea, Walter Lide Nov 1992

Bridget Skla's Dreamworld Tea, Walter Lide

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Just as the sun began setting in a fire colored sky, Bridget Skla stooped over an old wool blanket and collected the herbs she'd been drying since sunrise.


Mythic Circle #14, Tina Cooper, C.I.S. Lowentrout Nov 1992

Mythic Circle #14, Tina Cooper, C.I.S. Lowentrout

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The Art Of High Fantasy, Joe R. Christopher Jul 1992

The Art Of High Fantasy, Joe R. Christopher

The Mythic Circle

Upon a lonely quest the hero goes Now helped, now hindered, by damsels and by crows


Quatrina: Drab Vs. Golden, Joe R. Christopher Jul 1992

Quatrina: Drab Vs. Golden, Joe R. Christopher

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Although my verse, my spoken verse, is Drab, and does not move its hearers with its song, consider yet the grey-coat mockingbird- that from that Drabness comes a sound of Gold.


Sonnet For Star-Eyes, David Lenander Jul 1992

Sonnet For Star-Eyes, David Lenander

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Grandma's story, star-spangled high, Or so she promised, when she told the tale Of Pegasus, but every night we'd fail To find his constellation in the sky.


Moon Dreams In Aliador, Thomas M. Egan Jul 1992

Moon Dreams In Aliador, Thomas M. Egan

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Beyond the blue-white Trollgarde mountains where the Dwarf-Kings guard their treasure of gold, lie the storm-tossed seas of Aliador.


Lumen, Allison Marshall Jul 1992

Lumen, Allison Marshall

The Mythic Circle

If I were to enter A child's imagination…


Three Strangers / A Fable, Allison Marshall, Berni Phillips Jul 1992

Three Strangers / A Fable, Allison Marshall, Berni Phillips

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Three Strangers: There were once three strangers upon this earth Whose odd gifts of power brought little mirth. A Fable: "'If you build it, he will come.'" Zounds! I had the most extraordinary sense of deja vu watching Field of Dreams.


Editorial, Tina Cooper, Christine Lowentrout Jul 1992

Editorial, Tina Cooper, Christine Lowentrout

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Welcome to Mythic Circle #13! The current Mythic Circle includes a lovely story by Joseph Kurtenbach called "The Healer and the Storyteller," a meditation, in effect, on how stories themselves may heal; a darkly attractive "Puppet Ruler," by Frank Mitchell; a return to our pages by C. Schabel with "The Cyclops Maid" (welcome back, Char­ les), and by Joe Christopher with three poems display­ ing his sheer prowess with words; and a "Mythopoeic Youth" section. We also have some fine free verse by Mary Choo. Please write in and give us your comments! This is especially important with regard to …


Gossamer: A Modern Myth, Judith Anderson Stuart Jul 1992

Gossamer: A Modern Myth, Judith Anderson Stuart

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Not long ago, the Sisters spoke the fabric of their latest whim: one spun, another wove the thread


Martian Temples / Gardeners, Mary E. Choo Jul 1992

Martian Temples / Gardeners, Mary E. Choo

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Martian Temples: across the sere red plain the monoliths are drawn in purple angry gold Gardeners: high in my city's streaming towers the wind pipes echoes


The Green Man Of The Wood / Fairy Land In Aliador, Thomas M. Egan Jul 1992

The Green Man Of The Wood / Fairy Land In Aliador, Thomas M. Egan

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The Green Man of the Wood: Green man, Green man, Why do you flee? I seek to know the answers, Pray come forth to me. Fairy Land in Aliador: The grass is bedded cool and wet on Mid-Summer's eve, the scent is jasmine for me alone on its blanket of green.


Venus Rising / Wolfrunner, Mary E. Choo Jul 1992

Venus Rising / Wolfrunner, Mary E. Choo

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Venus Rising: my fascination with fire leads me to consider your potent vision pinned candle-bright to a saffron sky Wolfrunner: dark heart engendered lord you are the keeper of midnight trees


Romantic Iconography: The Valley, The Tower, Joe R. Christopher Jul 1992

Romantic Iconography: The Valley, The Tower, Joe R. Christopher

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Beyond a simple view to state and fix, The Romancer writes in images complex; Not even Dante's four-fold interpretation Can answer everything on every question.


Letters Of Comment, Charles De Lint, Angelee Sailer Anderson, Pat Reynolds, Lynn Maudlin, Gwenyth E. Hood Jul 1992

Letters Of Comment, Charles De Lint, Angelee Sailer Anderson, Pat Reynolds, Lynn Maudlin, Gwenyth E. Hood

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A Visit From Mom, Dan Perlman Jul 1992

A Visit From Mom, Dan Perlman

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She was playing East. I watched calmly as she grounded a pung of dragons. Glancing over at Marshall I remarked on the improvement in her game.


The Witch's Eyes, David Sandner Jul 1992

The Witch's Eyes, David Sandner

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Once, a long time ago, there lived a poor farmer with three sons.


The Planet Of The Headhunters, Adam Morris Jul 1992

The Planet Of The Headhunters, Adam Morris

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"They're right on our tail, Cruez!" Cruez Galt checked the variable force finder and saw two enemy fighter ships blipping across the screen.