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Originally posted by Miss Britt
The complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe...
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That was a good answer. I have a big, fat copy of "The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe" sitting right here. I like much of his stuff ... but a lot of it is quite crappy. Since you brought up the classics, though, I have to say I LOVE "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". I have probably read that more times than anything else in my library.
Favorite horror book of all time: Shakespeare's "MacBeth". I'm an English teacher, what can I say? Shakespeare was actually the Stephen King of his day. People would come to his plays not only for the stories he told, but also for the blood. They loved it! The actors would fill thin sacks with pigs' blood and entrails, and hide it under their costumes. During a sword fight, if they were hit by a sword, they would burst the bag with their arm and let the blood and guts spill out from under their shirt.