Notes Poetry 1824 Never published in Poes lifetime O, Tempora! O, Mores! 1825 Never published during Poes lifetime Not authenticated as by Poe Tamerlane July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems Song July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems Imitation July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems Dream July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems The Lake July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems Spirits of the Dead July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems Evening Star July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems Dreams July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems Stanzas July 1827 Tamerlane and Other Poems The Happiest Day September 15, 1827 The North American To Margaret circa 1827 Never published during Poes lifetime Alone 1829 Never published during Poes lifetime To Isaac Lea circa 1829 Never published in Poes lifetime To The River —— 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems To —— 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems Begins The bowers whereat, in dreams... To —— 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems Begins Should my early life seem... Romance 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems Fairy-Land 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems To Science 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems Al Aaraaf 1829 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems An Acrostic 1829 Never published during Poes lifetime Elizabeth 1829 Never published during Poes lifetime [32] To Helen 1831 Poems by Edgar A. Poe A Paean 1831 Poems by Edgar A. Poe The Sleeper 1831 Poems by Edgar A. Poe The City in the Sea 1831 Poems by Edgar A. Poe The Valley of Unrest 1831 Poems by Edgar A. Poe Israfel 1831 Poems by Edgar A. Poe Enigma February 2, 1833 Baltimore Saturday Visiter Fanny May 18, 1833 Baltimore Saturday Visiter The Coliseum October 26, 1833 Baltimore Saturday Visiter Serenade April 20, 1833 Baltimore Saturday Visiter To One in Paradise January 1834 Godeys Ladys Book Hymn April 1835 Southern Literary Messenger To Elizabeth September 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Republished as To F——s S. O——d in 1845 May Queen Ode circa 1836 Never published in Poes lifetime Spiritual Song 1836 Never published during Poes lifetime Latin Hymn March 1836 Southern Literary Messenger Bridal Ballad January 1837 Southern Literary Messenger Originally published as Ballad To Zante January 1837 Southern Literary Messenger The Haunted Palace April 1839 American Museum Silence–A Sonnet January 4, 1840 Saturday Courier Lines on Joe Locke February 28, 1843 Saturday Museum The Conqueror Worm January 1843 Grahams Magazine Lenore February 1843 The Pioneer A Campaign Song 1844 Never published during Poes lifetime Dream-Land June 1844 Grahams Magazine Impromptu. To Kate Carol April 26, 1845 Broadway Journal To F—— April 1845 Broadway Journal Republished as To Frances in the September 6, 1845, issue of the Broadway Journal Eulalie July 1845 American Review: A Whig Journal Epigram for Wall Street January 23, 1845 Evening Mirror [51] The Raven January 29, 1845 Evening Mirror The Divine Right of Kings October 1845 Grahams Magazine [53] A Valentine February 21, 1846 Evening Mirror Originally published as To Her Whose Name Is Written Below Beloved Physician 1847 Never published during Poes lifetime Incomplete[55] Deep in Earth 1847 Never published during Poes lifetime Incomplete To M. L. S—— (1847) March 13, 1847 The Home Journal Ulalume December 1847 American Whig Review Lines on Ale 1848 Never published during Poes lifetime To Marie Louise March 1848 Columbian Magazine An Enigma March 1848 Union Magazine of Literature and Art To Helen November 1848 Sartains Union Magazine A Dream Within A Dream March 31, 1849 The Flag of Our Union Eldorado April 21, 1849 Flag of Our Union For Annie April 28, 1849 Flag of Our Union To My Mother July 7, 1849 Flag of Our Union Annabel Lee October 9, 1849 New York Daily Tribune Sold before Poes death but published posthumously The Bells November 1849 Sartains Union Magazine Sold before Poes death but published posthumously Tales Title
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Notes Metzengerstein January 14, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier Horror / Satire First published anonymously with the subtitle A Tale in Imitation of the German The Duc De L Omelette March 3, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier Humor Originally The Duke of l Omelette A Tale of Jerusalem June 9, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier Humor Loss of Breath November 10, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier Humor Originally A Decided Loss Bon-Bon December 1, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier Humor Originally The Bargain Lost MS. Found in a Bottle October 19, 1833 Baltimore Saturday Visiter Adventure The Assignation January 1834 Godeys Ladys Book Horror Originally The Visionary, published anonymously Berenice March 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Horror Morella April 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Horror Lionizing May 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Satire Subtitle: A Tale The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall June 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Adventure King Pest September 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Horror / Humor Originally King Pest the First, published anonymously Shadow - A Parable September 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Horror Published anonymously Four Beasts in One - The Homo-Cameleopard March 1836 Southern Literary Messenger Humor Originally Epimanes Mystification June 1837 American Monthly Magazine Humor Originally Von Jung, the Mystific Silence - A Fable 1838 Baltimore Book Humor Originally Siope - A Fable Ligeia September 1838 Baltimore American Museum Horror Republished in the February 15, 1845 issue of the New York World, included the poem The Conqueror Worm as words