I know it’s not a popular take, but I don’t like Poe or Hawthorne. I always felt like their shallow exploration of death/edgy topics really only appealed to the immature or unintelligent reader.

I can see their work on a shelf between The Nightmare Before Christmas and a Dashboard Confessional CD- maybe a Jr High textbook as well.

I wouldn’t use them as an example.

Yep. It stimulates milk production and their paws contain scent glads that let them “mark” people or things. It’s a high honor to be kneaded on by the fuzzy guys.