About Love Letters to Poe
Love Letters to Poe is a haven to celebrate the works of Edgar Allan Poe and encourage the creation of gothic fiction tapped from the vein of Poe—a love letter to the man himself, if you will.
Over one hundred and seventy years beyond his death, Poe continues to inspire a fervent adoration for short gothic fiction. Through his stories and poems, we hear his voice in our heads, feel his passion in our hearts. His works spur writers to weave their own gothic threads in a beautiful tangle of words influenced by those who have gone before, mingled with gothic worlds born anew.


About the Creator
Sara Crocoll Smith (she/her) is the award-winning editor of the Love Letters to Poe anthologies. She's also the author of the gothic horror series Hopeful Horror, as well as a screenwriter and producer.
Listen to Smith talk about keeping the spirit of Poe alive at the Richmond Poe Museum's 2023 Birthday Bash event.
Smith discusses Edgar Allan Poe's enduring appeal on an October 2022 episode of the She Wore Black Podcast.
Learn about how Love Letters to Poe came to be in Smith's June 2022 video interview "Ominous Orchards & Old Fashioneds" on Bad JuJu and J Bones Presents.
Hear about Smith's love for Poe in her interview on The 6 Degrees of Edgar Allan Poe podcast in their October 2021 special edition episode on The International Edgar Allan Poe Festival.
Read Smith's thoughts on editing and writing in her Cemetery Gates Media interview in their September 2021 issue.