Russell Edson’s cover art for his The Intuitive Journey and Other Works (1976).
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Russell Edson’s cover art for his The Intuitive Journey and Other Works (1976).

A woodcut by Russell Edson, from The Brain Kitchen (1965). (It’s a shame that The Tunnel, the only readily available anthology of Edson’s oeuvre, doesn’t feature any of his woodcuts or drawings that appeared in the original collections; the visuals really do amplify the domestic nightmares and other absurdities found in his writings.)
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A woodcut by Russell Edson, from The Brain Kitchen (1965).

(It’s a shame that The Tunnel, the only readily available anthology of Edson’s oeuvre, doesn’t feature any of his woodcuts or drawings that appeared in the original collections; the visuals really do amplify the domestic nightmares and other absurdities found in his writings.)

— Russell Edson, “The Taxi”, The Reason Why the Closet-Man Is Never Sad (1977). I like to think to think that “The Taxi” is an ancestor to the animated/looping GIFs of today.
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— Russell Edson, “The Taxi”, The Reason Why the Closet-Man Is Never Sad (1977).

I like to think to think that “The Taxi” is an ancestor to the animated/looping GIFs of today.

— Russell Edson, “The Epic”, The Clam Theater (1973)
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— Russell Edson, “The Epic”, The Clam Theater (1973)

— Russell Edson, “Fire Is Not a Nice Guest”, The Very Thing That Happens (1964)
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— Russell Edson, “Fire Is Not a Nice Guest”, The Very Thing That Happens (1964)