Draw the curtains and turn out the lights for some dark and spooky tales from Edgar Allan Poe, shown here on the iPad version of iPoe for iOS.
(Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET)
Forget Stephen King; if you like the macabre, you gotta go Poe.
iPoe for iOS brings to creepy, illustrated life four of Edgar Allan Poe's works.
As with Alice for iPad and other famous literary works given the app treatment, iPoe transforms the author's text into lavishly illustrated pages enhanced with music, animation, and interactive touches.
The app comes with four tales: "Annabel Lee," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Oval Portrait," and "The Tell-Tale Heart." You also get a brief biography of the author.
Needless to say, there are some key works missing here, including "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Pit and the Pendulum," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." But the most egregious omission is "The Raven," without a doubt Poe's most famous poem. A collection without this beloved title? Nevermore!
Perhaps developer Creatividad will add one or more of these in a future update. In the meantime, what's here is g... [Read more]
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