Title

Publication date

First published in

Genre

Notes

"Poetry"

1824

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[20]

"O, Tempora! O, Mores!"

1825

Never published in Poe's lifetime

Not authenticated,[21] attribution to Poe is likely incorrect[22]

"Tamerlane"

July 1827

Tamerlane and Other Poems (credited by "a Bostonian")

[23] [24]

"Song"

July 1827

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[24]

"Imitation"

July 1827

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[24]

"A Dream"

July 1827

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[24]

"The Lake"

July 1827

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[23]

"Spirits of the Dead"

July 1827

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[23]

"Evening Star"

July 1827

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[23]

"Dreams"

July 1827

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[25]

"Stanzas"

July 1827

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[26]

"The Happiest Day"

September 15, 1827

The North American

[24]

"To Margaret"

circa 1827

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[27]

"Alone"

1829

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[28]

"To Isaac Lea"

circa 1829

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[29]

"To The River — — "

1829

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

[30]

"To — — "

1829

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

Begins "The bowers whereat, in dreams..."[31]

"To — — "

1829

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

Begins "Should my early life seem..."[31]

"Romance"

1829

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

[24]

"Fairy-Land"

1829

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

[24]

"To Science"

1829

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

[32]

"Al Aaraaf"

1829

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

[24]

"An Acrostic"

1829

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[24]

"Elizabeth"

1829

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[33]

Tales of the Folio Club

 

1831?

A projected collection of Poe's tales on "dunderism" satirizing the Delphian Club which was never completed in his lifetime

[117]

"To Helen"

1831

Poems by Edgar A. Poe

[33]

"A Paean"

1831

Poems by Edgar A. Poe

[34]

"The Sleeper"

1831

Poems by Edgar A. Poe

[34]

"The City in the Sea"

1831

Poems by Edgar A. Poe

[34]

"The Valley of Unrest"

1831

Poems by Edgar A. Poe

[34]

"Israfel"

1831

Poems by Edgar A. Poe

[34]

"Metzengerstein"

January 14, 1832

Philadelphia Saturday Courier

Horror / Satire

"The Duc de L'Omelette"

March 3, 1832

Philadelphia Saturday Courier

Humor

Originally "The Duke of l'Omelette"[63]

"A Tale of Jerusalem"

June 9, 1832

Philadelphia Saturday Courier

Humor

[64]

 

 

 

 

"Enigma"

February 2, 1833

Baltimore Saturday Visiter

[35]

"Fanny"

May 18, 1833

Baltimore Saturday Visiter

[36]

"The Coliseum"

October 26, 1833

Baltimore Saturday Visiter

[37]

"Serenade"

April 20, 1833

Baltimore Saturday Visiter

[38]

"To One in Paradise"

January 1834

Godey's Lady's Book

[30]

"Hymn"

April 1835

Southern Literary Messenger

[39]

"To Elizabeth"

September 1835

Southern Literary Messenger

Republished as "To F — — s S. O — — d" in 1845[33]

"May Queen Ode"

circa 1836

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[40]

"Spiritual Song"

1836

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[41]

"Latin Hymn"

March 1836

Southern Literary Messenger

[42]

Maelzel's Chess Player"

April 1836

Southern Literary Messenger

[109]

"Bridal Ballad"

January 1837

Southern Literary Messenger

Originally published as "Ballad"[43]

"To Zante"

January 1837

Southern Literary Messenger

[32]

"The Haunted Palace"

April 1839

American Museum

[44]

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

 

December 1839

 

[120]

"Silence–A Sonnet"

January 4, 1840

Saturday Courier

[45]

The Prose Romances of Edgar A. Poe

 

1843

 

[121]

"Lines on Joe Locke"

February 28, 1843

Saturday Museum

[46]

"The Conqueror Worm"

January 1843

Graham's Magazine

[47]

"Lenore"

February 1843

The Pioneer

[48]

"A Campaign Song"

1844

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[49]

"Dream-Land"

June 1844

Graham's Magazine

[47]

"Impromptu. To Kate Carol"

April 26, 1845

Broadway Journal

[50]

"To F — — "

April 1845

Broadway Journal

Republished as "To Frances" in the September 6, 1845, issue of the Broadway Journal[33]

"Eulalie"

July 1845

American Review: A Whig Journal

[51]

"Epigram for Wall Street"

January 23, 1845

Evening Mirror

[52]

"The Raven"

February 1845

American Review: A Whig Journal

[53]

"The Divine Right of Kings"

October 1845

Graham's Magazine

[54]

"A Valentine"

February 21, 1846

Evening Mirror

Originally published as "To Her Whose Name Is Written Below"[55]

"Beloved Physician"

1847

Never published in Poe's lifetime

Incomplete[56]

"Deep in Earth"

1847

Never published in Poe's lifetime

Incomplete[57]

