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]