Joe Biden performs a parody of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven in the Saturday Night Live cold open.

Williams' The Eye That Saw Death, appearing in the spring issue of The Strand Magazine, is a feverish, 4,800-word horror tale clearly inspired by Edgar Allan Poe.

Baltimore on a budget? Easy as Edgar Allan Poe. His gravesite is one of a number of memorable (and free) places that can be visited around this historic city.