Poe Equivalent

[winzer]

Can someone recommend an author that has short stories that are as scary or scarier then poe's works?

[Lokasenna]

Give H. P. Lovecraft a try - his horror short-stories are always enjoyable, and the whole mythos he constructed is incredible!

[wessexgirl]

Can someone recommend an author that has short stories that are as scary or scarier then poe's works?

I agree with Lokasenna about Lovecraft, but you could also try M.R.James. I've also got a book of Ambrose Bierce short stories on my desk, and when I say short, they really are short, many of them only a couple of pages long. I bought a set of Penguin horrors for the Library, and they all look interesting, and many of them are short stories. Some of the others there I haven't read yet, but they may be the sort of thing you're looking for.


http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/penguin_sets/gothicreds_supernatural.html

[Dark Muse]

Though persoanlly I don't think anyone beats Poe, I would recomend Lovecraft as being of interest and worth to look into.

[stlukesguild]

Check out J.S. LeFanu, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Theophile Gautier, and certainly Ambrose Bierce and Nathaniel Hawthorne.