CRAIG CONLEY (Prof. Oddfellow) is recognized by Encarta as “America’s most creative and diligent scholar of letters, words and punctuation.” He has been called a “language fanatic” by Page Six gossip columnist Cindy Adams, a “cult hero” by Publisher’s Weekly, a “monk for the modern age” by George Parker, and “a true Renaissance man of the modern era, diving headfirst into comprehensive, open-minded study of realms obscured or merely obscure” by Clint Marsh. An eccentric scholar, Conley’s ideas are often decades ahead of their time. He invented the concept of the “virtual pet” in 1980, fifteen years before the debut of the popular “Tamagotchi” in Japan. His virtual pet, actually a rare flower, still thrives and has reached an incomprehensible size. Conley’s website is OneLetterWords.com.
"A Transfusion of Souls": an illustration from an 1890 issue of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly magazine. The caption reads: "We seated ourselves by the table facing each other, and clasped our right hands together."This should be of interest:Seance Parlor Feng Shui.
An illustration from an 1899 issue of English Illustrated magazine. The caption reads: "Tis now the very witching time of night." This should also be of interest:How to Believe in Your Elf.
An illustration from a 1915 issue of Harper's magazine. The caption reads: "As he got up and stepped toward a bell, I discovered that he had been sitting on Filber!"
The hazy mirroring is due to a bleeding of the ink through the page. But how apropos: the words transcend one plane and emerge on another. Note the period after the word ghost. This book’s title is truly a "death sentence.”