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• The Magpie Maze

  A rope-maker plagued by thieving magpies is given a choice: use her craft to punish, or to redirect. When she answers irritation with curiosity and compassion, her enemies become unlikely collaborators

• The Feast of Ashes

  A wealthy merchant who has never known want is suddenly stripped of his appetite — and forced to confront hunger in all its forms. When he trades places with a beggar, he discovers that fullness and emptiness have little to do with food, and everything to do with how one lives among others.

• Casting Nets

  An aging fisherman who has lost faith in his own judgment is challenged by a stranger to cast his net one last time. When he pulls in more fish than he has seen in years, he realizes the river was never the problem. What had changed was where—and how—he chose to cast.

• The Invincible Sword

  A battle-hardened warrior pursues a legendary blade said to grant endless victory. Deep within a canyon, he learns that some powers demand a loyalty that devours the soul. Faced with the cost of conquest, he must decide what kind of life is worth winning.

• The Enigma of Ori

  A living spring whose song reflects the hearts of those who approach it divides a forest village between exploitation, fear, and reverence. When greed and mistrust begin to poison the spring, a wandering storyteller and an unexpected voice remind the villagers that some presences cannot be used or mastered.

• The Last Dream

  As an old woman’s body fades, she begins to slip into waking dreams where those she has loved and lost return to her in youth and warmth. What others might call confusion becomes, for her, a gentle homecoming