Welcome Mythketeers to the big, End of the year special, issue of The World of Myth Magazine!. It's hard to believe that an entire year has passed, my most sincere thanks go out to everyone here at The World of Myth readers and contributors alike! We really created and shared some great content in the past twelve months, and here's to hopes of even more months ahead! With that said, we have a lot of new stories, poetry, art and features for you this month. To start everything off, author DC Diamondopolous gives us a peek inside what happens to a lost soul, The Haunting of Piedras Blancas , Loretta Stradley returns after a long absence with her fantasy story, The Witch and the Dirty Blood, while Matt Wall gives us the first of two submissions this issue, with a flash story titled, The Wastes: A Huk short story! In the horror section, gives us the return of Dylan Martin who offers up a dark tale that is Sweet as Honey! Also in the Horror Section this month is a newcomer to The World of Myth, Tom Fowler, and he serves up a story about a woman's path to death entitled, The Spirit Within. In the action/suspense section, Walter G. Esselman gives up a amazing piece about Aliens and Zombies called, Liberty's Run. I continue with part thirteen of Through the Eyes of Madness, plus A.J. Lawdring sees publication for the first time in our magazine as she shares with us a comical little tale of, King of Kandeek for our Humor section. Then Matt Wall rounds out the stories this month with his second story, The Killing of P3 which can be found in the Science Fiction section. In the Poetry Corner, Stephanie Bardy, Randolph R. Lofgren, Mark Kodama, Lallie Napier, Jeff R. Young and Kevin Magnus all return with new poems. The Art Gallery hosts work by Eugene Kusachenko, Storn A. Cook, Clayton Barton, Connie Minutolo and Nazly Sefer this month. In our Book Review section, Luna Lupine offer a review of the book by our own Stephanie Bardy, Eternally Bound, and in our Movie Reviews stop by and find out which movie, Jason Bechard awarded five starts to, as he reviews Kin & Mile 22! I jump in an give you my final art review as we look at Andy Warhol's Banana which you wont want to miss, and Xilera gets her hand on the brand new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch will it be a good review, you'll have to read and find out! The finish out this month with a fun, yet deadly interview, as our very own Lallie Napier finds herself in the hot seat with the one and only Myth Master! And with that, Mythketeers, from all of us here at The World of Myth Magazine, best wishes for a wonderful, Happy Holiday and we look forward to seeing all of you back in the New Year. May your holidays be filled with peace and blessing to you all! ENJOY! David K. Montoya
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