“Groupies will give you Chlamydia, Edward.”“Right, Virg. Groupies throw underwear on stage. They don’t throw flowers.”
Andrew Barger“Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path. I shall be a litterateur, at least, all my life; nor would I abandon the hopes which still lead me on for all the gold in California.”EDGAR ALLAN POE TO FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMASFEBRUARY 14, 1849”
Andrew Barger, Coffee With Poe“Is not our purest form of writing that done without the taint of money?”
Andrew Barger, Coffee With Poe“Groupies will give you Chlamydia, Edward.”“Right, Virg. Groupies throw underwear on stage. They don’t throw flowers.”
Andrew Barger, The Divine Dantes: Paella in Purgatory“If you can’t laugh at your life, then your life is a punchline in a bad joke.”
Andrew Barger, The Divine Dantes: Cruising in Paradise“They say everything that can be written has been written. I say we are just getting started.”
Andrew Barger, Mailboxes - Mansions - Memphistopheles: A Collection of Dark Tales“All Ghosts Are Gray”
Andrew Barger, The Best Ghost Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Ghost Anthology“The difficulty with Poe is not figuring out which of his stories rise to the level required of this collection, but rather which of his stories to exclude from it.”
Andrew Barger, The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Horror Anthology