Nice cover art, but oh, the writing! There's more to E.A. Poe than paranoia and a recherche vocabulary, but you'd never know it from Schechter's tiresome imitation of his style. The running gag of having off-kilter references to Poe's story (the "House of Asher," a croaking seagull, a murdered old lady and ape-like suspect, Poe's curiosity about maelstroms, etc., ad nauseam) gets old really fast.Poor Poe wouldn't get far on "Wheel of Fortune," either, judging from the number of times he misreads "NEVERMORE" with half the letters staring him in the face.Irritating, phony, and dull. Couldn't finish it.