Be of good cheer. At least you're not spending New Year's Eve with this guy.Actually, this card wouldn't make a bad illustration for "The Masque of the Red Death."
Enjoy the last of 2010, and look ahead to a wonderful 2011 for us all!
"Truth long lies hid but time's long-delayed opportunity at length comes to light--the things that have long been concealed. Truth is the daughter of time." -translation of a Latin inscription carved on a mantelpiece in Ruthven Castle, Scotland.
The intrepid Archie Valparaiso has compiled a useful summary of the, ah, remarkable similarities between Lenore Hart's 2011 novel "The Raven's Bride," and Cothburn O'Neal's 1956 "The Very Young Mrs. Poe."
pdf file: O'Neal-Hart-57.pdf