VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIESSpine-tingling mind-altering and deliciously
atmospheric journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics.Edgar
Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent in The Murders in the Rue Morgue he created the
genre of detective fiction while his genius for finding the strangeness lurking within us all
has been an influence on everyone from Freud to Hollywood. This complete collection of all his
short stories and novellas contains well-known tales 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The
Tell-Tale Heart' alongside hidden gems that both unsettle and enthrall the reader.