Speak Stiltedly and Wear a Yellow Shirt

If men were ever in a state in which they did not want to know or could not perceive truth (facts or evidence), then Fantasy would languish until they were cured. If they ever get into that state (it would not seem at all impossible), Fantasy will perish…
–JRR Tolkien, “On Fairy-Stories” in Tree and Leaf

Now I want to write a story about fantasy perishing.

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