Edgar Allan Poe is perhaps the best horror-story writer of all time. The American writer lived a difficult life full of tragedy and his writings reflect this bleakness. His macabre style and dark themes have captivated young and old readers alike for over a century. In this collection of Poe tales, you will read about a man who is haunted by a beating heart in the Tell-Tale Heart; a black cat who drives his master to murder; a sad love poem about the beautiful Lenore in The Raven; a prisoner who is sentenced to live in the bottom of a pit during the Spanish Inquisition in The Pit and the Pendulum; and finally about Poe’s own fear of being buried alive in Premature Burial.