Widdershins (86 page)

CHARLES DE LINT
and his wife, the artist MaryAnn Harris, live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His evocative novels, including
Moonheart, Forests of the Heart,
and
The Onion Girl,
have earned him a devoted following and critical acclaim as a master of contemporary magical fiction in the manner of story-tellers like John Crowley, Jonathan Carroll, Alice Hoffman, Ray Bradbury, and Isabel Allende.

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.

WIDDERSHINS

Copyright © 2006 by Charles de Lint

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form.

This book is printed on acid-free paper.

Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

De Lint, Charles.

    Widdershins / Charles de Lint.—1st ed.

      p. cm.

    “A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
ISBN 0-765-31285-9 (acid-free paper)

    EAN 978-0-765-31285-3

    1. Newford (Imaginary place)—Fiction. 2. City and town life—Fiction. 3. Magic—Fiction.

  4. Man-woman relationships—Fiction. I. Title.

  PR9199.3.D357W53 2006

  813’.54—dc22

2005034475

First Edition: May 2006

Printed in the United States of America

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