I thought it was a good tale . . . in an ugly and revolting kind of way! That is, the abuse was "real" in its way and causes us to throughly hate the villian and root for his demise.

But Poe? Really, not at all. In fact the only way anyone would or could connect this to Poe . . . is because E.G. and Himen tell us it is. That, and the little intro thingy about the narrator's being mad and a couple of allusions to his acute hearing. I wonder . . . if this tale might have been "pre-written" as it were . . . already in the can . . . and if Himen might have asked George Lowther to adapt for the special Poe week. ??? That would explain it in my book . . .