Dear Ms McGalliard,
Thank you for wanting me as a Guest of Honor—I am most flattered, but alas! I travel not, nor do I speak.
Yours,
Edward Gorey
EDWARD GOREY'S ELEPHANT HOUSE
Whether Come By Epiplectic Bicycle with broken spoke or by willowdale handcar, Enter all Doubtful Guests, Hapless Children, Beastly Babies, Wuggly Umps, Gilded Bats, Osbick Birds, Deranged Cousins, Abandoned Socks, Lost Lions, Dancing Cats, Neglected Murderesses, Loathsome Couples, Prune People, Unknown Vegetables, Headless Busts, Welcome to This Deadly edward Blotter where this gorey party never dwindles.
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From Hillaire Belloc. Cautionary Tales for Children, illustrated by Edward Gorey (2002).
Other lovely titles included in this edition: “JIM, Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion”; “HENRY KING, Who chewed bits of string, and was early cut off in Dreadful agonies”; “REBECCA, Who Slammed Doors For Fun And Perished Miserably”.
And of course, for a bit of positive reinforcement -
“CHARLES AUGUSTUS FORTESCUE, Who Always Did what was Right, and so Accumulated an Immense Fortune”.
writersandkitties: Edward Gorey and kitty strike a pose.
edward gorey and a bat
Fantastagorey III: Saturday, August 6, 2011
“Lilliput was a small format British monthly publication founded in 1937. The magazine featured short stories, humor, and arts related subjects. In the 1950’s is was also known for publishing fairly daring pictures of female nudes. It ceased publication in 1960 when it merged with the pornographic magazine Men Only.
Until 1949, every issue had a front cover illustration by Walter Trier, which showed a scene that always included a man, a woman and a small terrier dog. Somewhere around 1949/52, Edward Gorey created a cover design for the magazine. I do not know if this cover art was actually used for the magazine, but the art is spectacular.
I recently acquired the original artwork for this cover. The image appears as a stained glass window and features three men in an old fashioned car who are obviously lost. The line work on this piece is breathtaking, many lines being mere whispers of the pen on paper. Much care has been taken to modulate the colors of the pieces of “glass”, exactly as this style of window would be created. The price symbol for One Shilling is shown in the upper right hand corner. The signature in the lower right hand corner is early and fairly unusual, being signed EStJG for Mr. Gorey’s full name ~ Edward St. John Gorey.” - Goreyana
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The PBS Mystery introduction by Edward Gorey
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juturna: The Cat at the Edward Gorey House Museum by astropop on Flickr.
Ballet Hooha by Edward Gorey
True Tales from the Annals of Crime and Rascality by St. Clair McKelway
Cover by Edward Gorey
Edward Gorey’s cover for Ceremonial Chemistry by Thomas S. Szasz (Anchor, 1975).
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