After its collapse, the foreboding ruins of Usher House lay untouched for 160 years outside Crowley, Virginia, until Roderick Usher and his sister, Madeleine, both physicians, rebuilt it as a sanatorium. Gloom and a sense of dread permeate this new house, too, and the modern Roderick, like his ancestor, is troubled by strange visions and mounting feelings of terror, especially concerning the health of his sister. Madeleine, who insists she is fine, grows paler and weaker by the day. With no one else to turn to for help, Roderick calls his old friend and former college roommate, John Charles Poe. Poe is a reporter for Crowley's weekly paper - a job he took years ago, to prove to his father he wasn't a worthless son. Though he has long since inherited the family fortune, he hangs on at the paper for the same reason he drinks too much bourbon - it has become a daily habit. On his thirtieth birthday, John Charles Poe received the most unusual part of his legacy - the casket, a three-foot-long wooden box containing the personal papers, journals, and literary notes of the Poe men, including Edgar Allan, whose notes on his classic short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher," may contain the key to saving Madeleine and Roderick, the last of the Ushers.

Return to the House of Usher

Literature & Fiction

Poe, Robert

United States

Forge

The Black Cat

Edgar Allan Poe's classic story "The Black Cat" is retold in a novel that explores the dark forces that can drive people to evil deeds, as it follows a vulnerable young woman who claims to be a witch and who may or may not represent the dark forces

Forge Books

Black Cat

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Demco Media

John Charles Poe, a small-town reporter in Crowley, Virginia, drinks a lot of bourbon and works because he doesn't have to. The heir to the family fortune, he has just received the most unusual part of the Poe legacy-the casket. The three-foot-long wooden box contains the notes and personal papers of the Poe men dating back to the eerie and mysterious Edgar Allen. It is passed on to every male Poe on his thirtieth birthday. John Charles has sworn not to divulge its secrets, but a call from his oldest friend, Roderick Usher, on the verge of a breakdown, may justify a broken oath.

Genre Fiction

Tor Books

John Charles Poe, town journalist and descendent of Edgar Allan, is haunted by the events unfolding in his town, Crowley Creek, because of the eerie resemblance to his ancestor's tale, "The Black Cat." Guided by a secret cache of papers left to him by Edgar Allan Poe, John Charles set out to discover what is behind the outbreak of evil in his town.

My Child Is Missing/How to Protect Your Child from Abduction and What to Do Should It Happen

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Pax Pub

Regreso a la casa de Usher

Plaza & Janes Editories Sa

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