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  | Editorial | Gil Williamson | 
| Welcome to the 21th issue of Mythaxis. | 
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 | Maximum Law | Martin M. Clark | 
| Shades of William Gibson's GUNHEAD from 'Virtual Light'. | 
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 | Commedia del'l Venezia | Gil Williamson | 
| I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a 
prison on each hand. Lord Byron.
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 | A Tale of Salt and Oak | Voss McVeigh | 
| When something goes wrong, the first thing 
I think is, it is Loki's fault. It saves a lot of time. Neil Gaiman
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 | Mirror, Mirror | Patrick Boylan | 
| "You are just a dreamer, And I am just a dream.
 You could have been anyone to me."
 -- Neil Young,
Like a
Hurricane'
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 | Are Friends Eclectic | Jez Patterson | 
| "There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, 
including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment 
possibilities than the television set." Harriet Van Horne
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 | Good Vibrations | Steve Slavin | 
| Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear. Ludwig van Beethoven
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 | Ilysveil: Twin Dawn Rising | J. H. Zech | 
| "Virtue is the truest nobility." b> Miguel de Cervantes
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 | Pranswat Passes Through | Les Sklaroff | 
| "There is no such thing as Accident; it is Destiny misnamed." Cherth Pranswat of Sirisulsor, Omnant Exemplary of the Order of Seven
Streams.
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 | Blood Poisoning | D. S. White | 
| The author tells me his inspiration comes from newspaper articles.
I suggest he subscribes to a less sensational periodical. | 
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 | Eavesdropping at Quoils | Les Sklaroff | 
| "A free droplet of liquid naturally assumes a spherical shape, 
which has the minimum surface area for a given volume. The equivalence 
of measurement of energy per unit area to force per unit length can be 
proven by dimensional analysis." Farras Grein
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 | Of a Kind | Jez Patterson | 
| "Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives." Oscar Wilde
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 | Maximum Law - Christmas Party | Martin M. Clark | 
| "Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that." Charles Dickens
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 | Christmas Carole | Martin M. Clark | 
| "Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that." Charles Dickens.
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 | Comics | Liam Baldwin | 
| Jet Starr Scores Again! From the pen of Liam
 Baldwin. | 
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 | Melkart The Herdsman | Mark Mellon | 
| Qui dedit benificium taceat; narret qui accepit. (He who does a good deed should be silent; he who benefits should tell)
 Seneca
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