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footnote: Poe launched the new genre of detective fiction with 1841's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
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His short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841), and its sequels, are considered to be the first detective stories,<ref>[http://www.classiccrimefiction.com/historydf.htm Origins of Detective Fiction]</ref> and were a major influence on [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s [[Sherlock Holmes]] stories.
His short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841), and its sequels, are considered to be the first detective stories,<ref>[http://www.classiccrimefiction.com/historydf.htm Origins of Detective Fiction]</ref><ref>Poe launched the new genre of detective fiction with 1841's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." [http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160#major-works]</ref> and were a major influence on [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s [[Sherlock Holmes]] stories.
"The Gold-Bug" (1843) is an imaginative tale which gives an example of elementary [[cryptanalysis]] (code-breaking), as well as being one of the earliest examples of [[pirate]]-related fiction, forty years before [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] popularised the genre with ''[[Treasure Island]]''.
"The Gold-Bug" (1843) is an imaginative tale which gives an example of elementary [[cryptanalysis]] (code-breaking), as well as being one of the earliest examples of [[pirate]]-related fiction, forty years before [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] popularised the genre with ''[[Treasure Island]]''.