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18 stories (mostly prose, one poem) illustrate the development of Poe's darker writing, which had an extraordinary influence on speculative fiction as a genre. Poe's genius was his ability to develop not only the weird plot, but to show the internal struggles of the characters themselves. The stories included are:

• Metzengerstein
  
• Berenice
  
• Morella
  
• Shadow—A Parable
  
• Ligeia
  
• The Fall of the House of Usher
  
• William Wilson
  
• The Man of the Crowd
  
• The Masque of the Red Death
  
• The Oval Portrait
  
• The Pit and the Pendulum
  
• The Black Cat
  
• The Tell-Tale Heart
  
• The Premature Burial
  
• The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
  
• The Imp of the Perverse
  
• The Raven
  
• The Cask of Amontillado