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Dear Edgar 46 ~ The Premature Burial

In 1844, the second great cholera pandemic (1826 – 1837) had been over for seven years, fear of the disease had not lessoned and minor outbreaks had continued to occur. More importantly perhaps than the minor out breaks that the … Continue reading

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The Also By Anomaly

I decide to do something different for Auguries of Euryale, my forthcoming anthology of my own work. I decided instead to write it in a more narrative style, telling a story of my novels and other works. I think it sort of works as a more interesting way to do the Also by pages… Continue reading

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Dear Edgar 45 ~ A Tale of the Ragged Mountains

Science Fiction is awash with tales of procession or bodily transference… This one by Poe, may have been the first Continue reading

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Dear Edgar 44 ~ The Spectacles

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Monsters in the to-read pile

I have little doubt one day the police will break in my house after i have been ‘missing’ for several weeks to discover my body, under this pile of books.
There are worse ways to go. Continue reading

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Dear Edgar 42 ~ The Black Cat

Pluto the cat was not named for Pluto the planet. Pluto the planet was not discovered until 1930 (though one suspects it was always there…) which was almost ninety years after this story was written. Continue reading

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Dear Edgar 41 ~ The Gold Bug

To an extent then, this Poe story shorted the second world war and saved the lives of many allied soldiers… Which is almost enough to forgive its flaws… And certainly more than the DeVince code ever managed to do. Continue reading

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Dear Edgar 40 ~ The Tell-Tale Heart

That relentless thud, thud , thud that is the beating of of the tell tale heart of his victim. Continue reading

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Dear Edgar 39 ~ The Pit and the Pendulum

It is a perfect tale in that respect, in that it does exactly what Poe set out to do. It gets under your skin, and crawls about… Continue reading

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Dear Edgar 36 – The Masque of the Red Death

In the world of art there are many indisputable masterworks. True masterpieces that transcend the art world. Van Gothe’s Sunflowers. DeVince’s Mono Lisa. Vermeer’s Girl with a pearl earring. Goya’s The nude Maja, Giorgione’s The Sleeping Venus, that one by … Continue reading

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