A collection of classic works by Edgar Allan Poe, American author, poet, editor, and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

This volume includes: "The Devil in the Belfry", "Lionizing", "X-ing a Paragraph", "Metzengerstein", "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether", "How to Write a Blackwood Article", "A Predicament", "Mystification", "Diddling", "The Angel of the Odd", "Mellonta Tauta", "The Duc de L'omelette", "The Oblong Box", "Loss of Breath", "The Man That Was Used Up", "The Business Man", "The Landscape Garden", "Maelzel's Chess Player", "The Power of Words", "The Colloquy of Monos and Unas", "The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion", and "Shadow: A Parable".