Halloween Countdown 2018, Day 7

[eldritchhobbit]

On this day in 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of forty under mysterious circumstances.

For more information, read “Mysterious for Evermore” by Matthew Pearl, an article on Poe’s death from The Telegraph. Pearl is the author of a fascinating novel about the subject, The Poe Shadow.

(Art by LAReal.)

The following are some of my favorite links about Edgar Allan Poe:

PoeStories.com: An Exploration of Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
The Poe Museum of Richmond
The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Hocus Pocus Comics is Poe-centric, and you’re invited to visit the site.
In addition, check out this beautiful time-lapse video of David Hartman drawing the exclusive Kickstarter cover for The Imaginary Voyages of Edgar Allan Poe.

One of the best Poe-related happenings this year was the launch of The Raven Lunatics,
a web show in which the awesome Dwight L. MacPherson of Hocus Pocus Comics and the terrific Chris Semtner of the Poe Museum discuss Edgar Allan Poe, his work, and his impact on popular culture with special guests. You can see all of the YouTube episodes to date here and subscribe.

Here is The Raven Lunatics’ episode with The Poe Shadow author Matthew Pearl.

"Raven Lunatics - Episode 1" (Watch on YouTube)

Comments

[acciochocolate]

Dear Mr. Poe. :(

The Baltimore folks put on a wonderful celebration this year, by all accounts. The Poe House is open again, and there's some sort of center across the street. We hope to attend one of these years.

And I read about a new Poe movie, but can't remember any more than that, alas.

[eldritchhobbit]

I want to go to the Poe House, too! I make it to Richmond's Poe Museum much more often than I make it to Baltimore. I need to make an effort to get back there!

[acciochocolate]

We visited the Poe Museum in Baltimore on my birthday in 2011. It was rather interesting. :) I enjoyed resting in the garden, an oasis of calm on an otherwise busy day that included a tour of the Holocaust museum (very, very disturbing), dinner at an Irish pub, and a Monkees concert. (Was glad we made the trip, as David passed in 2012.)

[eldritchhobbit]

Oh wow, it sounds like you had an amazing Baltimore birthday! Fabulous!

(RIP Poe *and* Davey Jones! Both much missed!)

[acciochocolate]

Probably best bd ever!

Yes, Eddie and Davy will always be missed. :(