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Batman, Vol. 39, № 300
The Last Batman Story!
D.C. Comics, US, June 1978
Writer: David V. Reed
Artists: Walt Simonson & Dick Giordano
Colourist: Jerry Serpe

What If, Vol. 1, № 43
What if Conan the Barbarian were stranded in the 20ᵗʰ century?
Marvel Comics, US, February 1984
Writer: Peter B. Gillis
Pencil and ink: Bob Hall
Colourist: Ben Sean

DC Special № 13
Strangest Sports Stories Ever Told!
National Periodical Publications, US, June 1971

Comic Book Collecting: A Valuation Guide
Robert M. Overstreet, 1987
Overstreet Publications, US, 1987

Superman: For Tomorrow (Volume 2)
DC Comics, US, 2005
Printed in Canada, first printing
Writer: Brian Azzarello
Penciler: Jim Lee
Inker: Scott Williams
Colourist: Alex Sinclair

An Illustrated History of the Olympics
Dick Schaap, 1963, 1967, 1975, 1976
Ballantine Books Canada, first softcover edition, April 1976

Mind & Body
The Mind Alive Encyclopedia, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1977
Marshall Cavendish Books, UK, 1977
Printed in Great Britain

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Disclaimer: this is fiction. Yes, there is some truth behind it—write what you know and all that—but it is a distortion, an exaggeration, with bits outright conjured from the aether. And it’s just a vignette that needs to find a longer story to live in.

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Here is a place I found in a dream.

Here is a room beside a creek. The creek ran through forests and meadows once. Over time so many bridges crowded together over the creek that now where it flowed could only be called a tunnel. In the tunnel was hidden a door that had once been an exit. Here is behind the door and the forgotten exit is the only entrance.