POE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 10 times. Edgar Allan ... "mystification" author Boston-born literary lion Writer's verse left unfinished Childhood inspiration for Bradbury US author of The Pit and the Pendulum Lovecraft called him his "God of Fiction" Poet and writer Edgar Allan, of The Raven Mysteries' Edgar Awards are named after him Subject of museums in Richmond, Va., and Baltimore, Md.