Edgar Allen Poe had a dark and morbid imagination. His capacity for suspense and shock has never been rivalled. He had a unique art of creating nameless fear, fear that makes the reader ache for, and yet shrink from explanation. The fear that comesfrom the dark of nowhere, the fear that will never go away. Here are four of the greatest stories by the master of the macabre told, with sparing but telling dramatic effects, by Edgar Lustgarten in coolly terrifying style. 'The Tell-Tale Heart','The Cask of Amontillado', 'Ligea' and "Berenice'. Credits: cover image generated by Microsoft Designer