A Gorey Childhood
For three years running,
teachers gave me Rumpelstiltskin
The Gorey version
In elementary school, the teachers would give us books at Christmas time, presumably to match our interests or our personalities. For three years straight, I received the fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, illustrated by Edward Gorey. Apparently I have always been an odd human, even at eight-years-old. I had no idea who Gorey was at the time, but I did love the illustrations. He is known for writing macabre little stories and drawing creepy little characters, and cartooning the well-known beginning to Masterpiece Theatre's Mystery! I know I wasn't that weird. Just quiet. Observant. Okay, okay, fairy tales full of imprisonment, death threats and little men stamping their feet right through the floor is right up my alley. I still have a copy of the book.
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