As always, my husband Dmitri has acted as both muse and sounding board, caretaker and research assistant, and I could not possibly repay the debt I owe—except by writing more books. To marry a book-addict is the best destiny for a writer. It pays for much of the grief of this life.
   To my agent Howard Morhaim and my editor Juliet Ulman, as well as Ross Lockhart, Jason Williams, and Jeremy Lassen of Night Shade Books.
   To Nancy 3 Hoffman, who provided a little museum by the sea which, lying empty in the winter, served high duty as the place where I wrote this novel.
   To all my brothers and sisters who stand by me and pick me up when I fall, online and off, my family and my dears.
   The Folded World
   © 2011 by Catherynne M. Valente
   This edition of The Folded World
   © 2011 by Night Shade Books
   Edited by Juliet Ulman
   Cover art by Rebecca Guay
   Cover design by Cody Tilson
   Map by Tim Piotrowski
   Interior layout and design by Amy Popovich
   All rights reserved
   First Edition
   ISBN: 978-1-59780-203-1
   e-ISBN: 978-1-59780-358-8
   Night Shade Books
   http://www.nightshadebooks.com
   OTHER BOOKS BY
   CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE
   The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland
   in a Ship of Her Own Making
   Palimpsest
   The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden
   The Orphan’s Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice
   Under in the Mere
   The Grass-Cutting Sword
   Yume No Hon: The Book of Dreams
   The Labyrinth
   The Habitation of the Blessed: A Dirge for Prester John Vol. One
   ABOUT THE AUTHOR
   Catherynne M. Valente is the author of over a dozen books of fiction and poetry, including Palimpsest, the Orphan’s Tales series, and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. She is the winner of the Tiptree Award, the Andre Norton Award, the Lambda Award, the Mythopoeic Award, the Rhysling Award, and the Million Writers Award. She was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award in 2007 and 2009, and the Locus and Hugo awards in 2010.She lives on an island off the coast of Maine with her partner, two dogs, an enormous cat, and an accordion.   
    
   Catherynne M. Valente, A Dirge for Preston John  
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