The Poe Clan: a race of undead that feeds on the energy of the liing, whiling away the centuries in a illage of roses where time and geography hae no meaning. Circumstances lead to a brother and sister, Edgar and Marybelle, being initiated into the clan too young, and therefore doomed to lie out eternity foreer on the brink of adulthood until a wooden stake or a siler bullet should cut them down. The Poe Clan’s narratie spans the mid-1700s to the 1970s: generations of humans’ lies are profoundly affected by Edgar, Marybelle, and Alan Twilight, a 14-year-old whom Edgar embraces in the 1800s. In this groundbreaking manga, Moto Hagio explores what it means to lie and die, to hae loed and lost.Fantagraphics is proud to present the complete 1970s run of this best-selling manga series in English for the first time.Please note: This title is a traditional work of manga and reads back to front and right to left.