Hawthorne or Poe? 📚

[Floyd R. Turbo]

[CTyankee]

1. I say Poe, but I confess I never read Hawthorne. Was he creepy like Poe?

Maybe I was missing something....

[Floyd R. Turbo]

4. Not nearly as creepy as Poe! A great story teller.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

2. I love reading BOTH

but Poe is creepier in his story choices while Hawthorne is more soul-searchingly melancholy rather than scary.

(However, HAWTHORNE is much better looking!)

[Floyd R. Turbo]

5. 🤗

[darkstar]

3. Poe

He pretty much invented two genres: subjective supernatural stories AND more objective detective fiction. I always think of the X-Files and the way Mulder and Scully reflected this duality.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. 🤔

[HeartsCanHope]

7. Both!

Love both authors!

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Poe.

[dai13sy]

9. Top fellow is Hawthorne and bottom fellow is Poe

[Dorothy V]

10. Old, creepy houses ...

Hawthorne is good for reading dark romance in a foretaste of Lovecraft Country's towns and cities. But for a tale to curl up with on a dark and stormy night, give me Poe every time!