title: Gothic Horror: A Reader's Guide from Poe to King and Beyond
author: Clive Bloom
description: Clive Bloom is an English professor who's written and edited several books on popular literature and pop culture (e.g., <i><a href="/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312037082/${0}">Twentieth-Century Suspense: The Thriller Comes of Age</a></i>). In this new title, <i>Gothic Horror: A Reader's Guide from Poe to King and Beyond</i>, he's picked the greatest hits of horror fiction commentary--including Poe's essay on how he wrote "The Raven," as well as observations from today's best literary critics.
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  # Poinsettias and the Perfect Crime
  
  
  ### Diana Flowers Floriculture Mysteries
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Ruby Loren
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [British Author](part0002.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Books in the Series](part0003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Get a Free Book!](part0004.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1\. [The Ghost of Christmas Past](part0005.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. [Fallen from Grace](part0006.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  3\. [Beating the Bully](part0007.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  4\. [Cinderella](part0008.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  5\. [Murder at Midnight](part0009.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  6\. [A Nasty Proposal](part0010.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  7\. [The Pharaoh’s Curse](part0011.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  8\. [The Indian Connection](part0012.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  9\. [An Interesting Invitation](part0013.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  10\. [Winter’s Bloom](part0014.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  11\. [Fun for all the Family](part0015.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  12\. [The Conspiracy to end all Conspiracies](part0016.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  13\. [Rivals](part0017.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  14\. [A Debt to the Community](part