Halloween Countdown 2018, Day 7

On this day in 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of forty under mysterious circumstances.

For more information, read “Mysterious for Evermore” by Matthew Pearl, an article on Poe’s death from The Telegraph. Pearl is the author of a fascinating novel about the subject, The Poe Shadow.

(Art by LAReal.)

The following are some of my favorite links about Edgar Allan Poe:

PoeStories.com: An Exploration of Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
The Poe Museum of Richmond
The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Hocus Pocus Comics is Poe-centric, and you’re invited to visit the site.
In addition, check out this beautiful time-lapse video of David Hartman drawing the exclusive Kickstarter cover for The Imaginary Voyages of Edgar Allan Poe.

One of the best Poe-related happenings this year was the launch of The Raven Lunatics,
a web show in which the awesome Dwight L. MacPherson of Hocus Pocus Comics and the terrific Chris Semtner of the Poe Museum discuss Edgar Allan Poe, his work, and his impact on popular culture with special guests. You can see all of the YouTube episodes to date here and subscribe.

Here is The Raven Lunatics’ episode with The Poe Shadow author Matthew Pearl.

"Raven Lunatics - Episode 1" (Watch on YouTube)