Edgar Allan Poe: Never Bet The Devil Your Head
Edgar Allan Poe’s “Never Bet the Devil Your Head” is essentially a morbid cautionary tale about why you shouldn’t overuse a catchphrase … and why you shouldn’t make bets with…
Edgar Allan Poe: The Sleeper
It’s time for another addition to the Edgar Allan Poe playlist on Stop, Book & Listen. If only the death of a loved one was merely a dream.
Edgar Allan Poe: The Sphinx
Two men escape to the countryside to avoid a cholera epidemic. But what they find there may be more horrifying.
Edgar Allan Poe – Lenore
In Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “Lenore,” the grieving Guy de Vere angrily rejects the traditional mourning of a hypocritical community he blames for his young bride’s death, choosing instead to…
Edgar Allan Poe – The City in the Sea
This poem tells the story of a city ruled by a personification of Death using common elements from Gothic fiction.
Edgar Allan Poe – To Marie Louise (1947)
The poem is addressed to Mrs. Marie Louise Shew, a friend of Poe’s and a nurse in Virginia.
Edgar Allan Poe – The Cask of Amontillado
“The Cask of Amontillado” tells the tale of a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him. Maybe he went a bit too far.
There’s no one like Poe
I’ve long been a fan or Edgar Allan Poe. I mean … how can you not? So when a potential client asked for a voice sample for a horror/thriller story…