Short Fiction

About this book

Poe invented the modern detective story, perfected the tale of psychological terror and dabbled brilliantly in science fiction and satire. This collection gathers sixty-six of his stories in the order they were published, including “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, “The Telltale Heart”, “The Gold-Bug” and “The Cask of Amontillado”.

It opens with three short essays on Poe’s life and work by contemporaries and early admirers.

About this edition. This book is in the public domain, so the text may be available free elsewhere. Your purchase covers our formatted EPUB edition, full access in the online reader and lifetime re-downloads from your library. Read the free sample before you buy.

• The complete text — about 318,000 words (roughly 1,140 print pages)
• Sixty-six stories, with a linked contents list for quick navigation
• DRM-free EPUB for Apple Books, Google Play Books, Kobo e-readers and most reading apps (Kindle: via Send to Kindle)
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Credits & licence

Ebook edition: Standard Ebooks, released into the public domain (CC0 1.0). Produced for Standard Ebooks by Robin Whittleton, based on a transcription from Project Gutenberg and digital scans from the Internet Archive. Cover: Standard Ebooks design adapted from “Saint-Séverin”, a painting completed in 1909 by Robert Delaunay (public domain). Includes introductory essays by James Russell Lowell, Nathaniel Parker Willis and “W. H. R.” (attributed to William Heath Robinson). EPUB and web reader edition packaged by Paper Lane Books from the Standard Ebooks source files. Standard Ebooks is not affiliated with Paper Lane Books and does not endorse this shop.