{"_id":"6865f3eee8ae8497fab1bb6c","title":"The Angel of the Odd","author":"Edgar Allan Poe","code":"the-angel-of-the-odd","publish_year":1844,"publish_source":"Columbian Magazine","publish_edition":"Vol. 2, Iss. 4","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/sim_the-columbian-ladys-and-gentlemans-magazine_1844-10_2_4/page/158/mode/2up","words":3736,"image":"wine.jpg","image_alt":"wine. Graphite filter.","genres":["quirky"],"description":"A man reads the newspaper and dismisses a story as too ridiculous to be anything but a falsehood concocted by a cheaply hired writer. But soon he finds disagreement from an apparition calling himself the ‘Angel ov te Odd’ ","blurb":"Upon this I made an effort to get up, in order to put my threat into execution; but the ruffian just reached across the table very deliberately, and hitting me a tap on the forehead with the neck of one of the long bottles, knocked me back into the arm-chair from which I had half arisen.","rating":3,"unique_cover":"A drawing of a man stooped in a chair opposite a strange figure with the body of a wooden cask and head of a metal canteen.","cover_source":"F. C. Tilney","has_review":false,"has_collections":false}