Known as one of the founders of the 'detective story' genre, Poe's morbid and macabre short stories continue to hold the attention of readers more than a hundred years after his death. Some of Poe's best short stories are included in this edition: "The "Tell-Tale Heart", "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Black Cat", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Purloined Letter", "Ms. Found in a Bottle", "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar", "The Premature Burial", "The Masque of Red Death", "The Balloon Hoax", "William Wilson", "The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether", and last but not least, "Hop Frog." Bonus: the poem, "The Raven."