"To M. L. S — — (1847)"

March 13, 1847

The Home Journal

[33]

"Ulalume"

December 1847

American Whig Review

[58]

"Lines on Ale"

1848

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[59]

"To Marie Louise"

March 1848

Columbian Magazine

[60]

"An Enigma"

March 1848

Union Magazine of Literature and Art

[58]

"To Helen"

November 1848

Sartain's Union Magazine

[33]

"A Dream Within A Dream"

March 31, 1849

The Flag of Our Union

[58]

"Eldorado"

April 21, 1849

Flag of Our Union

[61]

"For Annie"

April 28, 1849

Flag of Our Union

[58]

"To My Mother"

July 7, 1849

Flag of Our Union

[30]

"Annabel Lee"

October 9, 1849

New York Daily Tribune

Sold before Poe's death but published posthumously[62]

"The Bells"

November 1849

Sartain's Union Magazine

Sold before Poe's death but published posthumously[58]

The Light-House 

 

1849 (never published in Poe's lifetime)

 

An incomplete work that may have been intended to be a short story or a novel [118]

Tales[edit]

 

    

 

 

 

Title

Publication date

First published in

Genre

Notes

"Loss of Breath"

November 10, 1832

Philadelphia Saturday Courier

Humor

Originally "A Decided Loss"[64]

"Bon-Bon"

December 1, 1832

Philadelphia Saturday Courier

Humor

Originally "The Bargain Lost"[64]

"MS. Found in a Bottle"

October 19, 1833

Baltimore Saturday Visiter

Adventure

[65]

"The Assignation"

January 1834

Godey's Lady's Book

Horror

Originally "The Visionary", published anonymously[66]

"Berenice"

March 1835

Southern Literary Messenger

Horror

[39]

"Morella"

April 1835

Southern Literary Messenger

Horror

[39]

"Lionizing"

May 1835

Southern Literary Messenger

Satire

Subtitle: "A Tale"[39]

"The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall"

June 1835

Southern Literary Messenger

Adventure

[39]

"King Pest"

September 1835

Southern Literary Messenger

Horror / Humor

Originally "King Pest the First", published anonymously[67]

"Shadow — A Parable"

September 1835

Southern Literary Messenger

Horror

Published anonymously[67]

Politian 

 

December 1835–January 1836

Southern Literary Messenger

 

Two installments – Incomplete

"Four Beasts in One — The Homo-Cameleopard"

March 1836

Southern Literary Messenger

Humor

Originally "Epimanes"[68]

The Philosophy of Animal Magnetism 

 

1837

Pamphlet

A pamphlet on Mesmerism credited to a "Gentleman of Philadelphia", attributed to Poe using stylometry 

[22]

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
 

 

January/February 1837

Southern Literary Messenger

First two installments

[115]

"Mystification"

June 1837

American Monthly Magazine

Humor

Originally "Von Jung, the Mystific"[69]

"Silence — A Fable"

1838

Baltimore Book

Horror / Fantasy

Originally "Siope — A Fable"[60]

"Ligeia"

September 1838

Baltimore American Museum

Horror

Republished in the February 15, 1845, issue of the New York World, included the poem "The Conqueror Worm" as words written by Ligeia on her death-bed[70]


The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
 

 

July 1838

Harper & Brothers

Book

[115]

"How to Write a Blackwood Article"

November 1838

Baltimore American Museum

Parody

An introduction to "A Predicament"[71]

"A Predicament"

November 1838

Baltimore American Museum

Parody

Companion to "How to Write a Blackwood Article," originally "The Scythe of Time"[71]

"The Devil in the Belfry"

May 18, 1839

Saturday Chronicle and Mirror of the Times

Humor / Satire

[72]

"The Man That Was Used Up"

August 1839

Burton's Gentleman's Magazine

Satire

[73]

"The Fall of the House of Usher"

September 1839

Burton's Gentleman's Magazine

Horror

[74]

The Conchologist's First Book

 

1839

 

A textbook on sea shells produced by Poe as a condensed version of a textbook by Thomas Wyatt

[71]

"William Wilson"

October 1839

The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1840

Horror

[75]

"The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion"

December 1839

Burton's Gentleman's Magazine

Science fiction

[75]

"Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling"

1840

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

Humor

[76]

The Journal of Julius Rodman

January–June 1840

Burton's Gentleman's Magazine

First six installments, Incomplete

[116]

"The Business Man"

February 1840

Burton's Gentleman's Magazine

Humor

Originally "Peter Pendulum"[75]

The Philosophy of Furniture"

May 1840

Burton's Gentleman's Magazine

 

[110]

"The Man of the Crowd"

December 1840

Graham's Magazine

Horror

[77]

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

April 1841

Graham's Magazine

Detective fiction

[16]

