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•  In the Shadow of the Master • (1919) • interior artwork by Harry Clarke
• xxix • What Poe Hath Wrought • (2009) • essay by Michael Connelly
• 1 •
  A Descent Into the Maelström^?A Descent Into the Maelstrom
  A Descent Into the Maelstroem
  • (1841) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 21 • On Edgar Allan Poe • (2009) • essay by T. Jefferson Parker
• 25 • The Cask of Amontillado • [Fortunato] • (1846) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 35 • Under the Covers with Fortunato and Montresor • (2009) • essay by Jan Burke
• 39 • The Curse of Amontillado • (2009) • essay by Lawrence Block
• 45 • The Black Cat • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 57 • Pluto's Heritage • (2009) • essay by P. J. Parrish
• 63 • William Wilson • (1850) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of William Wilson: A Tale 1839)
• 87 • Identity Crisis • (2009) • essay by Lisa Scottoline
• 95 • Manuscript Found in a Bottle • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1967) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of MS. Found in a Bottle 1833)
• 107 • In a Strange City: Baltimore and the Poe Toaster • (2009) • essay by Laura Lippman
• 113 • The Fall of the House of Usher • (1839) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
• 137 • Once Upon a Midnight Dreary • (2009) • essay by Michael Connelly
• 143 • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 155 • The Thief • (2009) • essay by Laurie R. King
• 159 • Ligeia • (1838) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 177 • Poe and Me at the Movies • (2009) • essay by Tess Gerritsen
• 181 • The Tell-Tale Heart • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 189 • The Genius of "The Tell-Tale Heart" • (2009) • essay by Stephen King
• 191 • The First Time • (2009) • essay by Steve Hamilton
• 195 • The Pit and the Pendulum • (1842) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 213 • The Pit, the Pendulum, and Perfection • (2009) • essay by Edward D. Hoch
• 215 • The Pit and the Pendulum at the Palace • (2009) • essay by Peter Robinson
• 221 • The Masque of the Red Death • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of The Mask of the Red Death 1842)
• 229 • Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, and Me • (2009) • essay by S. J. Rozan
• 233 • The Murders in the Rue Morgue • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1841) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
• 273 • The Quick and the Undead • (2009) • essay by Nelson DeMille
• 283 • The Gold-Bug • non-genre • (1843) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
• 325 • Imagining Edgar Allan Poe • (2009) • essay by Sara Paretsky
• 331 • The Raven • (1845) • poem by Edgar Allan Poe
• 337 • Rantin' and Ravin' • (2009) • essay by Joseph Wambaugh
• 339 • A Little Thought on Poe • (2009) • essay by Thomas H. Cook
• 343 • The Bells • (1849) • poem by Edgar Allan Poe
• 349 • Poe in G Minor • (2009) • essay by Jeffery Deaver
• 355 • Excerpt from The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket • [Pym] • short fiction by Edgar Allan Poe
• 381 • How I Became an Edgar Allan Poe Convert • (2009) • essay by Sue Grafton