…at least according to Paul S. Collins for Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-s-collins/edgar-allan-poe-facts_b_5698360.html

Edgar Allan Poe is one of my favorite all time authors.  He had an ability to create works of horror that crept under your skin like no other.  Though I’m not the biggest fan of poetry, his poems really get to me.

So naturally, any list regarding Mr. Poe is something I’ll gravitate to.  What I found most intriguing about the list is the fact that many of the items in some way or another relate to the fact that this was a person who was in financial difficulties and had to find creative (!!!) ways to lose his creditors.

As good an author as Mr. Poe is/was, he fell into that unfortunate group of authors whose works weren’t really appreciated until after they passed on.  Sadly, he like H. P. Lovecraft or Joseph Conrad or Robert E. Howard never really enjoyed the fruits of their labors.  Certainly not in the way they should have.