First published 1980
At the height of Carnival revelry, a man lures his unsuspecting friend deep into the catacombs, where a horrific fate awaits. As the victim's pleas for mercy echo through the darkness, the killer coldly seals him behind a wall of stone, burying him alive. In this classic tale of twisted psychology and relentless vengeance, Poe masterfully captures the chill of a murder in plain sight, where the true horror lies in a mind consumed by rage.
Genres: classic-literature, 20th-century, gothic-horror, 19th-century
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: twisted-psychology, unreliable-narrator
Period: Carnival
24 pages · Paperback · Creative Co
Content warnings: murder, violence