MYTHOLOG

Autumn Issue

Welcome back to the fourth issue of our quarterly publication. We've invited submissions to compliment this issue's theme of Stories for Peace, but we haven't made that a strict criteria for inclusion. We've also allowed the interpretation to be broad, including images of war and of false security. We've desired to live up to the life described by poet Grey Walker, "making peace every day like bread", with the firm belief that telling stories and making myth is a way of peacemaking. We'll let you, the reader, decide if, after reading the work of these fine authors, you agree.

Feeding Time

Could it be that our safety and rest was achieved at the expense of our only voice -- and that looking back at us, if we don't pull the covers over our heads, is another self, in whom the serenity is hollow and can only devour? Brian Ames' bedtime story asks us to risk looking into the dark. Perhaps there is something to fear, after all...

 

Ex Libris

Sometimes what one needs is just a little... inspiration. Elizabeth Barrette's sexy poem goes looking in the library after hours. You'll find it... educational.

 

Where the Old Road Runs

What happens when the woods grow up around our memories? Perhaps every road that takes us back into that growth, like the one in Charles Lipsig's story, leaves us either lost, comforted, or wondering where the time went. This tale looks for the right road by coming from a different direction.

 

The Truth is Out There

Maria Cecile's poem suggests that if you don't believe in monsters, at least they believe in you.

 

Silence

Ryan Nutick considers whether the only thing that can bring us together is our own ending.

 

The Mission

Perhaps the greatest contribution to peace is the gift of sight through enemy eyes. Tim Hoke gives us one such look.

 

Mermaid

Plunge deep with Nancy Ellis Taylor's saline poem, and come out shaking off the drops of it.

 

For Those Who Have Died In His Feet

We walk heavy on the earth, but there are things that walk heavier. William Lengeman's story sees other feet stalking our footsteps, and leaves us wondering whether to look up at the too long shadow.

 

The Mirror Not in Flames, But Dust

Mari Miller-Lamb's vivid dream suggests that life is not something to lay down as easily as we lie down to sleep.

 

Atlas Restrained

Did you ever think that no matter how much the strain, however much we falter beneath the weight of our burdens, we could keep from sinking if someone, anyone, said that we're not alone and they'll never leave us? Asher Black's soliloquy suggests that the world often rests on something as simple -- that perhaps we can bear even the banal individuality of living, and become suffering Titans, if even one voice can reach past the bone.

 

The Dawn of the Crone Age

A look at blood and fire, Thomas Zimmerman's visual poem speaks, or shows, for itself.

 

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Back Issues

You've accessed an older back issue of MYTHOLOG. While the text of the issue is the same, the formatting has been updated to match the current design scheme. This was done for several reasons: We wanted to standardize navigation (when you are anywhere else in the site, the navigation is at the top, so we think it should remain there, regardless of where you are). We wanted to improve readability (we learned that many of the early background colors were too dark for adequate text visibility on some systems). Frankly, too, if we'd known how to do this type of page structure back then, we probably would have. If you're nostalgic for the old original appearance, or just curious, feel free to visit the original format.

Stories for Peace Contest

We did have a designated winner, and a runner up. Unfortunately, both stories had previously appeared in an open online group, and so neither meet the terms of the contest and cannot be declared winners. Still, both pieces were the most excellent in keeping with our contest theme Stories for Peace, so we're providing links to Only Sky and A Slit in the Wall, parts 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5.

 

 

 

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