This entertaining anthology includes four of Edgar Allan Poe's most popular tales of terror (The Masque of the Red Death, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Black Cat) and a selection of his haunting poetry reprinted in full, along with an introduction and biography on the Master of the Macabre. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer and poet best known for his mysterious and macabre literature. His works are well known and influential around the world and have been imitated in film, television, and music.
