The American poet, fiction writer and critic, Edgar Allan Poe (180949), _____ responsible for some

of the most unforgettable stories _____ terror ever written. They were the products of the _____ of an unstable man, who lived a short and _____ life. Poe was born in January 1809 in Boston, USA. _____ life began tragically, as both of his parents _____ died by the time he was two. He went _____ live with a family, the Allans, who became his _____ parents. He went to good schools and university, but _____ to leave university early because he fell out with _____ foster father, who never really understood him. Poe was _____ upset; his relationship with his foster father worsened, and Poe _____ home forever. Poe showed early literary promise, finding a publisher _____ his first collection of poetry, Tamerlane and Other Poems, _____ he was twenty years old. After a spell in _____ army he started on a career in journalism and _____ writing short stories. He married when he was twenty-six. _____ being a good, hardworking editor and also producing articles _____ short stories all the time, Poe never had much _____, and much of what he did have was spent _____ alcohol. When Poes wife died young in 1847, any _____ in his life disappeared and he himself was dead two _____ later, found unconscious in the street after a session _____ heavy drinking.