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The Lost Limericks of Edgar Allan Poe by [Tim Prasil]

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On a hot summer day, a man in a heavy coat sold Tim Prasil a timeworn manuscript of 100 limericks purported to have been penned by Edgar Allan Poe. Prasil has never been able to prove or disprove the true authorship. Is it possible that the often-melancholy Poe dabbled in writing limericks? Decide for yourself as you page through these mostly silly--occasionally spooky and serious--glimpses of Poe's work, his life, and his world.

Here are a few samples:

~ Misquothed ~
Ascribe the mistake to the Devil or
How sound can rebound on unlevel floor.
That talkative bird
was simply misheard.
The raven was pagin' a "Neville Moore."

~ The Pall o’er the Pulse of Usher ~
Poor Roderick did as he should!
Interring his sister was good.
Tho’ that couldn’t crush her,
Sad Madeline Usher,
Inherited properties could.

~ Tender Torture ~
Once money arrives, I will send you some,
Despite my repute as a friend to rum.
I borrow to pay.
In sorrow, I say
That debt is a pit and a pendulum.

Length: 74 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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About the Author

Tim Prasil (it rhymes with "grim fossil") writes fiction about a ghost hunter named Vera Van Slyke. A collection of these tales, titled Help for the Haunted: A Decade of Vera Van Slyke Ghostly Mysteries, will soon be re-released by Brom Bones Books. The same publisher has already issued Prasil's The Lost Limericks of Edgar Allan Poe, featuring 100 limericks about the great author's work, life, and world. Prasil also edits anthologies. Spectral Edition: Ghost Reports from U.S. Newspapers, 1865-1917 features 150 actual newspaper reports about haunted houses, haunted roads, haunted people, and more. The articles were chosen from Prasil's collection of over 300, all of them published in the United States between the nation's Civil War and its entry into World War One. If you prefer anthologies of fiction, Prasil edited Those Who Haunt Ghosts: A Century of Ghost Hunter Fiction and Giving Up the Ghosts: Short-Lived Occult Detective Series by Six Renowned Authors, both available from Coachwhip Press. You'll find information about Prasil's ongoing Spectral Edition project and his upcoming books at his website: brombonesbooks.com. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN : B07R6R9NNP
Publisher : Brom Bones Books; 1st edition (29 April 2019)
Language : English
File size : 1726 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 74 pages

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- 49 in Limericks & Verse Humor
- 105 in Limericks & Humorous Verse
- 216 in 20th Century American Poetry

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Kelly

Exceptionally Clever

Reviewed in the United States on 1 June 2018

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We should be exceptionally grateful that Mr. Prasil has published this long lost manuscript of undiscovered Poe limericks. There is supplemental background information in the book, which discusses this discovery further—I will not delve into this.

What I will say is that these Poe (and other literary-related) limericks are witty and humorous—laugh out loud funny! Each one has been carefully constructed to deliver a punch in just a few lines, while hearkening back to Poe (and, as aforementioned, other literary-related) stories. This book is—these newly discovered manuscripts are—just what the Poe community needs.

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Reviewed in the United States on 14 July 2018