Goreyesque

Goreyesque:(n): 1. Of, or pertaining to, Edward Gorey. 2. morbid, especially in the vein of Edward Gorey 3. an online literary journal featuring work inspired by the spirit and aesthetic of Edward Gorey. Goreyesque was designed as an anthology, celebrating the Chicago debut of Gorey’s work at the Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) in Chicago, Illinois. Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey (organized by the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust and the Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania) and G is for Gorey (a companion exhibition from the Thomas Michalak Collection) can be seen at LUMA from February 15 to June 15, 2014. The Goreyesque project is co-sponsored by the Department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago and Loyola University Chicago. For more information on submissions, please visit our website at goreyesque.com And, please, continue to feel free to send us your Edward Gorey inspired work: art, poetry, dances, other projects, either here or for consideration to our magazine. Your creations are why we exist.