Tales
| Title | Publication date | First published in | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Metzengerstein" | January 14, 1832 | Philadelphia Saturday Courier | Horror / Satire | First published anonymously with the subtitle "A Tale in Imitation of the German" |
| "The Duc De L'Omelette" | March 3, 1832 | Philadelphia Saturday Courier | Humor | Originally "The Duke of l'Omelette" |
| "A Tale of Jerusalem" | June 9, 1832 | Philadelphia Saturday Courier | Humor | |
| "Loss of Breath" | November 10, 1832 | Philadelphia Saturday Courier | Humor | Originally "A Decided Loss" |
| "Bon-Bon" | December 1, 1832 | Philadelphia Saturday Courier | Humor | Originally "The Bargain Lost" |
| "MS. Found in a Bottle" | October 19, 1833 | Baltimore Saturday Visiter | Adventure | |
| "The Assignation" | January 1834 | Godey's Lady's Book | Horror | Originally "The Visionary", published anonymously |
| "Berenice" | March 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Horror | |
| "Morella" | April 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Horror | |
| "Lionizing" | May 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Satire | Subtitle: "A Tale" |
| "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" | June 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Adventure | |
| "King Pest" | September 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Horror / Humor | Originally "King Pest the First", published anonymously |
| "Shadow - A Parable" | September 1835 | Southern Literary Messenger | Horror | Published anonymously |
| "Four Beasts in One - The Homo-Cameleopard" | March 1836 | Southern Literary Messenger | Humor | Originally "Epimanes" |
| "Mystification" | June 1837 | American Monthly Magazine | Humor | Originally "Von Jung, the Mystific" |
| "Silence - A Fable" | 1838 | Baltimore Book | Humor | Originally "Siope - A Fable" |
| "Ligeia" | September 1838 | Baltimore American Museum | Horror | Republished in the February 15, 1845 issue of the New York World, included the poem "The Conqueror Worm" as words written by Ligeia on her death-bed |
| "How to Write a Blackwood Article" | November 1838 | Baltimore American Museum | Parody | An introduction to "A Predicament" |
| "A Predicament" | November 1838 | Baltimore American Museum | Parody | Companion to "How to Write A Blackwood Article," originally "The Scythe of Time" |
| "The Devil in the Belfry" | May 18, 1839 | Saturday Chronicle and Mirror of the Times | Humor / Satire | |
| "The Man That Was Used Up" | August 1839 | Burton's Gentleman's Magazine | Satire | |
| "The Fall of the House of Usher" | September 1839 | Burton's Gentleman's Magazine | Horror | |
| "William Wilson" | October 1839 | The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1840 | Horror | |
| "The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion" | December 1839 | Burton's Gentleman's Magazine | Science fiction | |
| "Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling" | 1840 | Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque | Humor | |
| "The Business Man" | February 1840 | Burton's Gentleman's Magazine | Humor | Originally "Peter Pendulum" |
| "The Man of the Crowd" | December 1840 | Graham's Magazine | Horror | |
| "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" | April 1841 | Graham's Magazine | Detective fiction | |
| "A Descent into the Maelström" | April 1841 | Graham's Magazine | Adventure | |
| "The Island of the Fay" | June 1841 | Graham's Magazine | Fantasy | |
| "The Colloquy of Monos and Una" | August 1841 | Graham's Magazine | Science fiction | |
| "Never Bet the Devil Your Head" | September 1841 | Graham's Magazine | Satire | Subtitled "A Tale with a Moral" |
| "Eleonora" | Fall 1841 | The Gift for 1842 | Romance | |
| "Three Sundays in a Week" | November 27, 1841 | Saturday Evening Post | Humor | Originally "A Succession of Sundays" |
| "The Oval Portrait" | April 1842 | Graham's Magazine | Horror | Originally "Life in Death" |
| "The Masque of the Red Death" | May 1842 | Graham's Magazine | Horror | Originally "The Mask of the Red Death" |
| "The Landscape Garden" | October 1842 | Snowden's Ladies' Companion | Sketch | Later incorporated into "The Domain of Arnheim" |
| "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" | November 1842, December 1842, February 1843 (serialized) | Snowden's Ladies' Companion | Detective fiction | Originally subtitled "A Sequel to 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'" |
| "The Pit and the Pendulum" | 1842–1843 | The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present | Horror | |
| "The Tell-Tale Heart" | January 1843 | The Pioneer | Horror | |
| "The Gold-Bug" | June 1843 | Dollar Newspaper | Adventure | |
| "The Black Cat" | August 19, 1843 | United States Saturday Post | Horror | |
| "Diddling" | October 14, 1843 | Philadelphia Saturday Courier | Parody | Originally "Raising the Wind; or, Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences" |
| "The Spectacles" | March 27, 1844 | Dollar Newspaper | Humor | |
| "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" | April 1844 | Godey's Lady's Book | Science fiction, Adventure | |
| "The Premature Burial" | July 31, 1844 | Dollar Newspaper | Horror | |
| "Mesmeric Revelation" | August 1844 | Columbian Magazine | Science fiction | |
| "The Oblong Box" | September 1844 | Godey's Lady's Book | Horror | |
| "The Angel of the Odd" | October 1844 | Columbian Magazine | Humor | Subtitled "An Extravaganza" |
| "Thou Art the Man" | November 1844 | Godey's Lady's Book | Detective fiction / Satire | |
| "The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq." | December 1844 | Southern Literary Messenger | Humor | |
| "The Purloined Letter" | 1844–1845 | The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present | Detective fiction | |
| "The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade" | February 1845 | Godey's Lady's Book | Humor | Meant as a sequel to One Thousand and One Nights |
| "Some Words with a Mummy" | April 1845 | American Review: A Whig Journal | Satire | |
| "The Power of Words" | June 1845 | Democratic Review | Science fiction | |
| "The Imp of the Perverse" | July 1845 | Graham's Magazine | Horror | |
| "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" | November 1845 | Graham's Magazine | Humor | |
| "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" | December 1845 | The American Review | Horror / Science fiction / Hoax | Originally "The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case" |
| "The Sphinx" | January 1846 | Arthur's Ladies Magazine | Satire | |
| "The Cask of Amontillado" | November 1846 | Godey's Lady's Book | Horror | |
| "The Domain of Arnheim" | March 1847 | Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine | Sketch | Expansion of previous story "The Landscape Garden" |
| "Mellonta Tauta" | February 1849 | Flag of Our Union | Science fiction / Hoax | |
| "Hop-Frog" | March 17, 1849 | Flag of Our Union | Horror | Subtitled "Or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs" |
| "Von Kempelen and His Discovery" | April 14, 1849 | Flag of Our Union | Hoax | |
| "X-ing a Paragrab" | May 12, 1849 | Flag of Our Union | Humor | |
| "Landor's Cottage" | June 9, 1849 | Flag of Our Union | Sketch | Originally "Landor's Cottage: A Pendant to 'The Domain of Arnheim'" |
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