Few have crafted stories as haunting as those by Edgar Allan Poe. Collected here to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth are sixteen of his best tales accompanied by twenty essays from beloved authors, including T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, and Joseph Wambaugh, among others, on how Poe has changed their life and work.

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Few have crafted stories as haunting as those by Edgar Allan Poe. Collected here to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth are sixteen of his best tales accompanied by twenty essays from beloved authors, including T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, and Joseph Wambaugh, among others, on how Poe has changed their life and work.

Michael Connelly recounts the inspiration he drew from Poe's poetry while researching one of his books. Stephen King reflects on Poe's insight into humanity's dark side in “The Genius of ‘The Tell-Tale Heart.’”an Burke recalls her childhood terror during late-night reading sessions. Tess Gerritsen, Nelson DeMille, and others remember the classic B-movie adaptations of Poe's tales. And in “The Thief,” Laurie R. King complains about how Poe stole all the good ideas...or maybe he just thought of them first.

Powerful and timeless, In the Shadow of the Master is a celebration of one of the greatest literary minds of all time.

About Edgar Allan Poe

About the Mystery Writers of America's, Edgar Award

About the Illustrator

What Poe Hath Wrought by Michael Connelly

A Descenting to the Mae Istrom

ON EDGAR ALLAN POE by T. Jefferson Parker

The Cask of Amontillado

UNDER THE COVERS WITH FORTUNATO AND MONTRESOR by Jan Burke

THE CURSE OF AMONTILLADO by Lawrence Block

The Black Cat

PLUTO'S HERITAGE by E J. Parrish

William Wilson

IDENTITY CRISIS by Lisa Scottoline

Manuscript Foundin a Bottle

IN A STRANGE CITY: BALTIMORE AND THE POE TOASTER by Laura Lippman

The Fall of the House of Usber

ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY by Michael Connelly

The Facts in the Case of M.Valdmar

THE THIEF by Laurie R. King

Ligeia

POE AND ME AT THE MOVIES by Tess Gerritsen

The Tell-Tale Heart

THE GENIUS OF "THE TELL-TALE HEART" by Stephen King

THE FIRST TIME by Steve Hamilton

The Pit and the Pendulum

THE PIT, THE PENDULUM, AND PERFECTION by Edward D. Hoch

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM AT THE PALACE by Peter Robinson

The Masgue of the Red Death

EDGAR ALLAN POE, MARK TWAIN, AND ME by S. J. Rozan

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

THE QUICK AND THE UNDEAD byNelson DeMille

The Gold-Bug

IMAGINING EDGAR ALLAN POE by Sara Paretsky

The Raven

RANTIN' AND RAVIN' by Joseph Wambaugh

A LITTLE THOUGHT ON POE by Thomas H. Cook

The Bells

POE IN G MINOR by Jeffery Deaver

Excerpt from

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

HOW I BECAME AN EDGAR ALLAN

POE CONVERT by Sue Grafton