Edward Gorey: Thoughtful Alphabets: The Just Dessert & The Deadly Blotter

Astonishingly brief. captivating. decidedly engaging. for Goreyphiles: here. Its jolly. keen language meanders neatly. One ponders. quietly. rather strange tableaux. Uses verbs winsomely. Excited. you? Zowee!What’s this all about? In the mid–1990s Edward Gorey launched a numbered series of Thoughtful Alphabets featuring cryptic 26-word stories wherein the first word begins with A. the last with Z. The first six Thoughtful Alphabets published (numbers 2. 3. 4. 10. 14. and 15) were hand-lettered posters with clip-art illustrations. Numbers XI and XVII. however. emerged as signed limited-edition books featuring—happily for us—Gorey’s own drawings. These two gems are revived in Thoughtful Alphabets: The Just Dessert and The Deadly Blotter. In each. Gorey’s inimitable drawings weave a tale of suspense and intrigue; the story proceeds as the alphabet progresses.