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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank my friends and family who have been so supportive and understanding as I worked on this novel, especially my husband, Darrell Schweitzer, whose loyalty, love, and editorial feedback are treasured, and my mentor, Ray Bradbury, whose en­couragement has always kept me going whenever the going got tough. Ray, you also hold an extra-special place in my heart.

I would be remiss to not thank my publisher, John Betancourt of Wildside Press, for his support and friendship over the years.

And lastly, I thank my readers who started this journey with my first novel, Claiming Her, and will continue and complete its tale here with Reforming Hell.

—Marilyn “Mattie” Brahen

October, 2008

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“People must believe what they can, and those who believe more must not be hard upon those who believe less. I doubt if you would have believed it all yourself if you hadn’t seen some of it.”

—from The Princess and the Goblin, by George MacDonald, 1872

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“When any religion tries to enforce its superiority with violence, it has lost the battle.”

—Marilyn “Mattie” Brahen

August 30, 2007