Oct. 29 marked the opening night of the fifth annual "Edgar Allan Poe Double Header," held at the BrickBox Theatre and at the ...
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An Unhappy Hour with Edgar Allan Poe

Wondering who is the Godfather of horror stories? Edgar Allan Poe leads the pack. Poe revolutionized the genre in the 1840s with his first-person narrative stories like “The Black Cat,” “The Pit and ...
Edgar Allan Poe wrote more comedies and satires than horror stories and is credited with inventing the detective genre. A rival colleague, Rufus Griswold, created the lasting myth that Poe was a ...