"22 original, modern stories, many by New York Times bestselling mystery and dark fantasy authors, recreating Poe's genius and atmospheric brilliance through riffs on his classic tales."--Back cover,.

Introduction /by Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles -- A rather scholarly view of Edgar Allan Poe, genre crosser [essay] / by Uwe Sommerlad -- The gold bug conundrum / by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro -- Street of the Dead House / by Robert Lopresti -- Naomi / by Christopher Rice -- Finding Ulalume / by Lisa Morton -- Obsession with the bloodstained door / by Rick Chiantaretto -- The lighthouse / by Barbara Fradkin -- The masques of Amanda Llado / by Thomas S. Roche -- Atargatis / by Robert Bose -- The ravens of consequence / by Carol Weekes and / Michael Kelly -- Annable Lee / by Nancy Holder -- Dinner with Mamalou / by J. Madison Davis -- The deave lane / by Michael Jecks -- 133 / by Richard Christian Matheson -- Afterlife / by William F. Nolan, / Jason V. Brock, and / Sunni K. Brock -- The drowning city / by Loren Rhoads -- The orange cat / by Kelley Armstrong -- The inheritance / by Jane Petersen Burfield -- Sympathetic impulses / by David McDonald -- Asylum / by Colleen Anderson -- The return of Berenice / by Tanith Lee -- The eye of heaven / by Margaret Atwood -- The opium-eater / by David Morrell -- Contributors' bios -- Acknowledgments.