You’ve probably all read the amazing stories of writer Paul Di Filippo, but what you likely don’t know, unless you’ve been extremely lucky, is that he’s just as artful when it comes to baffling the U. S. Postal Service.

Paul isn’t satisfied with merely addressing his envelopes the way the rest of us mortals do. Instead, he explodes old magazines, newspapers, comic books, and catalogs and reassembles them into strange collages, some of which have been so imaginative that I was boggled the packages actually arrived.

I’ve often thought of bringing the most imaginative of these creations to a convention in order to host an exhibition of his envelope art in my hotel room, but I’ve just never gotten around to it. Meanwhile, isn’t this is what blogs are for?

For the first installment of this virtual gallery, click on the scan to see what Tricky Dick has to say for himself.

[Note that I’ve deleted Paul’s street address for privacy reasons, though I’ve left his state as is, since he’s the most famous Rhode Island writer since H.P. Lovecraft, and all the world already knows that. But because I no longer live in Maryland, I’ve left my address as is. I figure I’m fair game—and besides, I didn’t want to mess with Paul’s designs!]