Tag: Edgar Allan Poe
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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…
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Oh, the Pain! The Pain!
I blame Poe, Edgar Allan Poe, for my interest in torture. Who can ever forget that wonderful scene of immurement in “The Cask of Amontillado”? What a delicious way in which to exact revenge on those who slight you. Too bad we don’t have catacombs beneath our houses today. The practice of torture, in my…
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Suspending Death
Only two of my grandparents were alive at my birth and both of them had passed away by the time I was eight years old. My dad suffered a heart attack and died when I was just thirteen. I’d give anything to have more time with any of them. Because of this, it’s perhaps no…
Threads that Bind 