"The Pit and the Pendulum":

A prisoner wakes up to find himself in a dark cell with a deep pit.

"The Gold Bug":

A golden insect leads to an incredible discovery.

"The facts in the case of Mr. Valdemar":

A patient is hypnotised minutes before he dies. Is he really dead?

"The Fall of the House of Usher":

A man visits an old friend and finds himself in a house full of horrors!

"Down in the Maelstrom":

A sailor describes a terrifying trip though the maelstrom.

"The Masque of the Red Death":

No one can escape the red death-not even a prince!

"The Oblong Box":

A traveller boards a ship to New York. What does he carry in the oblong box?

Retold by Stephen Colbourn. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Seven Stories of Mystery and Horror: Elementary Level (+ 2 CD-ROM) (Edgar Allan Poe)