Gathin and Joanna Teller have moved into an old fixer-upper just outside the small town of Thanatos, when a mysterious 10-year-old girl from down the road comes to visit. She explains that the previous owners had read stories to her from a particular book, and she would like more stories. In the spirit of new friendships, the Tellers oblige while, in town, dark secrets are being revealed. The dramatized stories are three from Poe: The Facts on the Case of M. Valdemar, The Masque of the Red Death and Morella, J.J. Jacobs' The Monkey's Paw, and the British folktale King of the Cats.