The Emu and the Salt-Pan Stars
On a white salt pan where the ground mirrors the sky, one girl must choose darkness over glitter.
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The Reed Flute of the Kyzylkum Moon
A shepherd boy steals a sacred reed by moonlight and must cross false wind, old grief, and living sand to hear the truth.
The Emu and the Salt Wind
On the salt-white coast of western Australia, a young hunter chases an emu and finds a voice older than pride.
The Old Woman Who Kept the Tide
On a hard southern coast, a hungry young gatherer learns that the sea yields first to patience, then to skill.
Nafanua and the Banyan of Ten Thousand Eyes
On battered Savai'i, a hidden goddess must face a tree that has learned to hunger for human pride.
Nafanua and the Eel of Falelatai
When greed stains the council ground, a warrior goddess returns in secrecy to test who still honors restraint, service, and truth.
The Obsidian Hummingbird of Cihuatán
When drought thinned the ceiba groves near Cihuatán, a dyer named Ixmel followed a black glass bird into the buried heart of an old city.
The Salt Bride of Zipaquirá
When frost grips the high plain, a young Muisca carver enters the mountain to ask why the sacred salt has fallen silent.
The Ash-Wife of the Harz
When winter locks a mountain village in hunger, a proud magistrate climbs toward an old fire and finds questions sharper than law.
Old Ngalindi and the Listening Stone
In a season of hard sky and empty clay, a young tracker must learn that Country answers ears before eyes.
Old Rabbit, the Buzzard, and the Crooked Furrow
On the Sea Islands, a dry season tests whether a young man trusts his books more than the elders, the birds, and the land.
The Emu and the Stone Knife of Tjirbruke
A young hunter chases a wounded emu across thirsty country and learns that old law lives in every track, spring, and stone.
The Birch-Rune Counsel of Finnskogen
A young lawman enters the border forest to judge a quarrel and finds the old birch trees keeping a deeper record than any book.
The Ash Lad and the Woman at Mímir’s Tarn
In a rain-dark Norwegian valley, the youngest son seeks counsel where lost thoughts gather under still water.
The Green Children of Woolpit: Visitors from Another World
The Strangest Mystery of Medieval England
Nasreddin Hodja's Sermon: The Preacher Who Tricked His Congregation
When Wisdom Wears the Mask of Foolishness
Juha and the Donkey: You Cannot Please Everyone
The Lesson Everyone Criticizes but No One Learns
Scheherazade: The Woman Who Saved Her Life with Stories
One Thousand and One Nights of Tale-Spinning Survival
White Buffalo Calf Woman: The Sacred Messenger of the Lakota
She Brought the Pipe and Changed a People Forever
Raven Steals the Light: The Trickster Who Gave the World Its Sun
How Cleverness Released the Sun, Moon, and Stars
Daniel and the Writing on the Wall: The Hand That Wrote Doom
When God's Message Appeared at a Drunken Feast
King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: A Meeting of Monarchs
When Two Great Rulers Tested Each Other's Wisdom
The Blind Men and the Elephant: What Perspective Cannot See
When Each Was Right and All Were Wrong
The Swineherd: The Prince Who Tested a Princess
When She Kissed a Pig Keeper for Toys But Rejected a Prince
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