Edgar Allan Poe

VDARE.com: 11/27/08 - The Whiteness Of The Whale: A Comanche Contemplates Thanksgiving 2008

For its impropriety, its unnatural application, Melville attributes terror to the unexpected "whiteness." Edgar Allan Poe, another white American author, suggested as much in the Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838). Indeed,...

Are You Writing a Short Story or a Long Story?

How to Decide on Length of Your Story Many writers, when they begin, may think they are writing a short story when they are actually writing a novel, or vice versa. Defining the Short Story Short stories tend to run from 500...

THANKSGIVING is a time for reflection, family, food and yes, football.

The last days of autumn hold a longstanding tradition of celebrating a bountiful harvest throughout the Americas and Europe. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared such a feast, cementing what is...

Second Group Of Mercury Craters Named

Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2008 - The International Astronomical Union (IAU) recently approved a proposal from the MESSENGER Science Team to name 15 craters on Mercury. All of the newly named craters were imaged during the...

Mystery roundup: ‘The Paris Enigma' by Pablo de Santis; ‘The Bodies Left Behind' by Jeffery...

"The Paris Enigma" by Pablo de Santis (Harper Collins, $24.95) The history: The year is 1889 and the Paris world's fair, featuring an iron tower designed by architect Gustave Eiffel, is about to open. While most people gaze in...

Blurr Raven T-Shirt - Short-Sleeve - Men's

If Edgar Allen Poe had been a climber, he'd have been all over the Blurr Men's Raven T-Shirt. After a day on the rock, pull on this soft organic cotton tee and ponder over quaint and curious volumes of forgotten lore. And when...

Poster & Site for New Ligeia Film

A new movie based on Edgar Allen Poe’s Ligeia is on its way, craftily titled Edgar Allen Poe’s Ligeia. Not going to fool anyone with that title, are they? This is the first we’ve heard of it in a long while, so there’s quite a...

Movement inspired by Poe bicentennial

This January marks the bicentennial of Edgar Allan Poe's birth in Boston, for which a small group of Boston College students, led by Paul Lewis, a professor in the English department, and Katherine Kim (GA&S '15), have inspired...

Q&A with NIGHT OF THE FURIES’ David Angsten

One of the newest names in adventure thrillers is David Angsten, but we at BOOKGASM think his profile is too low for such a high talent. In DARK GOLD and now the new NIGHT OF THE FURIES, he’s already carved a noticeable chunk...

Poetry

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