By Edgar Allan Poe, David Plunkert
12 STORIES NEVER BET THE DEVIL YOUR [Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) [Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) [Berenice](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645808W) [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) [Masque of the Red Death](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41050W) [Pit and the Pendulum](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273550W) THE MURDERS THE RUP, HOP FROG [Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL40987W) [Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) [Premature Burial](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24583029W) 11 POEMS ALONE — LENORE TilE SLEEPER........,.... THE CITY THE SEA , THE HAUNTED PALACE THE CONQUEROR WORM . DREAMI.AND [Annabel Lee](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273456W) A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM. Bells [Raven](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41081W)
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