title: The Ports and Portals of the Zelaznids
author: Dr. Paul-Thomas Ferguson
description: Paul-Thomas Ferguson is a poet, singer-songwriter, playwright, historian, and novelist. He is a full-time archivist for an international corporation and a part-time history professor for a private university. He lives in Rock Island, Illinois with his wife and their cats.
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  THE
  
  PORTS AND PORTALS OF
  
  THE ZELAZNIDS
  
  
  
  
  
  Being an Historie of the Zelaznid Peoples and their Philosophies, with sundrie
  Remarks concerning the placement and use of Portals
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  R . C .
  
  Pubs .
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Replicated with
  
  Preface and Annotations by
  
  Paul-Thomas Ferguson
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For Peg,
  
  because she asked.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Thanks also are due to :
  
  Amandia Priest Daigneault, Deborah Shippy, and T eeocka McGrath Sylvester
  
  for their careful reading ;
  
  
  
  my wife, Roberta,
  
  for her constant editing and more constant support ;
  
  
  
  and , of course ,
  
  H.P. Lovecraft and Roger Zelazny
  
  for the inspiration.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Dark Highlands Productions
  
  Rock Island, Illinois, United States
  
  
  
  (C) 2009 by Paul-Thomas Ferguson
  
  
  
  All rights reserved.  No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in
  any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and
  recording, or by any i nformation storage and retrieval system, without
  permission in writing from the author .
  
  
  
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