Contents

About Edgar Allan Poe

About the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award

About the Illustrator

What Poe Hath Wrought by Michael Connelly

A Descent into the Maelström

On Edgar Allan Poe by T. Jefferson Parker

The Cask of Amontillado

Under the Covers with Fortunato and Montresor by Jan Burke

The Curse of Amontillado by Lawrence Block

The Black Cat

Pluto’s Heritage by P. J. Parrish

William Wilson

Identity Crisis by Lisa Scottoline

Manuscript Found in a Bottle

In a Strange City: Baltimore and the Poe Toaster by Laura Lippman

The Fall of the House of Usher

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary by Michael Connelly

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

The Thief by Laurie R. King

Ligeia

Poe and Me at the Movies by Tess Gerritsen

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Genius of “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Stephen King

The First Time by Steve Hamilton

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit, the Pendulum, and Perfection by Edward D. Hoch

The Pit and the Pendulum at the Palace by Peter Robinson

The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, and Me by S. J. Rozan

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Quick and the Undead by Nelson DeMille

The Gold-Bug

Imagining Edgar Allan Poe by Sara Paretsky

The Raven

Rantin’ and Ravin’ by Joseph Wambaugh

A Little Thought on Poe by Thomas H. Cook

The Bells

Poe in G Minor by Jeffery Deaver

Excerpt from The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

How I Became an Edgar Allan Poe Convert by Sue Grafton

About the Editor

Other Books by Michael Connelly

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher