To an anomalous species of terror I found him a bounden slave.

Including Poe's most terrifying, grotesque and hauting short stories, Tales of Mystery and Imagination is the ultimate collection of the infamous author's macabre works. Focusing on the internal conflict of individuals, the power of the dead over the living conflict and psychological explorations of darker human emotion, the collecion features some of his most popular tales. "The Gold-Bug" is the only story that was significant within his lifetime, whereas "The Black Cat", "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" became more widely read after his death.

(Collins Classics - 2001)