Two Edward Gorey opuses in one fine calendar! In The Doubtful Guest, a creature of doubtful nature imposes its fierce enthusiasms upon a self-defeatingly polite Edwardian household. The Stupid Joke, a little-known jewel, concerns a spoiled child, an illconceived prank, and an act of retribution on the part of young Friedrich's bed. Rendered with Gorey's signature atmosphere of lighthearted morbidity, both tales are explicated in galloping Gorey couplets. Lists of international holidays, calling codes, and time differences; full-page monthly grids and two-page spreads of 2004 and 2005; and other features are included.