Quoth the Raven...
Edgar Allan Poe has been a favorite author of mine since I was very young. I remember reading "The Telltale Heart" and being terrified! Other favorites are "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Pit and the Pendulum". This Halloween, or sooner, if you don't want to wait that long, I recommend that you read a little Poe to get your scare on...
Three reasons to love Edgar Allan Poe
1. He looks creepy.2. He writes scary, scary stories and poems.
3. He drank absinthe!
Edgar Allan Poe at a Glance
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 ? October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.Stableford, Brian. "Science fiction before the genre." The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, Eds. Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn. Cambridge:...
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