Happy Belated, Edgar!

I can't believe it. I missed a birthday. An important one.

Yesterday was the 200th birthday of Edgar Allen Poe.

I was all set. Party hats. Favors. Noisemakers. Rum cake.

And...I forgot.

I have no excuse. Only shame.

Well, he's not gettin' any deader, so, really, he probably doesn't care.

Happy Belated 200th Birthday, sir. We who toil in the genre you made your own salute you!

Belatedly watching you, and Edgar's grave,
J.C. Koch