“Napoleon Adolphus Simpson, Esq.”

An excerpt by Lloyd Graham from the book "Tales from the Raven Café"

A retired banker who describes himself as "a renaissance man, walking stick carver, writer, editor, and proud Rotarian", Lloyd Graham is a partner in the publishing company Parnassus Enterprises Ink and owner and operator of Peterborough Pedal and Paddle. Some time ago, his fellow Peterborough businessman and writer Dean Pappas had an idea for a book. He invited Lloyd and six other Kawartha-area writers and friends to gather at Pappas Billiards. Dean supplied a short biography for eight characters named from the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Each writer drew a character's name from a coffee mug and subsequently wrote a story about that character — based on the common setting of the Raven Café. More ...

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