"Rattle His Bones" (Image from The Graveyard Book ) I had thought that I was finished with my investigations into bone-rattling, but here I go again. I could blame one of my commenters, Cynthia, but I was already digging deeper before her two comments posted. Let's again recall the lines quoted by N...

Horse-Drawn Hearse (Image Borrowed from the Past) I am still wondering about the origin of that epigraph used by Neil Gaiman for The Graveyard Book. Just to refresh our memories, here is that brief rhyme: Rattle his bonesOver the stonesIt's only a pauperWho nobody ownsGaiman cites it as a "Tradition...

Neil Gaiman (Image from The Graveyard Book ) I've just finished Neil Gaiman's recent novel, The Graveyard Book, which tells the tale of an orphaned child raised by the inhabitants of a graveyard, who give him the name "Nobody Owens." I won't reveal the plot since this book has been published only th...