The Tell-Tale Heart is a heart-pounding story written by Edgar Allan Poe. He is amazing with his imagery, as this quote shows,"His eye, all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones...". He is able to twist words and create a different feeling, apart from other authors. The Tell-Tale Heart is a suspenseful short story about a killer who decides to kill an old man. "I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult.". The killer didn't have a problem with the old man, just his eye, as another quote shows, "For it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye.". Poe has an extraordinary ability to place fear in someone. The killer waits in the Old Man's closet, waiting for a perfect moment to strike, creating a thrilling feel in the reader.