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184 - "King Pest" by Edgar Allen Poe

Undercooked Analysis
Undercooked Analysis
Episode • Feb 25 • 1h 9m

Horror as a whole owes a lot to Poe, but as proven time and again, even masters of the craft have their apparent duds. Allen submits to David the first of four F-Tier Poe narratives (based on some rando’s opinion), which apparently contains an allegory as two drunken sailors have a completely bewildering encounter in a plague-quarantined part of London.

Story by Edgar Allen Poe, first published in 1835. Read along here.