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One Thousand and One Dark Nights

Once upon a time, in the future…

I was a student fascinated with stories and learning

I studied philosophy, poetry, history, the occult, and

the art and science of love and ic I had a vast

library at my father’s home and collected thousands

of volumes of fantastic tales

I learned all about ancient races and bygone

tiends and dreams of all

people through the millennium And the more I read

the stronger rew until I discovered

that I was able to travel into the stories… to actually

become part of them

I wish I could say that I listened to my teacher

and respected ht to have If I had, I

would not be telling you this tale now

But I was foolhardy and confused, showing off

with bravery

One afternoon, curious about the myth of the

Arabian Nights, I traveled back to ancient Persia to

see for myself if it was true that every day Shahryar

(Persian: ??????, “king”) in, and then

sent yesterday’s wife to be beheaded It ritten

and I had read, that by the time he met Scheherazade,

the vizier’s daughter, he’d killed one thousand

women

So with my efforts I arrived

in the ed