<center>A MURDER DRIVEN</center><P><center>to the edge by the sound of his victim's still-beating heart - </center><P><center>A MENTAL INSTITUTION</center><P><center>run by someone other than its staff...</center><P><center>A MYSTERIOUS BOX</center><P><center>aboard a ship, with a ghastly secret...</center><P><center>The HYPNOTIST'S STARE</center><P><center>that, perhaps, could paralyze even death...</center><P>Strap into your straitjacket and fasten it tight, for within these pages are stories of lost love, lost ways...and lost minds. A companion to <I>Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness</i>, this second installment of perennial Poe favorites includes <I>The Tell-Tale Heart</i>, <I>The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether</i>, <I>The Oblong Box</i>, and <I>The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar</i>. While the original stories have been neatly nipped and tucked, the dread, the gore, and the horror still reaches otherworldly heights thanks to Gris Grimly's spine-chilling visuals. Open the book...<P> <b><I><big>if you dare</big></i></b>