"Few authors' names conjure up such an air of ghoulish terror as that of Edgar Allan Poe.

Although best known for his classic gothic horror tales such as "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Fall of the House of Usher" or "The Premature Burial", he also wrote contemporary science fiction such as "The Balloon-Hoax", mystery thrillers like "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" or "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and even humorous stories like "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether".

The best of his chilling classics and other suspenseful tales - twenty seven stories in total - are presented here in one fantastic volume, along with Poe´s disturbing supernatural poem of love and madness, 'The Raven'."