King pest -- MS. found in a bottle -- Silence-a fable -- Berenice -- William Wilson -- Ligeia -- The assignation -- The facts in the case of M. Valdemar -- The pit and the pendulum -- The fall of the house of usher -- The cask of amontillado -- A descent into the maelström -- The tell-tale heart -- The black cat -- The masque of the red death -- The gold-bug -- The murders in the rue morgue -- The purloined letter.