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• vii • Introduction (Tales of Mystery and Imagination) • (2000) • essay by John S. Whitley
• 1 • The Gold Bug • non-genre • (1880) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of The Gold-Bug 1843)
• 31 • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 39 • MS. Found in a Bottle • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1833) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 48 •
  A Descent Into the Maelström^?A Descent Into the Maelstrom
  A Descent Into the Maelstroem
  • (1841) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 62 • The Murders in the Rue Morgue • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1841) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
• 91 • The Mystery of Marie Rogêt • non-genre • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1842) • novella by Edgar Allan Poe
• 132 • The Purloined Letter • non-genre • [Chevalier Dupin] • (1844) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
• 148 • The Fall of the House of Usher • (1839) • novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
• 164 • The Pit and the Pendulum • (1842) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 177 • The Premature Burial • (1844) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 189 • The Black Cat • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 197 • The Masque of the Red Death • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of The Mask of the Red Death 1842)
• 202 • The Cask of Amontillado • [Fortunato] • (1846) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 208 • The Oval Portrait • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 211 • The Oblong Box • (1844) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 221 • The Tell-Tale Heart • (1843) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 226 • Ligeia • (1838) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 239 • Loss of Breath • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1856) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of A Decided Loss 1832)
• 242 • Silence—a Fable • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1850) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of Siope—A Fable 1838)
• 249 • Shadow—A Parable • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1850) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of Shadow: A Fable 1835)
• 255 • The Man of the Crowd • (1840) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 263 • Some Words with a Mummy • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 277 • Notes (Tales of Mystery and Imagination) • (2000) • essay by John S. Whitley