Tales of Illusion & Supernatural - Ms. Found in a Bottle, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Balloon-Hoax, Mesmeric Revelation, Mystification, The Premature Burial, The Oblong Box, The Spectacles…

Poe was a prolific writer of science fiction and supernatural tales, responding in his writing to numerous emerging technologies. He often included elements of popular pseudo-sciences, dealing with themes such as time travel and resurrection of the dead._x000D_ Table of Contents:_x000D_ Ms. Found in a Bottle_x000D_ The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar_x000D_ A Descent into the Maelstrom_x000D_ The Balloon-Hoax_x000D_ Mesmeric Revelation_x000D_ The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade_x000D_ Some Words with a Mummy_x000D_ A Tale of the Ragged Mountains_x000D_ The Power of Words_x000D_ Mellonta Tauta_x000D_ Mystification_x000D_ The Premature Burial_x000D_ The Oblong Box_x000D_ The Spectacles_x000D_ The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether_x000D_ The Sphinx_x000D_ Von Kempelen and His Discovery_x000D_ The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion_x000D_ The Colloquy of Monos and Una_x000D_ Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story.