#68- Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and The Masque Of The Red Death
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This week, Scott and Karl read two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe\\u2019s stories are known for following many traditions of Gothic fiction, and \\u201cThe Murders in the Rue Morgue" and \\u201cThe Masque Of The Red Death\\u201d are no different.\\xa0
First, the duo dives into \\u201cThe Masque of the Red Death\\u201d published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero\'s attempts to avoid a mysterious\\xa0plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his\\xa0abbey. You may find a modern-day parallel in times of emergency and precarity.
Published a year earlier, \\u201cThe Murders in the Rue Morgue" has been described as the first modern\\xa0detective story. However, Karl points out, \\u201cIt\\u2019s not following the rules of the conventional mystery.\\u201d Scott adds, \\u201cThis is more about the detective than the story or the mystery.\\u201d
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