Now the inspiration for a major motion picture starring John Cusack, these twelve tales of mystery and terror are here brought vividly to life by Blackstone Audio. The title work in this collection is widely regarded as the most famous of Edgar Allan Poe's writings. The inventor of the modern detective story, Poe was an expert at weaving suspense and horror into tales that thrill and chill. Included here are "The Raven," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Black Cat," "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar," "Hop-Frog," "The Mystery of Marie Rog t," and "The Purloined Letter