From crossing the river Styx to dream encounters with Amon, as well as battles with monstrous creatures along the way, the action is fast-paced, the romantic relationship nicely depicted, and the story, at least of this particular quest, brought to a satisfying resolution.

The closest analogy that rushes to my mind is that of the Greek Mythological figure Narcissus, the most beautiful son of River God Cephisus who as the tale goes 'once drew near the waters of the river Styx to drink water but was bowled over by the beauty of his own reflection fell in love with it and unable to clasp his beloved object, died exhausted at the banks of the river itself'.

Her stories have been published in Confrontation, The Literary Review, The Missouri Review, Passages North, Pembroke Magazine, Phoebe, River Styx, Sou'Wester, and many others.

And we are talking in the ICU which is like being marooned in the middle of the River Styx and has a mix of Lysol and frailty and this specialist says to me as we discuss sport: You know when I was a young doctor I had a commanding officer and he used to say look at the world around us.

From the ancient city of Nikopolis, built in 31BC, to Nekromanteion, on a hill above what in ancient times was the mouth of the River Acheron, the mythical River Styx, gateway to the underworld.

Casey has been published in Calyx, chicago Review, Kenyon, River Styx and Zyzzva, among others.

The Fugue tests dancers' memory, The One Hundreds works on counterpoint, Sweet Fields is classically based, Surfer At The River Styx is grounded in modern technique and Ocean's Motion has a rock-and-roll edge.

Boulevard, Gettysburg Review, River Styx, Salmagundi, and Southern

The Shieldinch cab is the characters' equivalent of sailing across the River Styx into the Underworld.

His work also has appeared in magazines and journals such as Poetry, First Things, River Styx, North American Review, Sewanee Theological Review, Prairie Schooner, and The Oxford American.

In addition, the Greek story of the ferryman Charon, who provides the only way across the river Styx to Hades, is used as an example of monopoly.

Who in their right mind would name a killer winter storm from the other side of the River Styx after a cute fish or a deranged submarine captain?

| It is often assumed the correct spelling was "out in the styx" and that it referred to the River Styx in Greek mythology, which separated the living world from the dead.