Happy Halloween, Day 5

Happy birthday to geekqueen! May your day be wonderful and your year to come be the very best yet.

I am off bright and early this morning to Indianapolis to take part in a short conference. I will make my post tomorrow from my hotel!


And now, on with the show:

Links of the Day: The two links for today are Edward Gorey-iffic.



* "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" by Edward Gorey (It's a macabre classic that's always worth revisiting.)

* Gorey Details (Visit this shop for all of your Edward Gorey needs.)


Literature of the Day: This is a truly chilling poem. Don't miss the ending!

"Haunted"
By Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977)

Between the moss and stone
The lonely lilies rise;
Wasted and overgrown
The tangled garden lies.
Weeds climb about the stoop
And clutch the crumbling walls;
The drowsy grasses droop—
The night wind falls.
The place is like a wood;
No sign is there to tell
Where rose and iris stood
That once she loved so well.
Where phlox and asters grew,
A leafless thornbush stands,
And shrubs that never knew
Her tender hands....
Over the broken fence
The moonbeams trail their shrouds;
( Their tattered cerements )