Edgar Allan Poe

31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 28: “The Secret Sharer” by Joseph Conrad

Steven Beattie May 28, 2021May 30, 2021 International Literature, Short Fiction

Conrad’s story is at once a version of a doppelgänger story and an examination of repressed psychology and moral ambiguity.

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The Horror Show: “The Scar” by Ramsey Campbell

Steven Beattie October 24, 2020March 11, 2021 International Literature, Short Fiction

This story of a man and his malevolent doppelgänger recalls Poe and includes a critique of apparent social respectability.

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The Horror Show: The mystery behind the death of Edgar Allan Poe

Steven Beattie October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 International Literature, Writers and Writing

Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849 under conspicuously mysterious circumstances. A Buzzfeed mini-documentary speculates on what might have happened to him.

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