A pioneer of the short story genre, Poeโs stories typically captured themes of the macabre and included elements of the mysterious. His better-known stories include โThe Fall of the House of Usherโ, โThe Pit and the Pendulumโ, โThe Murders in the Rue Morgueโ, โThe Masque of the Red Deathโ and โThe Tell-Tale Heartโ.
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809โ49) reigned unrivaled in his mastery of mystery during his lifetime and is now widely held to be a central figure of Romanticism and gothic horror in American literature. Born in Boston, he was orphaned at age three, was expelled from West Point for gambling, and later became a well-regarded literary critic and editor. The Raven, published in 1845, made Poe famous. He died in 1849 under what remain mysterious circumstances and is buried in Baltimore, Maryland.