The Duc de L'Omelette dies while dining on an ortolan, and finds himself in hell: an apartment filled with various works of art that has a window overlooking a fiery landscape. Face to face with Satan, the Duc manages to avoid damnation by chea
Our first read is an essay by Edgar Allan Poe, published in the Philadelphia publication, Burton's Magazine, in 1940. It is a departure from his normal works of horror short stories, however it is a side of Poe that not many have ever read.