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The Mystery of Marie Roget: highlights the worst of "detective who knows everything" tropes, long and unsatisfying
The Purloined Letter: a breezier detective story, fun enough!
The Fall of the House of Usher: now its the good shit, proper and effective spooks
The Pit and the Pendulum: goth spoons in Notts was right for naming itself this, banger
The Premature Burial: 12 pages of "yeah this would suck"
— Jul 19, 2023 02:06PM
The Purloined Letter: a breezier detective story, fun enough!
The Fall of the House of Usher: now its the good shit, proper and effective spooks
The Pit and the Pendulum: goth spoons in Notts was right for naming itself this, banger
The Premature Burial: 12 pages of "yeah this would suck"
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The Gold Bug: personally found this to be a rocky start
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar: makes me appreciate the simplicity of the morbid fascination of the 1800s
MS Found in a Bottle: brief spookiness, fun framing device
A Descent into the Maelström : love the vivid bucolic horror, did get lost in all the boat terms
The Murders in the Rue Morgue - great visceral imagery but ending has aged strangely?
— Jul 10, 2023 03:04PM
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar: makes me appreciate the simplicity of the morbid fascination of the 1800s
MS Found in a Bottle: brief spookiness, fun framing device
A Descent into the Maelström : love the vivid bucolic horror, did get lost in all the boat terms
The Murders in the Rue Morgue - great visceral imagery but ending has aged strangely?
