Cover of The Scary Short Story Collection (Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Hop Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Pit and the Pendulum / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart)
Gothic FictionHorrorCircus & Carnival

The Scary Short Story Collection (Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Hop Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Pit and the Pendulum / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart)

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  • 2018 first published
  • 94 pages
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Published in 2018, The Scary Short Story Collection (Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Hop Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Pit and the Pendulum / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart) is a gothic fiction and horror story collection by Edgar Allan Poe. It takes readers to Toledo in Carnival. It features Montresor, Fortunato and Luchresi. Readers will find themes of crime, first-person narrative, Homicide and Hyperesthesia.

It runs to roughly 94 pages — about an hour and a half of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

Subjects

  • American Horror tales
  • Children's fiction
  • Classic Literature
  • Crime
  • Crime fiction
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • First-person narrative
  • Gothic fiction
  • Homicide
  • Horror
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror stories
  • Horror tales
  • Hyperesthesia
  • Murder
  • American Short stories

Quick answers

Who wrote The Scary Short Story Collection (Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Hop Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Pit and the Pendulum / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart)?

The Scary Short Story Collection (Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Hop Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Pit and the Pendulum / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart) was written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 2018.

What genre is The Scary Short Story Collection (Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Hop Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Pit and the Pendulum / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart)?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Horror and Circus & Carnival.

How long is The Scary Short Story Collection (Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Hop Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Pit and the Pendulum / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart)?

The median edition has 94 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Scary Short Story Collection (Berenice / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Hop Frog / Imp of the Perverse / Pit and the Pendulum / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart)?

Readers who like it often enjoy 21 Great Stories, The Book of the Dead and The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition.

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