Contains: Angel of the Odd [Berenice](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645808W) [Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) [Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) [Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40987W) [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40987W) Ligeia [Masque of the Red Death](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41050W) [Mesmeric Revelation](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15646037W) Metzengerstein Morella MS. Found in a Bottle Oval Portrait [Pit and the Pendulum](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273550W) [Silence — A Fable](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13370628W) System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether Tale of the Ragged Mountains [Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) [William Wilson](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16088822W)
Severity reflects intensity, not value — “central theme” means a warning is a core part of the book, not that the book is bad.