third order
june 08
Fabulous.
Every culture tells stories about the creation of the world we live in. Some say God made the world in seven days. Others hold that creation was worked over a thousand millenia through the slow process of evolution. Ancient peoples said that a white giant vomited the sun, the moon and the stars into a universe of chaos; that Sky Woman placed the earth on the back of a turtle; and that the Creator placed all living things on the mountainous backbone of the Earth. Some say none of these tales are true. At Third Order, though, we wonder the opposite. What if they're all true?
A young boy wonders about creation -- and Creation -- in Christopher Kastensmidt's story, while Diane Gallant writes a fable about getting what you want and wanting what you get. A zookeeper gets a taste of the spirit-side in Sabrina Naples' tale of the kami and Kevin Shaw follows a couple as they test the boundaries of faith and memory in the name of love.
"Prince of Wolves" by Sabrina Naples
"The Master's Eggs" by Christopher Kastensmidt
"Tea House Dreams" by Diane Gallant
"In Antigua" by Kevin Shaw
Illustration by Elizabeth Seelye
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