His Hideous Heart: 13 of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined, Including the Original Tales

Ages 12 to 18

“A superb collection of young adult short stories inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s work...that works equally well as an introduction, a tribute, and a loving critique” (The New York Times Book Review)!

Edgar 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. Whether the stories are familiar to readers or discovered for the first time, readers 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.

Contributors 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. 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”).

About the Author

Dahlia Adler (editor) is an editor of mathematics by day, a book blogger by night, and an author at every spare moment in between. She is the editor of the anthologies His Hideous Heart and That Way Madness Lies, and the author of of the novel Cool for the Summer. She lives in New York with her family and an obscene number of books.

Contributors:

Dahlia Adler

Kendare Blake

Rin Chupeco

Lamar Giles

Tessa Gratton

Tiffany D. Jackson

Stephanie Kuehn

Emily Lloyd-Jones

amanda lovelace

Hillary Monahan

Marieke Nijkamp

Caleb Roehrig

Fran Wilde