The bicentennial of Poe’s birth has inspired a lot of discussion of his contributions to the literature of horror and the supernatural. The panelists focus on his short stories and his poems, as well as on his theory of short story writing. They also discuss Poe’s extensive influence on Lovecraft, who always regarded Poe as his “God of Fiction.”

Panel: S. T. Joshi, Gary Myers; Joe Pettit, Jr., Maryanne Snyder