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When the Sky Spoke First - (The Magi - Part 1 of 3)

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When the Sky Spoke First - (The Magi - Part 1 of 3)

We remember the Magi as three figures frozen in a story we think we already know. But long before gold, frankincense, and myrrh, before a child, before a house, before a name, there was a sky that unsettled them. Something appeared that did not belong. And rather than dismiss it, they moved.

By Phil Ault

The Jack-o’-Lantern Fish

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The Jack-o’-Lantern Fish

A boy hears his grandfather’s tale of a glowing fish with a jack-o-lantern face, and begins to wonder whether stories are just memories that forgot they were true. The Jack-O-Lantern Fish explores how myth and memory entwine, and how light can survive even in the murkiest waters.

By Phil Ault