Airships and Tentacles
“QUANTUM SHOT” #584Link – by Avi Abrams There is a touch of sensuality in the pink tentacles, scarlet flowers, and protruding ship masts How can we not feature something that boasts airships, Arctic...
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Last month we told you about people who stumbled upon their fortune. If you haven’t found your own copy of the Declaration of Independence or a few thousand Ancient Roman coins, let me give you a push...
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It’s no real surprise that Wikipedia has a thorough list of these, but it’s interesting to parse through the many, and find a neat collection of songs and albums that were based on, or influenced by...
View ArticlePoe Toaster is a No-Show
Every January 19th, an unidentified person comes to the grave site of Edgar Allen Poe in Baltimore and leaves three roses and a half bottle of cognac. It’s a tradition that goes back to at least 1949....
View Article10 Cultural Giants Who Died Coinless
The notion of the starving artist is nothing new, and whether it was because they toiled in obscurity, were swindled or the victims of financial mismanagement, some of the most famous contributors to...
View ArticleSkull & Crow Salt And Pepper Shakers
Skull & Crow Salt & Pepper Shakers – $14.95 Halloween is coming up soon. Are you on the lookout for a perfectly creepy salt & pepper shaker set for your kitchen table? You need the Skull...
View ArticleJames Earl Jones Reads The Raven
(YouTube Link) The guy who gave Darth Vader his voice reads Edgar Allen Poe’s classic poem The Raven, and his booming baritone has ruined all further readings of the poem forevermore. When James Earl...
View ArticleThe Creepiest Game You’ve Never Heard Of
(YouTube Link) Take the works of Edgar Allen Poe, use them as the basis for an adventure video game starring William S. Burroughs and you’ve only begun to scratch the surface of the strangeness that...
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