Came across this lovely wee bookin a hospice Shop. The Devil's Storybook, written and drawn by Natalie Babbitt, consists of ten little parables straight out of the Adversary's ink well. Wry little yarns with titles like The Harp Of Heaven or The Power Of Speech, each one accompanied by a single illustration which elevates each rum little tale. Part Edward Gorey part Charles Adams, this is a Halloween Orange and Black celebration of a Devil more inclined to miscief than mayhem. And one of the stories has a goat in it called Walpurgis. Eat your soul out, Black Philip.Originally published in the seventies by Sunburst, I was lucky to find a copy. Although the words luck and The Devil rarely go together in a sentence.
