The Hapless Child standard featuring a selection of Gorey’s

featuring a selection of Gorey’s unmistakable illustrations throughout the year

Theatrical Adventures is full of notebook drafts

or just plain jumpiness

000 different ways

An excellent choice for Goreyphiles young and old who enjoy a side of existentialism with their whimsy

The Hapless Child standard featuring a selection of Gorey’sMany people know Edward Gorey as the fellow who wrote that alphabet book where the children die. The true aficionados know that Gorey wrote multiple books where children die. The Hapless Child is one of the finest examples of horrible things happening to the young and helpless in the written language. Whether or not it is a wry parody of Dickensian tragedy or simply a heartlessly rendered misery, who can say? It does, however, contain some of Goreys