Edgar Allen Poe

It seems like reading Edgar Allan Poe stories around Halloween is a rite of passage for students in English classes. He wrote poems such as "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" and stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Black Cat", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Pit and the Pendulum", etc.
If you have read Poe stories before, which ones have you read and what do you remember of them? Did you like them? How scary/creepy were they? Share your memories of you or teachers reading the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
If you have not read Poe or don't remember, describe to me what you expect from a classic horror writer? What kinds of stories do you think we'll be reading? Have you ever read scary stories?

In seventh grade in Mrs. Eaquinto's class we read some of his stories. The ones that I remember are The Raven, Annabel Lee, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Cask of Amontillado. They were all really creepy. The Raven we read first, and I didn't really understand that one, but it was still wierd. Then when we read The Cask of Amontillado we turned off all the lights but her lamp, and she read it to us in a really creepy voice.

The Tell-Tale Heart is one I remember most, and that one was definitely the creepiest. When we read that one I was creeped out for a long time after that. I really did not like them. I think I am also related to Edgar Allen Poe, somehow. It's hard to know though, because we never married or had kids, I just know that my grandpa told me we were related to him.

Beauty

Have you ever studied a skunk's eyes? Write about some item you find beauty in that many others might not.

I can't think of an example, but there have been many times that I've thought someone or something was beautiful that no one else did. When you feel that way and you tell someone about it, but they think that its ugly or weird, it kind of makes you feel bad and like an idiot, especially if they make fun of you about it, it really hurts then.

One time I was at the mall with Devri and we were in Aeropostale, and I found these sweat pants that I really liked, but they were boy sweats, and I asked Devri if she like them, but she said they were ugly, and they wouldn't look good on me and I shouldn't get them. It made me feel sad, and stupid when she was saying that because I liked it, and it was my opinion on them she didn't like.