Edgar Allan Poe: Murders, Mysteries and Detective Stories
Poe is considered by many scholars as the inventor of the detective genre. He is also one of the earliest masters of the short story and is credited with contributing to the emergence of science-fiction as a genre.

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The Fall of the House of Usher : And Other Tales by Poe, Edgar Allan
Notes: 14 of Poe’s classic stories of terror and suspense are in this volume. Included are "Cask of Amontillado," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Purloined Letter." It also provides a new introduction by Stephen Marlowe.
ISBN: 0451526759
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The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Poe, Edgar Allan
Notes: "MS. Found in a Bottle," "William Wilson," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," "The Oblong Box," and "The Purloined Letter" are some titles featured in this collection.
ISBN: 0553212281
Callnumber: j Paperback
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Poe, Edgar Allan
Notes: Three of Poe's most famous and frightening tales; "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Black Cat" are in this edition which is beautifully illustrated by Gary Kelley and edited by Graham Clarke.
ISBN: 0460873423
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The Gold-Bug and Other Tales by Poe, Edgar Allan
Notes: This edition features nine classic tales of suspense and horror, including: "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Pit and the Pendulum."
ISBN: 0486268756
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The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe / Collected and Edited With an Introduction and Commentary by Harold Beaver by Poe, Edgar Allan
Notes: This Penguin classic includes “MS. Found in a Bottle,” “The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall,” “The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion,” “A Descent into the Maelstrom,” “The Colloquy of Monos and Una,” "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains,” “The Balloon-Hoax," “Mesmeric Revelation," “The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade,” “Some Words with a Mummy,” “The Power of Words,” “The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether,” “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar,” “Eureka,” “Mellonta Tauta, ” and “Von Kempelen and his Discovery.”
ISBN: 0140431063
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Selected Tales by Poe, Edgar Allan
Notes: A useful chronology of the author's life and career is included in this volume along with some of Poe's classics and most representative works, such as "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym."
ISBN: 0679725245