Poe! is a deliciously gripping sampling of the mad imagination of 19th century gothic master of horror and suspense, murder and mayhem, Edgar Allan Poe. The creepy, breathtaking, and soulful classic tales include: тАЬThe Masque of the Red Death,тАЭ the terrifying and ironic story of a nobleman who attempts to seal himself and his friends away from a terrible plague raging outside, performed by Fionnula Flanagan (Transamerica); тАЬThe Pit and the Pendulum,тАЭ a hair-raising first-person account of a man in a torture chamber during the Spanish Inquisition, performed to a fare-thee-well by Stephen Lang (Avatar); тАЬThe Black Cat,тАЭ in which a manтАЩs dead pet comes back to haunt him, performed by Tony winner Rene Auberjonois (Boston Legal). Plus there are dreamy, mesmerizing and haunting readings of PoeтАЩs wonderfully-atmospheric best-loved poems, тАЬThe Bells,тАЭ тАЬThe RavenтАЭ and тАЬAnnabel Lee.тАЭ