Gorey’s deft and witty use of language is apparent even in these twenty-six-word stories.
The book combines two of Gorey’s Thoughtful Alphabets in one volume—never before published in hardcover.
Astonishingly brief, captivating, decidedly engaging, for Goreyphiles: here.
In each, Gorey’s inimitable drawings weave a tale of suspense and intrigue; the story proceeds as the alphabet progresses..
First published by The Fantod Press but long out of print, these two gems are revived in Thoughtful Alphabets: The Just Dessert and The Deadly Blotter.
Numbers XI and XVII, however, emerged as signed limited-edition books featuring—happily for us—Gorey’s own drawings.
The first six Thoughtful Alphabets published (numbers 2, 3, 4, 10, 14, and 15) were hand-lettered posters with clip-art illustrations.
Excited, you? Zowee!What’s this all about? In the mid-1990s Edward Gorey launched a numbered series of “Thoughtful Alphabets” featuring cryptic twenty-six-word stories wherein the first word begins with A, the last with Z.
Uses verbs winsomely.
One ponders, quietly, rather strange tableaux.
Its jolly, keen language meanders neatly.
Gorey’s deft and witty use of language is apparent even in these twenty-six-word stories.
The book combines two of Gorey’s Thoughtful Alphabets in one volume—never before published in hardcover.
Astonishingly brief, captivating, decidedly engaging, for Goreyphiles: here
