Editors: Terri Windling
and Midori Snyder
Assistant editor: Jamie Bluth
Book Reviewers: Kathleen Howard and Elizabeth Genco
Art on this page:
Star Quilt by Jeanie Tomanek
Etching by Filippo Morghan, 1730–1808
Small Wolf with Forest by Holly Roberts
Homage to Shell Guides by
Clive Hicks–Jenkins
The Swan Princess by Mikhail Vrubel
The Goods and Chattels Man by
Rima Staines
Letter from the Editor’s Desk
“Welcome to our Farewell Issue issue . .”
The Reading Room: Nonfiction
Into the Woods: On British Forests, Myth and Now
“The ancient forests of Northern Europe were the crucible of folk tale. . .”
Into the Fog: Icelandic Land and Lore
“In Iceland the veil between past and present seems suddenly thin. . .”
The Swan Maiden’s Feathered Robe
“This is less a tale about love than one about marital coercion and confusion . . .”
The Folklore of Hearth and Home
“In myth and archetypal symbolism, a house is more just than a dwelling . . .”
The Reading Room: Fiction
A Short Encyclopedia of Lunar Seas
“If one looks into this shallow pool, one can still see the marching Red Armies . . .”
Emilio’s Tale
“The angel’s wings had been removed violently, that was clear . . .”
The Red Shoes
“In my second year of tango, I sold everything except the stereo . . .”
The Writing Room
The Story of the Werewolf
“The literary werewolf is something of an orphan . . .”
Creating Myth: The Franklin Expedition
“It still elicits endless mystery and sparks stories. . .”
The Gallery
A Mosaic of Myth
To the Desert
“The desert is made for poetry. . .”
The Coffeehouse: Poetry
Nathalie F. Anderson
Holly and Theo Black
Carolyn Dunn
Margarita Engle
Nan Fry
Jeannine Hall Gailey
Faye George
Theodora Goss
Tom Hirons
Wendy McVicker
Mario Milosevic
Joseph Stanton
Veronica Schanoes