The truly gruesome tales included in this volume: Manuscript Found in a Bottle; Ligeia; The Man That Was Used Up; The Fall of the House of Usher; William Wilson; The Man of the Crowd; The Murders in the Rue Morgue; A Descent into the Maelstrom; Eleanora; The Oval Portrait;The Masque of the Red Death; The Pit and Pendulum; The Tell-Tale Heart; The Gold-bug; The Black Cat; The Purloined Letter; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar; The Cask of Amontillado; Hop-Frog. Also included are poems and essays not often included in other Poe anthologies. Cover art: detail from Oiseau by Odilon Redon.