This book includes three stories:

1- The Masque of the Red Death

His tall, thin figure was covered from head to toe like a dead man prepared for the grave. The mask which covered his face was so much like the face of a dead man with horrible red spots on it. The guests would not have to wait long to realize, to their horror, that they had been invited to the Masque of the Red Death.

2- The Tell-Tale Heart

“It is impossible to say how the idea first entered my head. There was no reason for what I did. I did not hate the old man. I even loved him. He had never hurt me. I did not want his money. I think it was his eye….” Listen! This heart has a chilling tale to tell.

3- The Black Cat

“Tomorrow I die. Tomorrow I die. And today I want to tell the world what happened and thus perhaps free my soul from the horrible weight which lies upon it….” What happens when evil creeps, like a black cat, into the darkness of someone’s soul?