Issue 24

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Issue 24, September 1, 2013

Dear Readers,

Our prayers go out to frequent contributor Norman Rubin who suffered a debilitating stroke last month. Norman's contributions to New Myths are many:

Issue 6 - The Eternal Demons

Issue 19 - Biblical Mysteries

Issue 20 - Defining the Myths and Legends of the Holy Grail

Issue 20 - The Arthurian Cycle

Issue 24 - The Legends and Myths of El Dorado

Issue 27 - Defining the Symbolism of Clay Figurines of Fertility

I hope you all enjoy reading the fiction, poetry and nonfiction in Issue 24 as much as we enjoyed putting it together.

Enjoy,

Scott T. Barnes, Editor

Table of Contents

Fiction

A Slender Darkness by D. A. D'Amico

The sweeping curve of indigo reminded Rhyse of Daisha's lithe body, the way her smooth shoulder had moved under his clumsy fingers as he applied the ink. She'd gasped when he'd used the hot wire to set the line, her voice exploding in breathless sighs of pleasure.

The Hidalgo's Domain by Thomas Canfield

The light took Bradshaw by surprise. He hung suspended in the water, moving his fins just enough to maintain his depth, wondering how he could have miscalculated so badly. The water had a beautiful rich tint to it, a silky, sensuous blue, not unlike waters Bradshaw had dove in the Caribbean. But why here, he wondered. There was a spring five miles further to the west, a small one that scarcely warranted a name. But here the network of caves ran uninterrupted through miles of porous limestone. No natural light ever penetrated these waters. Bradshaw should not have breached the surface till he returned to his original point of entry again. This was not his point of entry.

Cerebral Vortex by Sean Hazlett

The hollow-skulled dolphin carcasses started washing ashore about a week ago. No matter how many times Dr. Janet Kimball examined the bodies, she was at a loss as to what was behind these mutilations. Dr. Kimball observed an atrocity that had become so common she was almost numb to it – almost, if not for the dolphins’ missing gray matter. In all her forty years, she’d never come across such a peculiar and gruesome sight.

Butterfly Weather by Hannah Lackoff

On Monday morning, there were ants in the kitchen. I searched under the sink in vain for the traps I knew I had bought. I tried the medicine cabinet, the hall closet, and finally found them on top of the refrigerator, out of my reach without the assistance of the step stool. I was twenty minutes late for work.

Flash Fiction

Her Very Shape and the Way She Says My Words by Michael Griffin

Album by Ian C. Rose

NonFiction

Life in the Extreme by Peter Jekel

Arthurian Fantasy Fiction Through the Ages by Hunter Liguore

The Legends and Myths of El Dorado by Norman Rubin

The Shaman's Daughter by Alexandra Seidel

Before the Sun by Jeffrey Graessley

Poetry

Morrighan by Steve Gordon