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celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 14 Jan 23

The famous writer had such a sad life and died young. He was born in 1809. His mother and father died within a few days of each other although not together at the time. He was adopted out and his adoptive name was Allan. When he...

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The "Poe Toaster"

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 19 Jan 19

Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809 and he died mysteriously on Election Day October 7, 1849. One theory of how he might of died is that he was beaten and left for dead as he was found at Ryan's Fourth Ward Polls. It was...

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Girlfinder Songs #2 - "Control"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 12 Dec 18

It's the same conundrum I face when I walk into a strip club and there are three stages going at once. Where do I sit in order to part with my dollar bills? This morning, the Girlfinder found three songs by the same artist....

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Short Horror Story Review Edgar Allan Poe William Wilson

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 27 Jul 18

1839 – Spoiler alerts. William Wilson is a classic unreliable witness story and an early doppelganger story. It explores similar themes of madness, guilt and self-loathing to Poe’s later tales, The Tell Tale Heart, Fall Of The...

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Short Story Review Edgar Allan Poe The Gold Bug

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 16 Feb 18

1843 – Spoiler alerts An early Poe story and commercially, his most successful from during his lifetime. This is not a horror or fantasy work, but a treasure hunt story involving an obsessive search for the lost treasure of...

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Favorite "Wild" Songs #1 - "Wild"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 29 Oct 17

It's time to put all this wildness behind us. @FourWalls started a music series of her favorite songs with "wild" in the title, and I jumped in. I am at #1 in this particular countdown: "Wild" by Poe. Poe based her second album,...

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Flashback from the forties

Alfredo Rossi @amadeo (111937) • United States 5 Sep 17

Good morning,Just thinking a way back in Jr.High School. After school I always went to a dept. store. The first place was the record dept. They had these booth that you can listen . I was always intrigued with Edgar Allen...

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Poe A Comic?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 23 Jul 17

I was watching a documentary about Edgar Allen Poe this morning. It said that the myths about him being a druggy and such aren't true. He was actually well known as a comedic writer. He is supposed to have started the detective...

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Favorite "Sun" Songs #3 - "Center of the Sun"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 22 May 17

It's a sunny morning here in Manitou, which means it's time for #3 in my Favorite "Sun" Songs series: "Center of the Sun" by Conjure One. Started in 1997, Conjure One is a project headed by Delerium's Rhys Fulber. With Conjure...

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Favorite Female Lyricists #3 - Poe

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 30 Mar 17

We have, as I like to say, reached the podium, #3 in my Favorite Female Lyricists series. The Bronze Medal spot belongs to singer/songwriter Poe. Born Anne Decatur Danielewski, Poe took her stage name after dressing as Edgar...

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Edgar Allan Poe Haunts My Vacuum Cleaner

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 26 Nov 16

Edgar Allan Poe wrote one of the simplest and yet most effective short horror stories of all time, The Tell-Tale Heart. It deals with a murderer who hides the body of his victim under the floorboards in his house. He thinks he is...

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Favorite "Guy's Name" Songs #1 - "Angry Johnny"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 13 Nov 16

Finally! We're at #1 in my Favorite Guy's Name" Songs series. And the winner is: Poe, and her 1995 tune "Angry Johnny." Poe, whose real name is Anne Danielewski, earned her stage name after, as a youth, she attended a Halloween...

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Favorite "Girl" Songs #9 - "Beautiful Girl"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 7 Oct 16

A short but sweet entry into my Favorite "Girl" Songs series, #9, Poe's "Beautiful Girl." Poe (Anne Danielewski) got her stage name from a nickname she earned after dressing up as Edgar Allen Poe for a Halloween party as a...

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From the iPod #23 - "Wild"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43586) • Denver, Colorado 21 Mar 16

Singer/songwriter Poe (Anne Danielewski) earned her stage name after dressing up as Edgar Allan Poe for a Halloween party in her youth, an act that apparently horrified her parents, who were attending the same party. After...

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Who is your favorite writer?

Aingeal @Aingeal (437) • United States 19 Jan 16

I have loved reading for as long as I can remember. My first love was Poe. Always has been, I am sure it always will be. As I have grown, my list has as well. There is nothing wrong with a good Patterson book for a quickie or a...

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Has anybody seen the latest Aswang movie? Let us discuss the folklore.

mrangelique @mrangelique (232) • Philippines 20 Nov 11

Aswang is a mythical beast like creature in Philippine folklore. In this movie stars our local actress Lovi Poe. In the European countries they can compared to ghouls in feature, they are also vampire like, because they are swift...

Edgar Allan Poe: His influence on modern horror movies

poelit @poelit (15) • Puerto Rico 6 Mar 09

I absolutely love Edgar Allan Poe's short stories and it amazes me the influence that his writings have had on modern writers such as Stephen King.

What kind of horror do you like?

galczu @galczu (33) • Poland 27 Jan 09

I mean there are different kinds of horror. Realistic with psycho killers and freaks lurking for his victims or supernatural with all those monsters, vampires and so on. Don't you think that horror books or movies are too often...

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Edgar A. Poe is 200!

DoriLentrich @DoriLentrich (1016) • United States 1 Jan 09

I'm a huge fan of Poe and this is his bicentennial. Any other fans out there? Favorite story and/or poem? Mine are "The Imp of the Perverse," and "The Conquerer Worm."

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"Severing A Haunted Psyche"

zenmachado @zenmachado (1617) • United States 9 Feb 08

"Severing A Haunted Psyche" I don't yearn for riches Nor immortality I don't want fame Nor reasons for vanity The only thing I wish for Is an act of impossibility To place my mind in surgery And dissect...

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