Most of the settings for Edgar Allan Poe's short stories are very vague or ambiguous. However, The Man of the Crowd takes place in London; Descent into the Maelstom, off the coast of Norway; and A Tale of the Ragged Mountains, in Virginia.
Edgar Allan Poe is credited with inventing the short story.
The independent clause is "Edgar Allan Poe was an American author"
Both authors have intriguing short stories. More people prefer Edgar Allan Poe's over Lolita's.
Edgar Allan Poe created the horror short story.
Focused on Bizarre crimes ( an Orang-Utang the culprit in one!) and settings and also fathered the detective story.
Some of the best detective short stories that I would recommend are "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" by Arthur Conan Doyle, and "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allan Poe. These stories feature clever detectives solving intriguing mysteries in a short and engaging format.
No, they did not although he won two cash prizes for two of his short stories.
Frightening, mysterious, e.g. The Fall of the house of Usher, or The Pit and the Pendulum.
Edgar Allan Poe.
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"The Raven""Annabel Lee""Ulalume""To Helen""The Bells" "Alone" "The Haunted Palace" "Spirits of the Dead" "A Dream Within a Dream" "The City in the Sea"
Both Edgar Allan Poe and Ambrose Bierce write excellent short stories with unexpected endings. For a special story with an unexpected ending, read The Lottery by Shirley Jackson.