Edgar Allan Poe

Free eBooks for Your New iPad, Kindle or Nook - Posted December 25, 2012
Readers around the globe have unwrapped new tablets and eReaders this holiday season. Below, we've included a long, long, long list of free and legal eBooks you can download right now for any device. Explore our Project Gutenberg lists and click "read this eBook online" to sample the book without downloading anything. If... [GalleyCat]

Writer Rumble Video Game Lets You Fight as a Famous Author - Posted November 30, 2012
The 99-cent Writer Rumble video game for iOS devices lets you play a famous writer and battle with word games. Characters include H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Alla... [AppNewser]

Free eBooks for Halloween - Posted October 31, 2012
To celebrate Halloween and All Hallow's Read, we've rounded up 25 free horror books that you can download right now for your eReader, smartphone or tablet. Follow the links below to read... In 2010, novelist Neil Gaiman created the "All Hallow's Read," literary... [GalleyCat]

Free Edgar Allan Poe eBooks for Halloween - Posted October 12, 2012
Is the work of Edgar Allan Poe still scary today? Undoubtedly. We answered that question on New Hampshire Public Radio's Word of Mouth show... [GalleyCat]

Halloween Costumes Based on Books - Posted October 11, 2012
Halloween is almost here, and all GalleyCat readers should be planning their literary costume ideas. Below, we've collected five obsessive and brilliant costumes based on books or comic books. What's the best literary Halloween costume you've ever seen? Share all your ideas at the handy ... [semanticweb.com]

Halloween Costumes Based on Books - Posted October 11, 2012
Halloween is almost here, and all GalleyCat readers should be planning their literary costume ideas. Below, we've collected five obsessive and brilliant costumes based on books or comic books. What's the best literary Halloween costume you've ever seen? Share all your ideas at the handy ... [GalleyCat]

Halloween Costumes Based on Books - Posted October 11, 2012
Halloween is almost here, and all GalleyCat readers should be planning their literary costume ideas. Below, we've collected five obsessive and brilliant costumes based on books or comic books. What's the best literary Halloween costume you've ever seen? Share all your ideas at the handy ... [AllTwitter]

H. P. Lovecraft: 'Let every student read unceasingly the best writers' - Posted August 20, 2012
Today is the birthday of the late horror novelist H. P. Lovecraft. You can explore his life and work at The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society. In honor of Lovecraft's 122nd birthday, this GalleyCat editor ... [GalleyCat]

H. P. Lovecraft: 'Let every student read unceasingly the best writers' - Posted August 20, 2012
Today is the birthday of the late horror author H. P. Lovecraft. You can explore his life and work at The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society. In honor of Lovecraft's 122nd birthday, this GalleyCat editor ... [semanticweb.com]

5 Literary Adaptations to Look Forward to Next Year - Posted December 30, 2011
Hollywood has lots of new literary movies scheduled for 2012. Here are five upcoming literary movies to look forward to in the new year. Walt Disney Animation Studios will rerelease Beauty and the Beast in 3D. The film's story comes from Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont's version of the fairy tale called... [10,000 Words]

19th Century Bestselling Author 'Far Weirder' Than Edgar Allan Poe? - Posted June 1, 2011
Author Nicholas Rombes explored the life and writings of a forgotten bestselling author from the 19th Century in a recent essay at ... [GalleyCat]

2011 Edgar Award Winners Revealed - Posted April 29, 2011
The Mystery Writers of America have revealed the winners of this year's Edgar Awards. The annual prize is named after beloved writer Edgar Allan Poe, awarded to the best authors in the mystery genre since 1945. These awards recognize ... [GalleyCat]

'The Pale Blue Eye' To Be Adapted - Posted January 28, 2011
According to The Wrap, director Scott Cooper will helm a film adaptation of The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard. The Pale Blue Eye... [semanticweb.com]

Free Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks - Posted December 14, 2009
Just in time for the holiday release of a new Sherlock Holmes adaptation, AudioFile magazine will give readers a free collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories on audiobooks. To access the collection, readers need to sign up for the Audiofile... [GalleyCat]

Edgar Allan Parody - Posted September 1, 2009
Ever since he published "The Raven" in an 1845 edition of the New York Evening Mirror, Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem has been the target of endless tributes, imitations, and parodies. To celebrate the September 8 opening of a ... [GalleyCat]

The New Yorker Covers the 'Red Death' on Wall St. - Posted October 14, 2008
We're a bit late to this, but then again, there was no mail yesterday. Anyway, if someone were to make a time capsule of this stranger-than-fiction election year they would do well to include the New Yorker's covers along with SNL's Tina Fey, ... [Fishbowl NY]

The New Yorker Covers the 'Red Death' on Wall St. - Posted October 14, 2008
We're a bit late to this, but then again, there was no mail yesterday. Anyway, if someone were to make a time capsule of this stranger-than-fiction election year they would do well to include the New Yorker's covers along with SNL's Tina Fey, ... [FishbowlNY]