This is a prologue of my imaginary trek through mythical places. For generations, writers have been drawing maps for their fantasy worlds to accompany their prose and to serve as an aid for the reader as they venture into the world--or worlds---the writer imagined for the reader to explore. For quite some time, I've wanted to offer some kind of guide to these fantastic worlds---but alas! their number grows faster than I can collect them. In addition to the fantasy maps drawn

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