The Devil In The Belfry

Edgar Allan Poe (Jan 19, 1809 – Oct 7, 1849) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. 

"The Devil in the Belfry" is a satirical short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The plot is set in an isolated town called Vondervotteimittiss. Its citizens are obsessed with two things – clocks and cabbage. 

But the scheduled and punctual idyll of this town is undone at once when a devil-like figure arrives. He does all the devil does – mischiefs, misbehaves, attacks people and property. What will the citizens do with this single mayhem-doing person? Read and find it out!