Friday - Boo!
[Our narrator finishes up the week with a hearty “T.G.I.F” and a wink toward the annual spook fest lurking just around the next dark corner…]
I just returned from the local Hallowe’en store, which is a trip to bizzaro land if there ever was one. Who knew that one day the clothes we wore as a teenager would end up as a costume for our own kids? In the spirit of the season of All Hallow’s Eve, I leave you this week with some recommendations for late night reading…in a gloomy house…next to a dim lamp…and the wind howling outside the window…
And who else would supply the story for such a hair-raising setting but the master himself - Edgar Allen Poe.
Just go to this link and find a short story that sends the shivers down to your skivvies. I highly recommend the following:
The Fall of the House of Usher (can you figure out what the poem is an allegory for?)
The Masque of the Red Death (I wrote a post based on this story which can be found right here).
Feel free to recommend your favorite Poe story or poem - and have a Happy Hallowe’en.
Quoth the cheerful Oncologist never more…
I know..predictable…*sigh*
Minerva
Comment by Minerva — October 29, 2005 @ 12:58 am
In salute to the C.O.’s occupation…the raven is now saying “Occasionally…”
Comment by Good Ole Charlie — October 29, 2005 @ 3:49 pm
I personally favor William Wilson & The Cask of Amontilldo (I’m spelling from memory here, so it may be something completely different- I should have just gone to the link!). Both spooky and “fun.”
Trick or Treat
Chris
Comment by Chris — October 31, 2005 @ 4:31 pm
So what is it a metaphor for?
Comment by Josh — November 1, 2005 @ 6:14 am
Very informative blog.
Comment by Artorios — June 13, 2007 @ 12:22 am