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This is a dark comedy set in an insane asylum, where a new system of treatment has led to chaos. Themes include madness vs. sanity, the reversal of social order, and the unknown versus the known.

A man takes deadly revenge on a friend who he believes has insulted him. Themes include revenge, pride, and trust.

The story follows the visit to the mysterious House of Usher and the fall of the Usher family. Themes include the supernatural, family decay, and madness.

A story that involves the death of a woman and the reincarnation of her spirit. Main themes include the nature of identity, the phobic fear of death, and the possibility of life after death.

Set in the Spanish Inquisition, this tale describes the terrifying experience of a prisoner facing torture. Themes include time, fear, and the will to live.

A humorous story about a young man who unknowingly courts his great-great-grandmother due to his vanity about wearing glasses. Themes are vanity, the fear of aging, and mistaken identity.

The third of Poe's stories featuring the detective C. Auguste Dupin, where he finds a letter hidden in plain sight. Themes include the cunning over the straightforward, the concept of hiding in plain view, and rational deduction.

A sequel to 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', featuring Dupin who explores the mysterious disappearance and murder of a woman in Paris. Themes include the application of scientific method to crime, the elusiveness of truth, and the analysis of evidence.

A grieving man encounters a talking raven, whose repeated word 'Nevermore' sinks him further into despair. Main themes are loss, despair, and the search for meaning in suffering.

Considered the first detective story, it follows C. Auguste Dupin as he solves a brutal murder in Paris. Themes include logic vs. intuition, the duality of human nature, and the urban gothic setting.

A puzzling story involving a mysterious box taken aboard a ship. Themes include curiosity, the bounds of friendship, and the influence of the past.

A prince hosts a masquerade ball within his abbey walls while a plague ravages the country. Themes of this story are the inevitability of death, the foolishness of trying to avoid it, and the disparity between the rich and the poor.

A mesmerist uses his skills on a dying man, Valdemar, with unsettling results. Themes include the boundary between life and death, the power of the will, and the concept of time.

A story of an unnamed narrator who follows a man through a crowded London. It explores themes of urban alienation, the anonymity of city life, and the human desire for understanding.

A narrator tries to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed. Themes include guilt, sanity, and the thin line between sanity and madness.

The tale of a man haunted by the memory of his first wife, Ligeia, and the strangeness that follows his second marriage. Major themes include the supernatural, the will to transcend death, and the unreliable nature of memory.

A monologue in which the narrator describes his crime driven by 'the imp of the perverse,' an urge to do the wrong thing. Themes are the paradox of the human condition, the duality of impulse control, and narrators own self-destructive impulses.

A man's obsession with his fear of being buried alive leads to a deeply psychological narrative. Themes include fear of death, the control fear can exert over life, and the uncertainty of human knowledge.

A treasure hunt for buried pirate gold, driven by the solving of an encrypted message. Themes include obsession, the relationship between man and nature, and cryptanalysis.