Tales from a Madman
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.. the figure in question had out-Heroded Herod, and gone beyond the bounds of even the Prince's indefinite decorum.
The Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allan Poe
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Sonnet - To Science and Alone
I present to you two examples of Poe's desire for a different life, something many of us still pine for. In Sonnet - To Science, Poe expresses his dreams of a simpler time when Nymphs still roamed the land, mysteries still to be solved, and places to be discovered. In Alone, Poe gives us a rare glimpse into his childhood and his early separation between him and his fellow man.
By Tales from a Madman4 years ago in Poets
First Mate
Two bodies wash up on a sandy beach. It is the morning after a heavy storm and the air still smells of it. Their ship had been taken by the storm and these fortunate souls survived. One man coughs up seawater as he awakens. He is bald with unkempt, mangy mutton chops. Looking around he sees the other body beginning to stir. Their ragged clothes are waterlogged as they rise and approach one another.
By Tales from a Madman4 years ago in Horror
Aftermath
It was September, summer vacation was coming to a close and I was going to be a freshman in high school. Late one fateful night, the doorbell rang. I and my younger brother, thirteen and nine at the time, woke my mother from her slumber on the couch. My mother greeted what we soon realized to be a pair of plainclothes police officers. I assumed detectives. She stepped out onto the front porch with them and closed the door.
By Tales from a Madman4 years ago in Humans
