Goreyesque illustration by Landis Blair.

Illustration © Landis Blair, 2025.

An Introduction

Artists Book House (ABH) is proud to welcome a curious arrival to its online home. The contents of Goreyesque, an online literary journal featuring stories, poems, and artwork inspired by Edward Gorey, will move house, bit by bit, week by week, to this space. Goreyesque was launched in 2014, founded by ABH Board members Ken Gerleve and Todd Summar, and edited by Summar, Kori Klinzing, Jess Millman, and Howard Simmons. After a decade of dormancy, the journal has arisen from its slumber, just in time to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Gorey’s birth and 25th anniversary of his death, along with related ABH celebrations…to be revealed at a later date. In the meantime, join us here each week as we reveal more content from the Goreyesque archives.

Goreyesque Issue 1
Goreyesque Issue 2
Goreyesque Issue 3
Goreyesque Issue 4
A line of six cartoon-style individuals, each holding or interacting with books or paper. The first person is a woman in a red dress with black flowers, holding a quill and raising her hand to a bucket of water with hands emerging from it. The second person is a man with glasses and a stack of books on his shoulder. The third is a woman with blond hair, holding papers. The fourth is a woman with glasses, holding a book and a piece of paper. The fifth is a man with a mustache, holding a book and a pen. The sixth is a woman with short hair and a scarf, also holding a book.

Illustration © Landis Blair, 2025.