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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.


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?"


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.


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.


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.


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."


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


Death Deceived, Joyce M. Rattray Jun 1989

Death Deceived, Joyce M. Rattray

The Mythic Circle

I had been travelling in the mountains for months before I stumbled upon a practice I had not imagined existed.


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.


Love For Emily, John Patrick Wall Jun 1989

Love For Emily, John Patrick Wall

The Mythic Circle

I have never actually met my cousin Emily, even though I have known her all of my life. We've talked on the phone often enough, and I keep up a lively correspondence with her.


The Leopard Face, Walter Lide Jun 1989

The Leopard Face, Walter Lide

The Mythic Circle

Sangara sat on the dirt floor of a small straw hut she shared with her father, Tanato, and the silence between them seemed as huge as the Great Northland Desert.


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.


The Stones Of Mordus, Paul Nolan Hyde Jun 1989

The Stones Of Mordus, Paul Nolan Hyde

The Mythic Circle

The old man sits by the fire, facing the warmth, his eyes closed, his fingers lightly seeking some fleeting melody hidden between the strings of his old harsoon.


The Sage And The Tiger, Marjorie Maxwell Jun 1989

The Sage And The Tiger, Marjorie Maxwell

The Mythic Circle

Once upon a time, in a far off remote land there lived a sage. No one knew his name for he had been there, unobtrusively, for as long as the oldest inhabitant could remember.


Love - And Hate - Among The Runes: Two Norse Tales Retold, Douglas A. Rossman Jun 1989

Love - And Hate - Among The Runes: Two Norse Tales Retold, Douglas A. Rossman

The Mythic Circle

Freya’s Tears: Why must you go, Od?" Freyja's voice was plaintive as, hugging her knees, she sat up on the bearskin rug where they had spent the night. Loki Bound: “Hurry, woman, hurry”! The scream is torn from my lips despite my determination not to acknowledge the pain— the excruciating pain— that wracks my face and chest every time the bowl fills with venom and Sigyn has to leave the cave to empty it.


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.