Your Daily Poe (Edgar Allan If You're Nasty)

As it's officially October (BOO!), I will on every day be reading one short story written by the Master of the Macabre himself, and briefly commenting on it. Enjoy!

Day 2: A Descent into the Maelström

Thoughts: Meh. Slightly better version of MS Found in a Bottle - Poe sure seemed to love his sea vortexes - but throughout it seems like we're being told a tale by a guy who tell the same story every 2 hours for crowds willing to pay a few bucks to hear it.

Memorable Line: "The choice spots over here among the rocks, however, not only yield the finest variety, but in far greater abundance;  so that we often got in a single day, what the more timid of the craft could not scrape together in a week. In fact, we made it a matter of desperate speculation -- the risk of life standing instead of labor, and courage answering for capital."  

Ummm...I don't wanna be a dick, but if the most memorable line in your short story is memorable solely because it reminds you of the movie The Perfect Storm, is that really a great short story? 🤔

Score of 1 - 10: 4