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2. Expanding World I went back to the alley and the door on a whim. I don’t know, for whatever reason, on that particular, perfectly ordinary day, I just wanted to visit the alley. It started as just a random thought floating through my mind, which then planted itself quite comfortably and refused to go away. By the end of the day, that little thought solidified into a vague niggling wish to go to the alley and see the door. I waited until afternoon was fading to evening. I’m not sure why, but it just seemed right. So I walked around town, in the cool dusky air, eventually making my way to the proper alley. My memory of it was sli

Prologue: Stories From the start, I suppose I really ought to have known… But then really, how could I? Have known, I mean.  Of course, you say, haven't you read all sorts of adventure stories? Didn't you see the signs? But reading a story and living it are very different things, let me tell you! Who doesn't dream of some kind of adventure, something more than ordinary life? Something out of a storybook? Everyone, at one time or another, wishes they could be a hero and save the world, or something equally heroic. Something more than what we're stuck with on a daily basis. But when you go and dream of some grand adventure, most people