Author-themed hotel in Oregon with an Edgar Allen Poe room you can stay in!

 

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E.A.P Museum, Richmond (🐈‍⬛)

As I was visiting a dear old friend in Maryland over break, I decided to take an 18-hour solo excursion to Richmond, Virginia in order to visit their Edgar Allan Poe Museum! Here are some neat things I saw while I was there: 

This cute little portrait of a 15 year-old Poe according to various descriptions of those who knew him at that age; 

Some glassware from Poe’s childhood home;

The ACTUAL stairs from his childhood home, which led up to a lovely reading room that was unfortunately closed for repairs;

Various chairs and writing desks belonging to Edgar Allan Poe;

Really neat original copies of various items, including writing and that thing that isn’t quite a photograph but eh close enough;

Pocket knife and nail file (💀💀💀); and

This amazing letter from Poe’s aunt/mother in law. 

All in all it’s a pretty great museum, complete with a whimsical garden set in the middle of its various exhibits that was really quite contemplative. Shout out to the employee who practically gave me a walking tour despite it being her first day, and for introducing me to the resident black cats, Edgar and Pluto: 

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The Last Door and Poe

 

The Last Door is a game series about a man looking for his past in Victorian England. It’s very Lovecraftian in setting and world-building, but there are Poe themes at the center of the piece. 

SPOILERS AHEAD: The main character, Jeremiah, went to a boarding school as a student. There was a secret club in the school where participants tried to learn the truth of this world. Through their experimentation with magic, they learned that the world as they know it was just an ash in the vast universe. Only a thin veil protects them from the real world. Outside the veil, there are truths and powers too terrifying to understand. The veil is protected by, wait for it, a raven. That’s the Poe connection. The raven guards the veil and stops people from going outside the veil, as it’s also the only protection of the world from being invaded by unimaginable powers. In the latter part of the game, the raven appeared a lot, and the eye of the raven was a major theme. The eye signifies being watched, highlighting Jeremiah’s decision to learn the truth.