Several popular authors have stand-out stories in this anthology, and Poe's original tales are reprinted at the back. Tiffany Jackson's It's Carnival! ( The Cask of Amontillado ) and Stephanie Kuehn's Happy Days, Sweetheart ( The Tell-Tale Heart ) are straightforward but satisfying female-centered revenge stories. Auguste Dupin mysteries with vastly different styles: Emily Lloyd-Jones sets her take on The Purloined Letter in a technologically advanced future in which the titular letter is an implanted ID, while Rin Chupeco's urban fantasy rendition of The Murders in the Rue Morgue is peppered with Filipinx LGBTQ+ slang. Tessa Gratton, in Night-Tide, keeps the dreamy anguish of Annabelle Lee but reimagines the romance as between two girls summering at a seaside resort.

The most effective stories keep the spirit and themes of Poe's originals while doing something entirely unique. Jackson (“The Cask of Amontillado”), Stephanie Kuehn (“The Tell-Tale Heart”), Emily Lloyd-Jones (“The Purloined Letter”), amanda lovelace (“The Raven”), Hillary Monahan (“The Masque of the Red Death”), Marieke Nijkamp (“Hop-Frog”), Caleb Roehrig (“The Pit and the Pendulum”), and Fran Wilde (“The Fall of the House of Usher”).In Adler's inclusive anthology, 13 YA authors honor Edgar Allan Poe's pioneering work in mystery, horror, and science fiction with retellings that emphasize diverse characters, settings, and genres. Whether the stories are familiar to readers or discovered for the first time, readers will revel in both Edgar Allan Poe's classic tales, and in the 13 unique and unforgettable ways that they've been brought to life.Ĭontributors include Dahlia Adler (reimagining “Ligeia”), Kendare Blake (“Metzengerstein”), Rin Chupeco (“The Murders in the Rue Morgue”), Lamar Giles (“The Oval Portrait”), Tessa Gratton (“Annabel Lee”), Tiffany D. Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation.Įdgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction.

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