Status Updates From The Raven: Tales and Poems

The Masque of the Red Death
⭐️⭐️1/2
Even all the riches and safety in the world can’t protect you for the promise of death.

The Pit and the Pendulum
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Nightmare fuel!!!!!! The dark, the isolation, the claustrophobia, the rats crawling all over you, and the demon!!!!! TERRIFYING!!!!!

A Descent Into the Maelström
⭐️⭐️
“The perfect stom”. Terrifying to experience a violent storm on open water.

The Colloquy of Monos and Una
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This was incredibly DEEP! It definitely deserves a reread. I don’t think I totally grasped its depth after one read.

Eleonora
⭐️⭐️
He was in love with his cousin?

The Oval Portrait
⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
What truly matters?

William Wilson
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“Black Swan” vibes

The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
⭐️1/2
Poe even did sci-fi horror?! This man was too ahead of his time! I LOATHE the names he gives everything!!

The Man of the Crowd
⭐️⭐️1/2
A possible serial killer on the prowl

Morella
⭐️⭐️1/2
Your offspring being none other than your late wife in the flesh again, literally 😬

Ligeia
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Poe, in another life, will you write about my eyes please? So beautiful! The ending CREEPED me out!!! Is this where Disney got the idea for Cinderella’s step mother’s name?

The Fall of the House of Usher
⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
The ending gave me chills…get me out!

Ms. Found in a Bottle
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“They paid no manner of attention, and, although I stood in the midst of them all, seemed utterly unconscious of my presence”

Shadow - A Parable
⭐️⭐️1/2

Silence - A Fable
⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Bernicë
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C R E E P Y!!!!!

Metzengerstein
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2026 is the year of the horse…poetic.

Oh man, 1830s English, I forget how it totally kicks me out of the story (I can barely comprehend what I’m reading). I had to Google the synposis after reading it. I understood, and then I didn’t; vicious back and forth cycle. Tag the bizarre names with the old English…yikes! So far, a weak start to this anthology.

Forgot to update this, plus did not get through it for October.