Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...

Yet it was not always so. The roots of modern detective fiction go back over 150 years to a Boston-born master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. And the most shocking true-crime story in Poe's day ...

On January 19, 1809, the great Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In school, I read many of his tales. Poe was a true literary genius.

So, it was quite easy to assemble 75 Edgar Allan Poe quotes to demonstrate his thoughts about life. I remember reading Poe’s ...