Edger Allan Poe

It seems like reading Edgar Allen Poe stories around Halloween is a rite of passage for students in English classes. He wrote poems such as "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" and stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Black Cat", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Pit and the Pendulum", etc.If you have read Poe stories before, which ones have you read and what do you remember of them? Did you like them? How scary/creepy were they? Share your memories of you or teachers reading the works of Edgar Allen Poe.If you have not read Poe or don't remember, describe to me what you expect from a classic horror writer? What kinds of stories do you think we'll be reading? Have you ever read scary stories?

I have never read Edger Allan Poe. So I don't know which of his books I would like. I think it is just a relief that it is not Shakespeare. I think just about everything is better than Shakespeare. I love Scary stuff like haunted houses and scary movies. But I have never really read a scary book.
The reason i have never read a scary book is because I don't really think i could get into it. I have this problem with reading and I can't really pay attention. I hear about all these people that can just read a story and the picture forms in there head. Well I am jealous of them because I sure can't do that. That is why I am such a slow reader because I try to read slowly so I can visualize everything in my head but it still doesn't really help me.
I am willing to give Edgar a chance as long as I can make sense of his poems and his stories.
I have heard that his writing can get a little creepy and that is good because the creepier the better. So we will just have to see over the next couple weeks if it is scary to me or not and if i can understand it or not. I am pretty excited though becuause I have never had an english teacher that has let us read scary stories around halloween time.