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Khairete! Em Hotep! Ge-grétan æg-hwilc! Salam! Waes Hal! Welcome to the Summer Solstice 2010 issue of Eternal Haunted Summer.

In our Fiction section, Iamba offers a haunting but dignified tale of the end of life in "Before the Gate." Michaela Macha retells the Norse cosmogony in "In the Beginning." Tahni J Nikitins tells the sad story of the Finnish Loviatar, the "Mother of the Plagues." Drawing on deep myth and ancient Polish tales of River Queens, Shirl Sazynski spins the prose and poetry tale "Wiła."

In our Poetry section, Penelope Friday explores the four seasonal aspects of "Goddess." In CS MacCath's "The Interstitial Fairy Demolition Crew Casts a Circle" and takes a stand. Michaela Macha draws upon Celtic tradition to plant an "Ogham Grove." Laria offers "Shapeshifter" (in honor of Hermes) and "Aphrodite Melainis." Finally, Kayleigh Anne Bohémier returns to EHS with the cosmic "Iron-Maker" and a short hymn "To Hygeia."

In our Reviews section, Phillip Bernhardt-House reviews the anthology "Day Star and Whirling Wheel: A Devotional to Sunna, Goddess of the Sun, and Mani, God of the Moon." Sannion examines the new fantasy title "Flesh and Fire: Book One of the Vineart War" by Laura Anne Gilman, while Allyson Szabo looks over the "Wiccan Book of Angels: The Ancient Religion of White Witchcraft" by Lady Jae Broomhall. Lastly, EHS editor Rebecca Buchanan looks at "The Huntress Within: Finding Skadi" compiled by Isa Frostdottir and "Runes: Theory and Practice" by Galina Krasskova.

Finally, Interviews with two Pagan authors. Scott Mohnkern is the author of "A Year of Viking Rituals" and "Hanging From the Tree: Living With the Runes." And Svartesól is the founder of Gullinbursti Press, and editor (and primary author) of "Visions of Vanaheim."

As always, if you have any comments, thoughts, concerns or questions; or if you would like your publication to be reviewed; or if you are available for an interview, please email us!

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