<p>Despite a terrible plague ravaging the land, Prince Prospero hosts a lavish masked ball. The festivities are a complete success - until midnight when a stranger appears wearing the mask of the plague itself, and terror grips the castle.<br>The Masque of the Red Death, The Fall of the House of Usher, William Wilson, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Black Cat: Poe is the unequivocal master of literary horror, dissecting the dar...