To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Death of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Poe Forward presented POE FUNERAL at the Midnight Special...

Richard Heft recites Edgar Allan Poe's "Ulalume" at POE FUNERAL. PoeForward.com presented POE FUNERAL on October 31,...

Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – ca. January 15, 1947) was an American woman who was the victim of a gruesome and much-publicized murder. ...

THE RAVEN Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten ...

SARAH HELEN WHITMAN’S DEFENSE Dr. Griswold’s Memoir of Edgar Poe has been extensively read and circulated. Its perverted facts and baseless ...

THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO Edgar A. Poe THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vo...

GEORGE GRAHAM'S DEFENSE Graham’s Magazine, 1850 My Dear Willis, In an article of yours which accompanies the two beautiful volumes of th...

MARGINALIA 2 I have sometimes amused myself by endeavouring to fancy what would be the fate of an individual gifted, or rather accursed, wit...

N. P. WILLIS’ RESPONSE The ancient fable of two antagonistic spirits imprisoned in one body equally powerful and having the complete mastery...

MARGINALIA 1 Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no sedu...

LONGFELLOW'S COMMENTS "What a melancholy death is that of Mr. Poe, a man so richly endowed with genius! I never knew him personally...

RUFUS GRISWOLD’S EULOGY "The Ludwig Article" New York Tribune (Evening Edition), October 9, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe is dead. He died...