Matthew R. Hales reading "The Masque of the Red Death: A Fantasy" by Edgar Allen Poe
Channel: Newman Regional Library District
Date: 2021-10-25

Happy Halloween from Newman Regional Library!

This is part four of a series of readings of short horror stories in the public domain. This story relates the hubris of a prince who thought to place himself and his friends beyond the plague that ravaged the land. This is a horror story and contains intense thematic elements and verbal imagery of disturbing matters. Viewer discretion is advised.

Edgar Allen Poe is best known for gothic poetry and macabre short stories. He was an early American author and his influence can be felt in both horror and sci-fi even today. He was the first well-known American writer to earn a living by writing alone.