The purloined letter -- The thousand-and-second tale of Scheherazade -- A descent into the maelstrom -- Von Kempelen and his discovery -- Mesmeric revelation -- The facts in the case of M. Valdemar -- The black cat -- The fall of the house of Usher -- Silence, a fable -- The masque of the red death -- The cask of amontillado -- The imp of the perverse -- The island of the fay -- The assignation -- The pit and the pendulum -- The premature burial -- The domain of Arnheim -- Landor's cottage -- William Wilson -- The tell-tale heart -- Berenice -- Eleonora