Introduction by J. Gerald Kennedy
Tales: Predicaments. MS. found in a bottle ; A descent into the maelström ; The masque of the red death ; The pit and the pendulum ; The premature burial ; The facts in the case of M. Valdemar
Bereavements. The assignation ; Berenice ; Morella ; Ligeia ; The fall of the House of Usher ; Eleonora ; The oval portrait
Antagonisms. Metzengerstein ; William Wilson ; The tell-tale heart ; The black cat ; The imp of the perverse ; The cask of Amontillado ; Hop-frog
Mysteries. The man of the crowd ; The murders in the Rue Morgue ; The gold-bug ; The oblong box ; A tale of the ragged mountains ; The purloined letter
Grotesqueries. The man that was used up ; The system of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether ; Some words with a mummy