Day 67: The Imp Of The Perverse – From Poe To Freud To Cheap Drugs

originally published March 7, 2012 So you’re looking for an excuse for why your life is the way it is. You’ve made sketchy choices, unconscionable decisions, slept with partners of questionable ethics and species. That’s okay, you’re not alone. As with any E-Z diagnosis (especially one on the internet, especially-especially one from this site), you […]

Day 8: Poe Pens A Pretty Putrid Play

originally published January 8, 2012 In December, 1835, Edgar Allen Poe’s footprint on the literary world was so fresh, pre-Victorian hipsters would have proudly nailed down this period as the time they started reading him, before “The Raven” topped the hit parade and everyone knew about him. He had won a minor prize for a […]