Edgar Allan Poe's poignant quote, 'All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream,' reflects the ephemeral nature of ...

Wondering who is the Godfather of horror stories? Edgar Allan Poe leads the pack. Poe revolutionized the genre in the 1840s with his first-person narrative stories like “The Black Cat,” “The Pit and ...

Everyone at Halloween knows to be on the lookout for ghosts, ghouls and assorted graveyard habitués, but there’s another kind of bogey that can undercut your spooky fun and spoil all the parts of the ...

Edgar Allan Poe wrote more comedies and satires than horror stories and is credited with inventing the detective genre. A rival colleague, Rufus Griswold, created the lasting myth that Poe was a ...

In 1994, single in Chicago again after just giving back my wedding engagement ring, I did everything I could to keep busy. I volunteered as a docent at the Clarke-Ford House. Built in 1836, it is the ...

Previous articles in this blog have described the tortured lives of remarkably creative and accomplished figures, including Herman Melville, Charles Darwin, and Abraham Lincoln, and touched on the ...

Edgar Allan Poe fans in Indiana have something to look forward to this April. The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy returns with Chapter Two, but the tour currently has only one stop slated statewide. When is ...

Two dozen people congregated in the meeting room of Denny’s on Belmont Avenue on Saturday morning for the William Holmes ...

Quote of the Day by Edgar Allan Poe suggests tragic love stories leave a lasting impact. Poe believed the death of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Edgar Allan Poe fans in Indiana have something to look forward to this April. The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy returns with Chapter ...