Tag: Al Aaraaf

• A Visit to Poe’s House

  Last summer, I came across a couple of family trees online that indicated I’m directly descended from Edgar Allan Poe’s grandfather David Poe via my great grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Poe. If true, this would make me a cousin of one of the most famous writers of dark fiction. I’m a little skeptical that this is…

  David Lee Summers

  April 30, 2026

  Gothic Horror, horror books, Horror Favorites, Personal Experience, Poetry, writing

  Al Aaraaf, astronomy, Baltimore, Berenice, Edgar Allan Poe, inspiration, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Laptop Desk, Morella, steampunk, Tamerlane, telescope, The Astronomer’s Crypt, The Hungur Chronicles, University of Virginia, writing space