written by Ligeia on her death-bed How to Write a Blackwood Article November 1838 Baltimore American Museum Parody An introduction to A Predicament A Predicament November 1838 Baltimore American Museum Parody Companion to How to Write A Blackwood Article, originally The Scythe of Time The Devil in the Belfry May 18, 1839 Saturday Chronicle and Mirror of the Times Humor / Satire The Man That Was Used Up August 1839 Burtons Gentlemans Magazine Satire The Fall of the House of Usher September 1839 Burtons Gentlemans Magazine Horror William Wilson October 1839 The Gift: A Christmas and New Years Present for 1840 Horror The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion December 1839 Burtons Gentlemans Magazine Science fiction Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling 1840 Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque Humor The Business Man February 1840 Burtons Gentlemans Magazine Humor Originally Peter Pendulum The Man of the Crowd December 1840 Grahams Magazine Horror The Murders in the Rue Morgue April 1841 Grahams Magazine Detective fiction A Descent into the Maelström April 1841 Grahams Magazine Adventure The Island of the Fay June 1841 Grahams Magazine Fantasy The Colloquy of Monos and Una August 1841 Grahams Magazine Science fiction Never Bet the Devil Your Head September 1841 Grahams Magazine Satire Subtitled A Tale with a Moral Eleonora Fall 1841 The Gift for 1842 Romance Three Sundays in a Week November 27, 1841 Saturday Evening Post Humor Originally A Succession of Sundays The Oval Portrait April 1842 Grahams Magazine Horror Originally Life in Death The Masque of the Red Death May 1842 Grahams Magazine Horror Originally The Mask of the Red Death The Landscape Garden October 1842 Snowdens Ladies Companion Sketch Later incorporated into The Domain of Arnheim The Mystery of Marie Rogêt November 1842, December 1842, February 1843 (serialized) Snowdens Ladies Companion Detective fiction Originally subtitled A Sequel to The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Pit and the Pendulum 1842–1843 The Gift: A Christmas and New Years Present Horror The Tell-Tale Heart January 1843 The Pioneer Horror The Gold-Bug June 1843 Dollar Newspaper Adventure The Black Cat August 19, 1843 United States Saturday Post Horror Diddling October 14, 1843 Philadelphia Saturday Courier Parody Originally Raising the Wind; or, Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences The Spectacles March 27, 1844 Dollar Newspaper Humor A Tale of the Ragged Mountains April 1844 Godeys Lady\s Book Science fiction, Adventure The Premature Burial July 31, 1844 Dollar Newspaper Horror Mesmeric Revelation August 1844 Columbian Magazine Science fiction The Oblong Box September 1844 Godeys Ladys Book Horror The Angel of the Odd October 1844 Columbian Magazine Humor Subtitled An Extravaganza Thou Art the Man November 1844 Godeys Ladys Book Detective fiction / Satire The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. December 1844 Southern Literary Messenger Humor The Purloined Letter 1844–1845 The Gift: A Christmas and New Years Present Detective fiction The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade February 1845 Godeys Ladys Book Humor Meant as a sequel to One Thousand and One Nights Some Words with a Mummy April 1845 American Review: A Whig Journal Satire The Power of Words June 1845 Democratic Review Science fiction The Imp of the Perverse July 1845 Grahams Magazine Horror The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether November 1845 Grahams Magazine Humor The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar December 1845 The American Review Horror / Science fiction / Hoax Originally The Facts of M. Valdemars Case The Sphinx January 1846 Arthurs Ladies Magazine Satire The Cask of Amontillado November 1846 Godeys Ladys Book Horror The Domain of Arnheim March 1847 Columbian Ladys and Gentlemans Magazine Sketch Expansion of previous story The Landscape Garden Mellonta Tauta February 1849 Flag of Our Union Science fiction / Hoax Hop-Frog March 17, 1849 Flag of Our Union Horror Subtitled Or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs Von Kempelen and His Discovery April 14, 1849 Flag of Our Union Hoax X-ing a Paragrab May 12, 1849 Flag of Our Union Humor Landors Cottage June 9, 1849 Flag of Our Union Sketch Originally Landors Cottage: A Pendant to The Domain of Arnheim Other works Essays Eureka: A Prose Poem (1848)
Maelzels Chess Player (April 1836 – Southern Literary Messenger) The Philosophy of Furniture (May 1840 – Burtons Gentlemans Magazine) A Few Words on Secret Writing (July 1841 – Grahams Magazine) Morning on the Wissahiccon (1844 – The Opal) The Balloon-Hoax (April 13, 1844) — A newspaper article that was actually a journalistic hoax The Philosophy of Composition (April 1846 – Grahams Magazine) Eureka: A Prose Poem (March 1848 – Wiley & Putnam) The Rationale of Verse (October 1848 – Southern Literary Messenger) The Poetic Principle (December 1848 – Southern Literary Messenger)
Novels
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (First two installments, January/February 1837 – Southern Literary Messenger, issued as complete novel in July 1838) The Journal of Julius Rodman (First six installments, January–June 1840 – Burtons Gentlemans Magazine) — Incomplete
The Conchologists First Book (1839) — A textbook on sea shells to which Poe lent his name as author, though he did not write it The Light-House (1849, never published in Poes lifetime) — An incomplete work which may have been intended to be a short story or a novel
Collections Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827)
Please note that this list of collections refers only to those printed during Poes lifetime with his permission. Modern anthologies are not included.
Tamerlane and Other Poems (credited by a Bostonian) (1827) Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems (1829) Poems (1831, printed as second edition) Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (December 1839) The Prose Romances of Edgar A. Poe (1843) Tales (1845, Wiley & Putnam) The Raven and Other Poems (1845, Wiley & Putnam
