Wow
I've had this for a couple weeks, and i cant get over how much i love it. I don't think of it even being particularly halloween-esque, and see myself using it all throughout the winter, any season really. I wish Elaine or Le Fanu or someone would write a companion book about the various artworks the cards come from, as I dont know when the last time it was i found a deck in itself to be so fascinating. Its SO funny reading comments and how some people are just bored as chipbeef on toast by this kind of thing; i find it actually kind of a romantic deck, and see the skeletons as consoling, rather good companions. I did the large version and am surprisingly pleased w/ the large borders as i like the effect of all the knights spilling out of them. Its the only thing i'm keeping on my bedside table these days, and i have fallen into the miserable trick of waking up at four a.m., and so i've been pulling out my flashlight to look at them until i fall back asleep. (Mr. Dark Victory (of the moment) is less than thrilled.) I followed this thread throughout, and I knew i liked what i saw, and loved reading the reviews, but i didn't feel like it was pressing for me to get. So i paid off some bills and sort of twirled my thumbs a while bf ordering; but oh, so glad i did.