The Fantod Pack
The Fantod Pack by Edward Gorey is a unique tarot card deck published by Pomegranate Communications, Incorporated in 2007. This edition features 20 cards that embody Gorey’s signature dark humor, presenting a range of outcomes for users that span from mildly unpleasant to truly dreadful. The accompanying 32-page booklet includes interpretations by the fictional Madame Groeda Weyrd, who is described as having a diverse background and a deep commitment to divination.
Readers will discover a blend of art and wit as they explore the forecasts depicted in each card, which include outcomes such as loss of hair and more severe afflictions. The Fantod Pack invites users to engage with a whimsical yet ominous perspective on fate and fortune, showcasing Gorey’s distinctive style. This tarot deck, measuring approximately 5.3 by 3.1 inches, offers a playful yet eerie experience, making it a notable addition for fans of art and the macabre.
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“Edward Gorey’s trademark sense of impending doom is nowhere more darkly humorous than in this, his version of a tarot card deck. Each of the 20 cards forecasts a list of outcomes for the user ranging from the merely unpleasant (loss of hair, breakage, thwarted ambitions) to the downright horrible (catarrh, spasms, shriveling). The 32-page booklet provides interpretation of the cards courtesy of one Madame Groeda Weyrd, who Gorey tells us Òis of mixed Finnish and Egyptian extraction, has devoted her life to divination, and is the author of, among a shelf of other works, Floating Tambourines, a collection of esoteric verse, and The Future Speaks Through Entrails.Ó Who but Gorey to make mirth from a kaleidoscope of catastrophe?” –Publishers website.
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