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Gorey the Ghastly: an apocryphal tale

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Apr 162000
 

Title: Gorey the Ghastly: an apocryphal tale
Characters: None
Rating: G-
Warnings: None
Notes:Written upon hearing of the death of Edward Gorey, back in 2000. The world lost a brilliant man, that day.
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 Posted by Ywain Penbrydd at 00:20  Tagged with: .poem, poem: other, rating: general

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