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A selection of stories referenced in the work
“The Hundred Year Skull”

Taoist fable
4th century BC
Source: The Book of Lieh-tzu translated by A. C. GrahamExcerpt:
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The Years, Months, Days

Chinese novella
Author: Yan Lianke 
Year: 1997


Excerpt:
“The Gift of Strawberries”

Potawatomi/Mohawk creation story
Undated, oral tradition Source: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererExcerpt:
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 “Water Talk”

Japanese artist writing
Author: Yoko Ono
Year: 1967

Source: Yoko Ono’s Half-A-Wind Show at Lisson Gallery, 1967

“The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction”

American essay
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Year: 1986


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“The Story of a Carbon Atom”

Italian short story
Author: Primo Levi
Year: 1975
 Source: Last chapter from The Periodic Table by Primo LeviExcerpt:
Various myths & archetypal symbols
Source: The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell & Bill Moyers
Excerpt (snake):
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