{"product_id":"the-mythic-circle-47-2025-paperback","title":"The Mythic Circle #47: 2025 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNolan Meditz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePhillip Fitzsimmons\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eL. C. Atencio\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2025 edition (issue #47) of \u003ci\u003eThe Mythic Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, the creative writing publication of The Mythopoeic Society, continues the 38-year-long tradition (since 1987) of providing \u003ci\u003eThe Mythic Circle\u003c\/i\u003e as a publishing outlet for members of The Mythopoeic Society and for writers and artists in the general public as well. We publish fantasy stories, poems, and images, especially those in a mythic vein. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRegarding our fiction, we never know what will come in over the electronic transom, but with our theme of fantasy and mythic works, we can be sure to see some dragons, as in \"The Ninth Moon,\" by \u003cb\u003eShefali Mathew\u003c\/b\u003e and \"The Light and the Maw,\" by \u003cb\u003eCaleb Dummermuth\u003c\/b\u003e; some fairy tales and myths or retellings, as in \"Call of Duty,\" by \u003cb\u003eCassandra L. Schuchart\u003c\/b\u003e, \"More Greatly He Dared,\" by\u003cb\u003e Susan Shwartz\u003c\/b\u003e, \"Enchanted Leaves,\" by \u003cb\u003eLawrence Buentello\u003c\/b\u003e, and \"Strangers in a Storm,\" by \u003cb\u003eJ. Brice Odom\u003c\/b\u003e; a bit of \"romantasy\" and\/or family drama, as in \"The Desire Path,\" by \u003cb\u003eDee Holloway\u003c\/b\u003e, \"Borrowing Happiness from Tomorrow,\" by \u003cb\u003eIsaiah Williams\u003c\/b\u003e, \"Sun and the Spandrel,\" by \u003cb\u003eJared M. Bentley\u003c\/b\u003e, and \"The Forest Song,\" by \u003cb\u003eDeborah Shrimplin\u003c\/b\u003e;\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e a dash of horror such as \"Rend the Heavens,\" by \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Inglis\u003c\/b\u003e, \"Prince of the Mountains,\" by \u003cb\u003eDavid K. Adam\u003c\/b\u003e, \"The Prizing Coat,\" by \u003cb\u003eEvan Wellbrock\u003c\/b\u003e, and \"The City that Sings,\" by \u003cb\u003eHunter Koski\u003c\/b\u003e; a few knights in armor, as in \"The White Hall,\" by \u003cb\u003eMarcelo Henrique Barreto\u003c\/b\u003e, and \"The Last Mushroom Knight,\" by \u003cb\u003eCameron Sauder\u003c\/b\u003e; some modern innovations such as \"Boreas\" by \u003cb\u003eEve Telford\u003c\/b\u003e and \"Squaring the Sphinx\" by \u003cb\u003eL. E. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e; and at least one mythic reincarnation (or was that what happened?) as in \"Wings of Attachment,\" by \u003cb\u003eNez Chew\u003c\/b\u003e. These mythic and fantasy works best represent \"original work by authors following the mythic tradition\" that is the guiding principle of \u003ci\u003eThe Mythic Circle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoems in this year's edition present mythic themes that include connections to J. R. R. Tolkien: \"Rivendell\" and \"Evenstar,\" by \u003cb\u003eRachel Lott\u003c\/b\u003e. Long-time author (since 1997) \u003cb\u003eDavid Sparenberg\u003c\/b\u003e presented a poem analogous to Noah's task on the ark in \"The Fleet of Small Ships.\" In a similar historic-mythic vein, \"Hephaestion's Ghost,\" by\u003cb\u003e George Angleou\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e tells of Alexander (yes, that one) and his dead but still beloved comrade-in-arms. \u003cb\u003eJacob Bier\u003c\/b\u003e brings in aspects of nature in \"The Wind from Another World\" and \"Northernness.\" In \"Fairy Mountain,\" by \u003cb\u003ePatrick Flynn\u003c\/b\u003e, we glimpse a magical place and its magical inhabitants. Two poems from \u003cb\u003eSandra J. Lindow\u003c\/b\u003e leave us with a joke, although a dark and barbed one. But in \u003cb\u003eChris Dickinson\u003c\/b\u003e's poems, we meet an Arthurian hero (Gawain) and, in the second poem, we learn of a magical sea creature somewhat reminiscent of a silkie. From \u003cb\u003eA J Dalton\u003c\/b\u003e we get a new story-poem, \"Niflheim,\" belonging to Norse mythology, and an introduction to a very far-away place in \"Ultima Thule.\" \u003cb\u003eTheo Holmes\u003c\/b\u003e gives us the inner thoughts of an early horror figure in \"Medusa,\" and a prayer for a renewed (and maybe improved) universe in \"Agnostos Theos.\" \u003cb\u003eCarson Wignall \u003c\/b\u003edraws on and expands Biblical stories for \"Eve's Reflection\" and \"Cain.\" And as our closing piece, \u003cb\u003eEve Telford\u003c\/b\u003e imagines the end as a new beginning in \"The Great Unweaving.\" These thought-provoking and deeply mythic poems recapture the spirit of the Inklings for a modern world that hasn't forgotten the ancient world.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 106\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48286729896157,"sku":"9798292944034","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/PGVzZSkyiP9798292944034.webp?v=1785512999","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-mythic-circle-47-2025-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}