Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer widely regarded as the father of the modern detective story and a master of Gothic horror. His short fiction and poetry pioneered psychological terror and ratiocination, influencing countless generations of writers. His works remain canonical in both horror and mystery literature.
Works
- The Murders in the Rue MorgueA detective solves the murder of a woman strangled in a locked room
- The RavenA narrator slowly descends into madness haunted by a raven's single word
- The Tell-Tale HeartA murderer confesses to hiding a beating heart beneath the floorboards
- The Fall of the House of UsherA family's mansion crumbles as its inhabitants succumb to madness and death
- The Masque of the Red DeathA masquerade ball becomes a deathtrap when plague sweeps through the masked guests