Jackson (“The Cask of Amontillado”), Stephanie Kuehn (“The Tell-Tale Heart”), Emily Lloyd-Jones (“The Purloined Letter”), Hillary Monahan (“The Masque of the Red Death”), Marieke Nijkamp (“Hop-Frog”), Caleb Roehrig (“The Pit and the Pendulum”), and Fran Wilde (“The Fall of the House of Usher”). This is just the book to read this time of year.

If you are a Poe fan you should read it, and if you aren’t familiar with Poe this is the perfect introduction to the original works AND the updates. Whether the stories are familiar to readers or discovered for the first time, readers will revel in Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tales, and how they’ve been brought to life in 13 unique and unforgettable ways.Ĭontributors include Kendare Blake (reimagining “Metzengerstein”), Rin Chupeco (“The Murders in the Rue Morge”), Lamar Giles (“The Oval Portrait”), Tessa Gratton (“Annabel Lee”), Tiffany D. LOVED that His Hideous Heart was a great short stories collection. This program is read by Dahlia Adler, Kendare Blake, JorJa Brown, Caitlin Davies, James Fouhey, Tessa Gratton, Jeanette Illidge, Emily Lloyd-Jones, Robin Miles, Natalie Naudus, Amanda Lovelace, Hillary Monahan, Caleb Roehrig, and Fran Wilde.Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation.Įdgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction. Jackson ('The Cask of Amontillado'), Stephanie Kuehn ('The Tell-Tale Heart'), Emily Lloyd-Jones ('The Purloined Letter'), Amanda Lovelace ('The Raven'), Hillary Monahan ('The Masque of the Red Death'), Marieke Nijkamp ('Hop-Frog'), Caleb Roehrig ('The Pit and the Pendulum'), and Fran Wilde ('The Fall of the House of Usher'). Whether the stories are familiar or discovered for the first time, listeners will revel in both Edgar Allan Poe's classic tales, and in the 13 unique and unforgettable ways that they've been brought to life.Ĭontributors include Dahlia Adler (reimagining 'Ligeia'), Kendare Blake ('Metzengerstein'), Rin Chupeco ('The Murders in the Rue Morgue'), Lamar Giles ('The Oval Portrait'), Tessa Gratton ('Annabel Lee'), Tiffany D.

Thirteen of YA's most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation.Įdgar Allan Poe may be 150 years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction.

His hideous heart