One of this author's stories begins during "a dull, dark, and soundless day during the beginning of the year," in which the narrator visits a location that later slides into a tarn.
A story by this author ends with its narrator being unable to sleep soundly because of a "hysterical laugh" forever ringing in his ears. In that story by this author, the protagonist exits a lifeboat during a storm off Cape Hatteras to retrieve the title object before tying himself to it and throwing himself to his death. One of this author's title characters listens to the story of Ethelred killing a dragon from Sir Launcelot Canning's book The Mad Tryst while becoming increasingly disturbed by a series of noises. This author wrote a story about a (*) crate owned by the insane artist Cornelius Wyatt, as well as a story in which the state of the title character's mind is reflected by the poem "The Haunted Palace." One of this author's stories begins during "a dull, dark, and soundless day during the beginning of the year," in which the narrator visits a location that later slides into a tarn. That story's title character becomes convinced that he has buried his sister Madeleine alive. For 10 points, name this American author of "The Oblong Box" and "The Fall of the House of Usher."
A story by this author ends with its narrator being unable to sleep soundly because of a "hysterical laugh" forever ringing in his ears.
Edgar Allan Poe