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This book began nearly ten years ago as a project for a class taught by my friend, Cliff Wheeler. Now it has evolved and hopefully matured. Along with thanking those who have made this book possible, I want to take a brief moment to explain this book’s substitle. I have called this book A Fairy-Tale for Grown-Ups, borrowing, in part, the oft forgotten subtitle to C.S. Lewis’ That Hideous Strength. We have come to a point, really this began at least during the Victorian Era, where fairy-tales are considered to be stories for children. While someone like J.R.R. Tolkien would rightfully explain to us that this is untrue of the traditional fairy-tale, it is certainly what the Disneyfication of so many tradiational tales have come to be. This story, therefore, is a fairy-tale for grown-ups, for people who used to read fairy-tales as children but have since stopped; for people who never picked up a fairy-tale thinking them childish fantasies. This is a fairy-tale for grown-ups and that does not mean it is full of sex or ambiguity. Rather, I hope, it is a reminder of the truths that fairy-tales can teach us when we listen. In any event, I simply hope you think it a good story and one worth reading.

David Russell Mosley

The Feast of St. Mary Magdalen, 2016