From the spiritual to the mechanical, Deus ex Machina gathers many never-recorded stories and essays by Edgar Allan Poe.

Included: "The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar": By the power of a mesmeric spell, an invalid's soul is trapped at the exact moment of death.

"Von Kempelen and His Discovery": The legendary formula - pursued by alchemists throughout the ages - will finally be secret no more.

Also Included: "The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion", "The Power of Words", "The Colloquy of Monos and Una", "Cabs", "A Moving Chapter", "Street Paving", "Wooden Pavement", "Try a Mineralized Pavement", "The Daguerreotype", "Anastatic Printing", and "A Chapter on Science and Art".