... Gashlycrumb Tinies The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? ---Edgar Allan Poe The Queen I promise this year's theme wasn't JUST supposed to be morbid literature, but here I am, day 3 into the "stories". Though, I beg your indulgence for this one as The Gashlycrumb Tinies is one of my all-time FAVORITE storybooks. It's the perfect alphabet book for all your little Wednesdays and Pugsleys. What better way to teach the little darlings their ABCs than to have them repeat each ghastly line in turn? The Gashlycrumb Tinies , penned and illustrated by Edward Gorey (yes, Gorey is really his last name---what else would you expect from the man who also did the illustrated cartoon for Masterpiece Theater) is a delicious little collection of couplets starring 26 unsuspecting children who die in tragically mundane ways. See, perfect, right? It...