"The Masque of the Red Death"

   

                                                     

  "The Masque of Red Death" was another one of Edgar Allan Poe's famous short stories. It shows the way Edgar can play around with a fear that most people have, death. The story follows a prince that is trying to avoid a plague called "Red Death" by secluding himself in an abbey, which is a building full of monks or nuns. This short story shows how darkness that dwells in his mind, living up to the title of "the master of macabre".