"A Descent into the Maelström"

May 1841

Graham's Magazine

Adventure

[76]

"The Island of the Fay"

June 1841

Graham's Magazine

Fantasy

[76]

"A Few Words on Secret Writing"

 

July 1841

Graham's Magazine

 

111]

"The Colloquy of Monos and Una"

August 1841

Graham's Magazine

Science fiction

[78]

"Never Bet the Devil Your Head"

September 1841

Graham's Magazine

Satire

Subtitled "A Tale with a Moral"[79]

"Eleonora"

Fall 1841

The Gift for 1842

Romance

[80]

"Three Sundays in a Week"

November 27, 1841

Saturday Evening Post

Humor

Originally "A Succession of Sundays"[81]

"The Oval Portrait"

April 1842

Graham's Magazine

Horror

Originally "Life in Death"[82]

"The Masque of the Red Death"

May 1842

Graham's Magazine

Horror

Originally "The Mask of the Red Death"[83]

"The Landscape Garden"

October 1842

Snowden's Ladies' Companion

Sketch

Later incorporated into "The Domain of Arnheim"[84]

"The Mystery of Marie Rogêt"

November 1842, December 1842, February 1843 (serialized)[69]

Snowden's Ladies' Companion

Detective fiction

Originally subtitled "A Sequel to 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'"[85]

"The Pit and the Pendulum"

1842–1843

The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present

Horror

[86]

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

January 1843

The Pioneer

Horror

[87]

"The Gold-Bug"

June 1843

Dollar Newspaper

Adventure

[88]

"The Black Cat"

August 19, 1843

United States Saturday Post

Horror

[89]

"Diddling"

October 14, 1843

Philadelphia Saturday Courier

Parody

Originally "Raising the Wind; or, Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences"[90]

Morning on the Wissahiccon"

1844

The Opal

 

[90]

"The Spectacles"

March 27, 1844

Dollar Newspaper

Humor

[91]

"A Tale of the Ragged Mountains"

April 1844

Godey's Lady's Book

Science fiction, Adventure

[91]

"The Balloon-Hoax"

 

April 13, 1844

 

 

 hoax[112]

"The Premature Burial"

July 31, 1844

Dollar Newspaper

Horror

[92]

"Mesmeric Revelation"

August 1844

Columbian Magazine

Science fiction

[93]

"The Oblong Box"

September 1844

Godey's Lady's Book

Horror / Ratiocination

[94]

"The Angel of the Odd"

October 1844

Columbian Magazine

Humor

Subtitled "An Extravaganza"[95]

"Thou Art the Man"

November 1844

Godey's Lady's Book

Detective fiction / Satire

[94]

"The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq."

December 1844

Southern Literary Messenger

Humor

[94]

"The Purloined Letter"

1844–1845

The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present

Detective fiction

[96]

The Raven and Other Poems

 

1845

Wiley & Putnam

 

[123]

Tales 

 

1845

Wiley & Putnam

 

[122]

"The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade"

February 1845

Godey's Lady's Book

Humor

Meant as a sequel to One Thousand and One Nights[97]

"Some Words with a Mummy"

April 1845

American Review: A Whig Journal

Satire

[98]

"The Power of Words"

June 1845

Democratic Review

Science fiction

[99]

"The Imp of the Perverse"

July 1845

Graham's Magazine

Horror

[100]

"The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether"

November 1845

Graham's Magazine

Humor

[101]

"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"

December 1845

The American Review

Horror / Science fiction / Hoax

Originally "The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case"[102]

"The Sphinx"

January 1846

Arthur's Ladies Magazine

Satire

[103]

"The Philosophy of Composition"

 

April 1846

Graham's Magazine

 

[58]

"The Cask of Amontillado"

November 1846

Godey's Lady's Book

Horror

[104]

"The Domain of Arnheim"

March 1847

Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine

Sketch

Expansion of previous story "The Landscape Garden"[105]

"Eureka: A Prose Poem"

 

March 1848

Wiley & Putnam

 

[113]

"The Rationale of Verse"

 

October 1848

Southern Literary Messenger

 

[114]

"The Poetic Principle"

 

December 1848

Southern Literary Messenger

 

[58]

"Mellonta Tauta"

February 1849

Godey's Lady's Book

Science fiction / Hoax

[106]

"Hop-Frog"

March 17, 1849

Flag of Our Union

Horror

Subtitled "Or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs"[58]

"Von Kempelen and His Discovery"

April 14, 1849

Flag of Our Union

Hoax / Satire

[58]

"X-ing a Paragrab"

May 12, 1849

Flag of Our Union

Humor

[107]

"Landor's Cottage"

June 9, 1849

Flag of Our Union

Sketch

Originally "Landor's Cottage: A Pendant to 'The Domain of Arnheim'"[108]