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Tales of Mystery and Imagination [12 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1965 · 337p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Daggers, Abbeys with this book. Shares Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Daggers, Abbeys

Selected Prose and Poetry

Selected Prose and Poetry Edgar Allan Poe · 1950 · 528p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Shares Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Abbeys, Fear with this book. Shares Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Abbeys, Fear

The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories Leslie Shepard · 1977 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Dickens, C. Captain Murderer. -- Poe, E.A. Pit and the Pendulum Lytton, Lord. The haunted and the haunters, or The house and the brain. -- Maupassant, G. de. The inn. -- Jerome, J.K. The dancing partner. -- Caterpillars. -- Stoker, B. The judge's house. -- Hodgson, W.H. The voice in the night. -- James, M.R. Count Magnus. -- Lovecraft, H.P. The festival. -- Hartley, L.P. The travelling… Shares Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Fear, American Short stories

Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century) Walker, Hugh · 1914 · 486p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Scott, Sir Walter. The two drovers. Wandering Willie's tale. Lamb, Charles. The witch aunt. Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The snow image. The threefold destiny. Dr. Heidegger's experiment. Howe's masquerade. Disraeli, Benjamin. Ixion in heaven. Poe, E.A. Fall of the House of Usher. Pit and the Pendulum. Eleonora. Gaskell, Elizabeth C. The squire's… Shares Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Fear, American Short stories

Representative Selections, With Introduction, Bibliography, And Notes Edgar Allan Poe · 1935 · 563p · ≈ 18h · Moderate 10 stories: Berenice Cask of Amontillado Eleonora Fall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Landor's Cottage Ligeia Ms Found in a Bottle Murders of the Rue Morgue Pit and the Pendulum 36 poems: Tamerlane Song-"I saw thee on thy bridal day" Dreams Evening star A dream within a dream The happiest day, the happiest hour The lake: to -- Sonnet- to science Al Aaraaf Romance… Shares Pendulums, Fear, American Short stories, American Horror tales

The Pit and the Pendulum Edgar Allan Poe · 1907 · ★ 4.0 · 33p · ≈ 1h · Moderate "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story describes his experience of being tortured. The story is especially… Shares Spanish Inquisition, Pendulums, Fear, American Short stories

Whirligigs O. Henry · 1910 · ★ 3.7 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate O. Henry's short, simple stories are noted for their careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings. Contents: The World and the Door; The Theory and the Hound; The Hypotheses of Failure; Calloway's Code; A Matter of Mean Elevation; "Girl"; Sociology in Serge and Straw; The Ransom of Red Chief; The Marry Month of May; A Technical Error; Suite Homes and their Romance; The Whirligig of… Shares American Short stories, Classic Literature, Short Stories

In the Shadow of the Master Edgar Allan Poe · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 389p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Few have crafted stories as haunting as those by Edgar Allan Poe. Collected here to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth are sixteen of his best tales accompanied by twenty essays from beloved authors, including T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, and Joseph Wambaugh, among others, on how Poe has changed their life and work.Michael Connelly recounts the inspiration he… Shares American Horror tales, American literature, Classic Literature, Short Stories

Fear Street Super Chiller - Goodnight Kiss Robert Lawrence Stine · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Fear Street Super Chiller Matt, his girlfriend April, and his friend Todd just wanted a peaceful summer at the beach. But that all changes when April and Todd suddenly become weak and pale.....and have two puncture wounds on their necks....and they might have something to do with the two bats flying over the beach..... Shares Horror stories, Short Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

Werewolves Martin H. Greenberg · 1988 · ★ 4.0 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A collection of fifteen stories by a variety of authors about the, sometime frightening, sometime humorous, phenomena of werewolves. Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, Horror, Children's fiction

Sterling Stories Yvonne Collioud Sisko · 2006 · ★ 3.8 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Salvation / Langston Hughes -- Ah Bah's money / Catherine Lim -- Cranes / Hwang Sunwon -- Bone girl / Joseph Bruchac -- The hockey sweater / Roch Carrier -- Strong temptations -- strategic movements -- the innocents beguiled / Mark Twain -- Marlene's adventures / Anita Endrezze -- Trail of the green blazer / R.K. Narayan -- Tell-tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe -- The story of an hour /… Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, American literature, Classic Literature

The best horror stories Robert Bloch · 1990 · 398p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Black Cat / Edgar Allan Poe -- Tell-tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe -- Premature Burial / Edgar Allan Poe -- Torture of hope / Villiers de L'Isle Adam -- An episode of the terror / Honore de Balzac -- The hand / Guy de Maupassant -- The withered arm / Thomas Hardy -- The idiots / Joseph Conrad -- The bird / Thomas Burke -- Lot no. 249 / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- The sentence / J.… Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, American literature, Classic Literature

The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 1981 · ★ 4.7 · 684p · ≈ 22h · Challenging Angel of the Odd Assignation Balloon-Hoax Berenice morella Black Cat Bon-Bon Business Man Cask of Amontillado Descent into the Maelstrom Devil in the Belfry Domain of Arnheim Eleonora Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Fall of the House of Usher Flights and Fantasies: Loss of Breath Four Beasts in One Gold-Bug Hop-Frog How to Write a Blackwood Article / Predicament Humor and… Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, American literature, Classic Literature

Ghost Stories [35 stories] Vic Parker · 2005 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate The body snatcher The legend of Don Munio Sancho de Hinojosa The fall of the house of Usher There was a man dwelt by a churchyard The dead and the countess Tell-tale Heart A bottomless grave The room in the tower Silence The legend of Sleepy Hollow The Canterville ghost Narrative of a ghost hand Wuthering heights The haunted dolls' house A Christmas carol The ship that saw a… Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, American literature, Classic Literature

Poe stories and poems [17 stories, 9 poems]

Poe stories and poems [17 stories, 9 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1986 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, American literature, Classic Literature with this book. Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, American literature, Classic Literature

Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories Rex Collings · 1996 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Tapestried chamber / Walter Scott Spectre of Tappington / Richard Harris Barham Botathen ghost / R.S. Hawker Tell-tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe Squire's story / Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Story of Mary Ancel / William Makepeace Thackeray Story of the bagman's uncle To be taken with a grain of salt / Charles Dickens Account of some strange disturbances in Aungier Street Narrative of a… Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, American literature, Classic Literature

Selected Stories and Poems [10 stories, 12 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1967 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, American literature, Classic Literature with this book. Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, American literature, Classic Literature

Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection Edgar Allan Poe · 2000 · ★ 4.1 Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, American literature, Classic Literature with this book. Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, American literature, Classic Literature

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