“The Purloined Letter” by Edgar Allan Poe – Dupin is able to find the letter D- is using to blackmail a royal The Glittering Death by Caleb Roehrig – Laura barely escapes death at the hands of a serial killer The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe – Our narrator has been sentenced to death by the Spanish Inquisition, which is never a clean death Jackson – Cindy decides she’s had enough of Darrell’s insults and traps him behind a wall during Carnival

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe – Montresor lures Fortunato into a crypt with the promise of a cask of Amontillado and walls him up Night-Tide by Tessa Gratton – Jaclyn is blamed for Annabel’s death over the winter because they were in loveĪnnabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe – The narrator laments the death of the beautiful Annabel Lee “She Rode a Horse of Fire” by Kendare Blake – After the death of a rival, the Baron seems to be haunted by a spectral image in a tapestry “Metzengerstein” by Edgar Allan Poe – The Baron seems to be possessed by a horse that appeared at his house after the stables of his rival burned Follow the link to the full review of each pair of stories. Summary: Here is a short description of each story. Published: The collection was published in 2019, but Poe’s stories were originally published 1832-1850 Subtitle: 13 of Edgar Allan Poe’s Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined Jackson ('The Cask of Amontillado'), Stephanie Kuehn ('The Tell-Tale Heart'), Emily Lloyd-Jones ('The Purloined Letter'), amanda lovelace ('The Raven'), Hillary Monahan ('The Masque of the Red Death'), Marieke Nijkamp ('Hop-Frog'), Caleb Roehrig ('The Pit and the Pendulum'), and Fran Wilde ('The Fall of the House of Usher').Since I finished this short story collection, I thought I’d collect all of my reviews into a single post and provide my overall impression of the book.

Contributors include Dahlia Adler (reimagining 'Ligeia'), Kendare Blake ('Metzengerstein'), Rin Chupeco ('The Murders in the Rue Morgue'), Lamar Giles ('The Oval Portrait'), Tessa Gratton ('Annabel Lee'), Tiffany D.

Whether the stories are familiar to readers or discovered for the first time, readers will revel in both Edgar Allan Poe's classic tales, and in the 13 unique and unforgettable ways that they've been brought to life. Edgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction. Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation.

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