The Masque of the Red Death

"The Masque of the Red Death" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in May 1842 in Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine.

Plot
A painful and fatal disease involving blood aka kinbni 

am and finds him lying dead. His courtiers try to unmask the figure..only to find nothingness! Only then do they realize the figure is the Red Death itself, and all of the guests contract and succumb to the disease. With the last of them die the clock and the flames illuminating the scarlet window both die out at the same time. "And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all".
done!

 Other websites 

 "The Masque of the Red Death"  at EServer.org
 "The Masque of the Red Death" with annotated vocabulary at PoeStories.com
 Sabrina Laurent (July 2003). "Metaphor and Symbolism in The Masque of the Red Death" , Bohème Magazine Online.
 Analyzing Poe's Work Biographically and Psychologically  Illinois State University

Category:1840s short stories
Category:Horror stories
Category:Short stories by Edgar Allan Poe