Your Daily Poe (Or 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 12, part 1: Eleonora

Thoughts: Mam loves woman. Woman loves man. Woman dies (of course). Man promises woman never to love again. Man does. Woman appears in death to say she's cool with it. Whomp whomp.

I'm itching like hell to get out of this boring af "Bereavements" section - only one more story to go! - but I give Poe a little credit for the ending to be a simple love story and not his usual THEN SHE DISSIPATED INTO THIN AIR! AND THE (BUILDING/VORTEX/SNO-CONE) CRUMBLED ALL AROUND HIM!!! nonsense. Within this order of short stories, his restraint here is refreshing.

Memorable Line: "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." Ah, young Xmastime himself used to dream in open daylight....

Score from 1 - 10: 4, all for the reason listed above.