For more than a century-and-a-half, Edgar Allan Poe's poems and tales have thrilled readers with chilling accounts of matters mysterious and macabre. Their somber poetry and rich moods of menace and melancholy have conjured some of the most haunting images in American literature: the accusing echo of the tell-tale heart, the beloved but doomed Annabel Lee, the gloom-shrouded House of Usher, the maddening tortures of the pit and pendulum, the eerie and enigmatic Raven.

This lovely edition collects several of Poe's well-known poems and short stories with a dash of the lesser-known. With an introduction by Neil Gaiman and beautifully creepy illustrations by Mark Summers, the book is an excellent coffee table book to pull out in October. And a wonderfully atmospheric read for this time of year if you want to do more than look at the pretty pictures. ( )

I still haven't read all the stories and poems in this book, but my favorite is, and will probably always remain, "The Tell-Tale Heart." ( )

Some of Poe's best works, presented with beautiful illustrations, with a foreword by Neil Gaiman; one really requires no other reason to love this book. ( )