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• Introduction (18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe) • (1965) • essay by Vincent Price
• The Black Cat • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Fall of the House of Usher • (1839) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Masque of the Red Death • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of The Mask of the Red Death 1842)
• The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Premature Burial • (1844) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• MS. Found in a Bottle • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1833) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• A Tale of the Ragged Mountains • (1844) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Sphinx • (1846) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Murders in the Rue Morgue • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1841) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Tell-Tale Heart • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Gold-Bug • non-genre • (1843) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
• The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Man That Was Used Up • (1839) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Balloon-Hoax • (1844) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• A Descent Into the Maelström^?A Descent Into the Maelstrom
  A Descent Into the Maelstroem
  • (1841) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Purloined Letter • non-genre • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1844) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Pit and the Pendulum • (1842) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Cask of Amontillado • [Fortunato] • (1846) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe