This collection contains the complete short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, including detective mysteries, gothic and horror stories, and other tales of fantasy, illusion and science-fiction:The Murders in the Rue MorgueThe Mystery of Marie RogêtThe Purloined LetterThe Gold-BugThou Art the ManThe Man of the CrowdThe Tell-Tale HeartThe Fall of the House of UsherThe Cask of AmontilladoThe Black CatThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Pit and the PendulumLigeiaThe Oval PortraitA Tale of the Ragged MountainsEleonoraA DreamMetzengersteinThe AssignationBereniceMorellaThe Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans PfaallWilliam WilsonThe Imp of the PerverseHop-FrogThe Light-HouseMs. Found in a BottleA Descent into the MaelstromThe Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarThe Balloon-HoaxMesmeric RevelationThe Thousand-and-Second Tale of ScheherazadeSome Words with a MummyMystificationThe Premature BurialThe Oblong BoxThe SpectaclesThe System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. FetherThe SphinxThe Island of the FayThe Landscape GardenMorning on the WissahicconThe Domain of ArnheimLandor''s CottageThe Duc de l''OmeletteA Tale of JerusalemLoss of BreathBon-BonLionizingKing PestFour Beasts in One – The Homo-CameleopardHow to Write a Blackwood ArticleA PredicamentThe Devil in the BelfryThe Man That Was Used UpThe Business ManWhy the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a SlingNever Bet the Devil Your HeadThree Sundays in a WeekDiddlingThe Angel of the OddThe Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.Mellonta TautaVon Kempelen and His DiscoveryX-ing a ParagrabThe Power of WordsThe Conversation of Eiros and CharmionThe Colloquy of Monos and UnaShadowSilenceBiography:The Dreamer by Mary Newton StanardEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer and literary critic. He is considered a father of the detective story and he is best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre.