I'm a Poe fanatic absolutely adored this! I try to read everything related to his books ever since we started reading about him in middle school!

THis is such a great way for us to read these classic books that sometimes, quite frankly are boring. Ive always loved Edgar Allan Poe's stories and seeing them in manga(comic) form was great. The artwork was wonderful. it brought his stories to new life.

Edgar Allan Poe’s stories have always been classics and I think most people have enjoyed them overall. With Stacy King writing these mangas, this is sure not to disappoint!

Probably what I love best about Stacy King’s writing is that the reader can really feel the emotion of the characters whether it be fear, anger, or even happiness. The reader feels like they truly understand the characters, not just that s/he is a bystander in the story.

I really did enjoy this manga, however, I felt a little disconnect for whatever reason…possibly that all of the stories are dark. It’s also possibly I struggled because there was a lot of description, and if anyone knows me, I get sidetracked then. My favorite story was the last one of the manga, which I also think happens to be the longest. One more Manga Classic left after this one :/

I have read many stories by Edgar Allen Poe, but never like this.
For anyone who may struggle with understanding the narrative behind his stories, but is still interested in classic literature, this book would be for you.
This is not someone else's version of Edgar Allen Poe, or someones personal take on his stories, these are his stories, these are his words, set to illustrations. I think that is important to note.

I really enjoyed reading this

I'm not huge on manga but I always usually like the art style of it. This was also, IMO, the focal point of the book. The art work was so fun and brought the stories to life so well - it was nice seeing his work illustrated and also a great way to get kids into his stories.

It still really captured the 'creepy' vibe and I think it was executed wonderfully.

Edgar Allen Poe is one of the most influential writers of literature. I've read his stories many times and they still thrill every time. Ask any of the current thriller authors about Edgar Allen Poe and they will tell you their favorite story. His life is almost as thrilling as his books. If you have not read any Edgar Allen Poe, I consider you an under privileged individual. You should get your own copy, find a quiet place with plenty of light....do not read his books with the lights off...and enjoy the ride.

In all honesty, I first had interest in this book for the story "The Fall of the House of Usher." After reading it, though, I had found that the other stories intrigued me more! The art style isn't typical of what I usually am drawn to, but it actually went very well with Poe's stories. I highly recommend this manga if you're a fan of Poe!

The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe is a worthy compilation of the horror master’s most popular tales, adapted to a sleek manga style. Each is the exact dialogue and malcontent spirit of the original, and each features a different artist.

If this does not motivate you to get to know Poe better, nothing ever will.
Thank you to everyone involved in the marketing and supplying of this ARC. Thank you Netgally for granting me this from the wish list.

This is a neat manga style interpretation of Edgar Allen Poet's writing. As a PowerBook this would incredibly awesome. As an ebook, it is read backwards, which takes a little getting used to. The illustrations are well done and the text us true to Edgar Allen Poe. Would be nice for middle school or high school aged kids reading Poe's work as supplement to aid understanding.

Great manga/comic book about the legend himself. This book is beautifully illustrated and the story is really gripping. The poems just live for themselves in this book.

Description: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe is a brilliant collection of some of his best-known stories: The Tell Tale Heart (a murder’s haunting guilt), The Cask of Amontillado (a story of brilliant revenge), and The Fall of the House of Usher (an ancient house full of very dark secretes). Also included in this collection are The Mask of the Red Death (horrors of ‘the Plague’), and the most famous of all his poems: The Raven (a lover’s decline into madness). Best read in a dimly-lit room with the curtains drawn, Poe’s brilliant works come to life in darkly thrilling ways in this Manga Classic adaptation.

I love Edgar Allen Poe, the creepiness of his stories. His stories are great to read in the fall. To get you in the mood of everything fall. He knows where to get you especially when you read them late at night in the dark. There is not of story of his that I don’t like. I can read his stories any time of the year. He creates such atmosphere within each one he has written. I would always recommend his stories.

The Tell-Tale Heart: Something about the added illustrations adds so much more horror to the story itself. The text itself seemed to be directly taken from Poe's tale, but the depth and intensity of the illustrations, especially the narrator's facial expressions, added a whole other layer to the tales.

The Cask of Amontillado: While I still enjoyed the illustrations, they didn't add as much to the story as with The Tell-Tale Heart. This may be due to how well the original tale already was at inspiring horror, and the illustrations could not top that.

The Raven - While I liked the artistic style of this story, and the illustrations in general, I'm not sure if they were the best match for the story. The narrator/main character almost seems too young, and the lighting of most of the panels seems oddly white/bright for a spooky story. This led to the story being less scary, even though the sorrow and other emotions still came through.

The Masque of the Red Death - I had actually completely forgotten I had read this story until I recognized the opening scene. Once again, I quite liked the chosen illustrations for everything, and especially liked how well they brought to life the descriptions of the revels! However, with such bright color and joy pictured clearly, it obscured the gloom creeping up in the story, which may be both good and bad.

The Fall of the House of Usher: This seems to be the only tale I didn't have prior experience with. I feel as if this made me focus too much on the text, and working to understand the story, rather than on the illustrations and how well they worked together. The main issue I did notice here was that the story itself is already extremely description heavy, so the illustrations sometimes felt unnecessary. However, the extreme caricatures of Usher definitely worked in the story's favor, as it allowed me to much more easily picture and understand how affected he was.

Overall, I felt this was a quite solid "Manga Classic," and I loved what it did for Poe's legendary tales. Not only did the illustrations add (for the most part) to the dark and gloomy descriptions and settings of Poe's tales, they also worked to pace the reader, and make us take time with each line, each image, truly letting the emotion and depth of the tale sink in before moving on to the next page.

Edgar Allen Poe’s writings have always been a favorite of mine. I originally read all of the poems/short stories in this manga adaptation years ago, with the exception of The Fall of The House of Usher.

While I highly recommend reading his work, I think this manga is enjoyable, and could also assist in understanding of the works. With art to go along with each story, it makes it much easier to follow what’s actually happening.

My only criticism was that sometimes the drawings were very sparse in detail. I’ve read a few of the other Manga Classics and I found this one to be my least favorite in terms of the art. The Raven And The Tell Tale Heart being the exceptions were well drawn and even beautiful at times.

I Love the Darkness of all the stories! Just up my alley with this book! Will always love them. My favs are The Tell Tale Heart and The Raven of his collections but I just hated The Black Cat... it made me cry being a person who loves animals!

I've recently discovered graphic novels and this was my first Manga book. As someone who grew up loving Edgar Allen Poe, I was sceptical about the format and I have to admit that I wasn't sure I'd ever be someone who enjoyed Manga. But this book is great; it's dark and really draws you in.

It took me a few pages to get into the rhythm of reading it (back to front and there is a method to reading the panels) but once I had I loved it.

Highly recommended.

Many thanks to Udon Entertainment and NetGalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book to read and review.

I have always loved Edgar Allan Poe and his dark twisty stories. They are the perfect thing to read at night.

The art work was perfectly done for the stories. It was eerie and creepy, which in my opinion made the stories even better.

I gave this book a 5/5 stars. I will recommend this to everyone and anyone who will listen to me rave about it!

I have read and reviewed almost all manga renditions of great classics in literature by Udon Entertainment and they never fail to amaze me at how faithfully they manage to render the written word in visual form. This is even more true for Poe's tales of horror so keep that in mind if you belong to the faint of heart because the tension is real and tangible. Congratulations for one more excellent addition to their collection of manga classics.

I am really impressed with how Edgar Allan Poe's classic tales were adapted into manga. It was fun and gave a whole new perspective to the macabre classics that we all know and love.

The art is beautiful, ghastly, and eye-catching. My favorite was "The Tell-tale Heart. The art worked so perfect with the story; they all did, but this one was my favorite.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves Edgar Allan Poe and horror manga.

Stories included: The Tell-tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado, The Raven, and The Fall of the House of Usher.

This book was my first MANGA and after I got the hang of it, I was able to read it comfortably.

I am familiar with the works of Edgar Allan Poe, and this book of his stories was brilliantly illustrated and rendered for easy reading..

I have decided that I want to go back to the classics and reread them and this is a great way to do it. I look forward to reading some of the other classics in this format.