From Poe, there are the essential poems: "The Raven", "Lenore", "To Helen", "Ulalume", "Annabel Lee", "The Haunted Palace", and more. And together with the selection of classic stories -- "The Tell-Tale Heart","The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Black Cat", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Premature Burial" -- this volume makes the ideal introduction to the art of Poe and other masters of the original horror stories.

Also included are Edith Wharton's masterly story "Afterward", Charles Dickens's "The Signalman","The Furnished Room" by O. Henry, "The Boarded Window" by Ambrose Bierce, and W. W. Jacobs's genuine shocker, "The Monkey's Paw".

The Raven and the Pit follows the attractive series style: rough front paperback with flaps and full-color cover art.