Introduction / Stuart M. Kaminsky -- Israfel / Doug Allyn -- The golden bug / Michael A. Black -- William Allan Wilson / Jon L. Breen -- The tell-tale purr / Mary Higgins Clark -- Nevermore / Thomas H. Cook -- Emily's time / Dorothy Salisbury Davis -- The cask of Castle Island / Brendan DuBois -- Bells / James W. Hall -- In my ancestor's image / Jeremiah Healy -- The Poe collector / Edward D. Hoch -- A nomad of the night / Rupert Holmes -- Rattle, rattle, rattle / Stuart M. Kaminsky -- Development hell / Paul Levine -- The deadliest tale of all / Peter Lovesey -- Poe, Poe, Poe / John Lutz -- The tell-tale pacemaker / P.J. Parrish -- Seeing the moon / S.J. Rozan -- Challenger / Daniel Stashower -- Poe, Jo, and I / Don Winslow -- Rue morgue noir / Angela Zeman.