Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Death and Dementia

By Edgar Allan Poe; Gris Grimly (Illustrator)
(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Hardcover, 9781416950257, 144pp.)

Publication Date: August 4, 2009

Categories: Classics, Comics & Graphic Novels - General, Horror & Ghost Stories

Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Autumn 2009 Kids' Indie Next List

“Be very scared, as these are the best of Poe's chilling tales of horror. Creep show illustrations from master Grimly add to the macabre. Not for the faint at heart, these are best suited for readers 10 and older.”

-- Maureen Palacios, Once Upon a Time, Montrose, CA

Description

Stories of lost love, lost ways . . . and lost minds! Gris Grimly’s mysterious, morbid, and macabre illustrations capture four Poe classics with an unmatchable ghoulish charm. This second installment of illustrated Poe tales, a companion to Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Madness, includes the perennial favorite The Tell Tale Heart, as well as The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, The Oblong Box, and The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar. With little trimming and lots of gory visuals, these stories have never looked better or more frightening!

About the Author

Mr. Gris Grimly is as mysterious as Poe himself. What is known is that his own particular brand of creative brilliance was first seen in many books, including Monster Museum, The Cockatrice Boys, Pinocchio, Creature Carnival, Boris and Bella, and Gris Grimly's Wicked Nursery Rhymes. Then he found himself under the spell of Edgar Allan Poe, and, for years and years, was compelled to give a visual representation of Mr. Poe's ghoulish genius. This book is the result of his mania.

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