PoeStories.com: The Definitive Digital Vault for the Master of Macabre
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It began with a whisper. Not a sound heard by the ear, but a resonance felt in the marrow of the bone. I would sit reading, and compelled by an irresistible gravity, I would look up to find my own gaze staring back. Yet, the reflection was never quite synchronous. When I raised a hand to brush the hair from my brow, the image in the black mirror delayed—a fraction of a second, perhaps, but in that fraction lay an eternity of malice. PoeStories
: Poe’s most iconic poem, reflecting his themes of loss and mourning. Specialized Literary Tools Not a sound heard by the ear, but