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• vii • The Life of Edgar Allen Poe • essay by S. T. Joshi
• xi • Foreword (Edgar Allen Poe: A Collection of Stories) • essay by S. T. Joshi
• 1 • Metzengerstein: A Tale in Imitation of the German • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1970) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of Metzengerstein 1832)
• 11 • MS. Found in a Bottle • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1833) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 23 • Ligeia • (1838) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 40 • The Fall of the House of Usher • (1839) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
• 61 • The Murders in the Rue Morgue • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1841) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
• 99 •
  A Descent Into the Maelström^?A Descent Into the Maelstrom
  A Descent Into the Maelstroem
  • (1841) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 118 • Never Bet the Devil Your Head • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of Never Bet Your Head 1841)
• 129 • The Oval Portrait • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 132 • The Masque of the Red Death • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of The Mask of the Red Death 1842)
• 139 • The Pit and the Pendulum • (1842) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 156 • The Tell-Tale Heart • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 161 • The Black Cat • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 172 • The Premature Burial • (1844) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 188 • The Purloined Letter • non-genre • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1844) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
• 208 • The Sphinx • (1846) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 213 • The Cask of Amontillado • [Fortunato] • (1846) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 221 • Hop-Frog: or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of Hop-Frog; or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs 1849)
• 233 • Afterword (Edgar Allen Poe: A Collection of Stories) • essay by S. T. Joshi