[Zsinj]

I'm now reading the Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe and I'm wondering if someone hear can please help me out in telling me which of his tales and poems are dark fantasy/horror. You see, I one of his tales that wasn't in this genre called "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" and I really didn't care for it. It was pretty much a snore-fest in my opinion. So here I am listing a comprehensive list from this mammoth tome and I was wondering if any of you could tell me which ones are dark fantasy/horror, because those are the only ones I really care for. Thanx a bunch!! :D

The Balloon Hoax
Mesmeric Revelation
Ms. Found in a Bottle
A Descent in the Maelstrom
Von Kempelen and his Discovery
The Gold-bug
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Thousand and Second Tale of Scheherazade
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mystery of Marie Roget
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Purloined Letter
The Tell-tale Heart
The Black Cat
The Imp of the Perverse
The Premature Burial
The Island of the Fay
The Cask of Amontillado
The Pit and the Pendulum (I know this is horror)
The Oval Portrait
The Masque of the Red Death
The Assignation
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather
Mystification
How to Write a Blackwood Article
A Predicament
The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.
Diddling
X-ing a Paragrab
The Angel of the Odd
Loss of Breath
The Business Man
Mellonta Tauta
The Man that was Used Up
Maelzel's Chess Player
The Power of Words
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
The Colloquy of Monos and Una
Silence
Shadow
A Tale of Jerusalem
The Sphinx
The Man of the Crowd
"Thou Art the Man"
Hop-Frog
Never Bet the Devil Your Head
Four Beasts in One
Why the Little Frenchman Wears his Hand in a Sling
Some Words with a Mummy
Bon-Bon
The Quacks of Helicon
Astoria
The Domain of Arnheim
Landor's Cottage
William Wilson
Ligeia
Berenice
Morella
Eleonara
Metzengerstein
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
The Oblong Box
The Duc de L'Omelette
The Spectacles
King Pest
Three Sundays in a Week
The Devil in the Belfry
Lionizing
Narrative of a Gordon Pym
The Raven (I know this is horror)
Lenore
A Valentine
A Hymn
The Coliseum
Ulalume
To Helen
An Enigma
Annabel Lee
To One in Paradise
The Bells
To My Mother
The Haunted Palace (my best friend Jessica has read this one, and she says its horror)
The Conqueror Worm (I know this is horror)
The Valley of Unrest
The City in the Sea
The Sleeper
A Dream Within a Dream
Silence
Dream Land
Eulalie
To Zante
Bridal Ballad
Eldorado
Israfel
For Annie
Scenes from "Politian"
Sonnet-To Science
Al Araaf
To The River
Tamerlane
A Dream
Spirits of the Dead
To Helen
Dreams
Evening Star
Alone
A Paean
Fairy-Land
Romance
"In Youth I Have Known One"

[AuntiePam]

I haven't read all of the stories in the book (wow!) but I'd recommend these:

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Tell-tale Heart
The Black Cat
The Premature Burial
The Cask of Amontillado
The Masque of the Red Death

Hop-Frog -- ESPECIALLY this one!

[Zsinj]

Thanks Auntie! :D

[Zsinj]

Just wanted to add a little something in the thread. Sort of an update on my reading of Poe's works. So far I've read "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar", "Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Fall of the House of Usher". Now I was wrong in what I said before, it was "The Fall of the House of Usher" that my friend Jessica read, not "The Haunted Palace". But anyway, "The Fall of the House of Usher" has to be by far the scariest, darkest horror tale I have ever read!! I was right on the edge of my seat while reading it! :eek: I quite enjoyed it! Jessica said that she didn't really like it, and that it was so dark that it actually depressed her! She said that she had to read it for school, and that dark, macabre horror tales really weren't her thing. Huh, I guess Poe doesn't appeal to everyone. But anyway, I'm fondly looking forward to reading the rest of Poe's works of dark fantasy/horror, and will keep you posted as to what I think of them!
Oh, and I really enjoyed "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" and found it delightfully creepy. I also enjoyed "Murders in the Rue Morgue", allthough I have to admit that it was a bit long winded, but by far did end up to be an obsenely boring ramble as "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfall". It was more of a murder mystery than horror, though, but I enjoyed it nevertheless.

**WARNING!! SPOILERS AHEAD!!!**

I must say that I was quite surprised and a bit amused to find out that the murderer was an Orangutan! :D



**END SPOILER**

[Beleg]

If you are looking for pure horror and shocking macabre then
'Masque of the Red Death' is the one I'll recommend.

[kyamanda]

i think the cask of amitillado and the black cat are really good...the poem Annebella Lee is sad

[Randy M.]

Of the ones I'm familiar with, I'd suggest these titles,

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Mystery of Marie Roget [Dry and a bit long for modern tastes]
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Purloined Letter
The Tell-tale Heart
The Black Cat
The Imp of the Perverse
The Premature Burial
The Cask of Amontillado
The Pit and the Pendulum (I know this is horror)
The Masque of the Red Death
The Assignation
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather [Satire of a sort, if heavy-handed, it's one of those that seem to have a bit of influence on other writers]
Hop-Frog
William Wilson [One of his great ones, but not as well-known as, say, "...Usher"]
Ligeia
Berenice
Morella
Narrative of a Gordon Pym [Even though it is short, I found it a long slog; of historical importance if only because it was Poe's only novel; it inspired Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness"]
The Raven (I know this is horror)
Lenore
The Bells
The Haunted Palace (my best friend Jessica has read this one, and she says its horror)
The Conqueror Worm (I know this is horror)
A Dream Within a Dream
Eldorado


Randy M.

[vicki_girl]

I haven't read very many of Poe's writings (just what was required in school), but I would second the recommendations for "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Mask of the Red-Death". TTH definitely gave me the creeps. Strangely enough, even though "The Cask of Amantillado" (sp?) is supposed to be horror, I didn't find it particularly scary *shrug*....

Anyway, reading this, I remembered enjoying Poe's work and decided to add a "Complete Works" to my amazon wish list. The one at the link below actually seperates the stories by type.

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Stories-Poems-Edgar-Allan/dp/0385074077/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-8941119-1379017?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179494620&sr=8-1

If you do the "Search Inside" you can see how they seperated them. Might be helpful.

~vicki_girl~