Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Poe first published the story in the May 1842 edition of Graham 's Lady 's and Gentleman 's Magazine as `` The Mask of the Red Death '' , with the tagline `` A Fantasy '' .
Simplified: Poe first published this story in the May 1842 edition of Graham 's Lady 's and Gentleman 's Magazine as `` The Mask of the Red Death . ''