How do authors manage to create suspense? In many stories authors often use suspense to create exciting and enjoyable stories . Sometimes though those stories can be creepy to no fault of the reader , but the story that is being told. Two great examples of this are “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, and “ The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury. They both use great suspense to enhance the story forward, the only question is how? One example of the author using suspense is in the book “The Tell Tale Heart” . Poe uses suspense throughout this book like this one example on page 358, “ No doubt I grew very pale- but I talked more fluently and with heightened voice. Yet the sound increased- and what could I do? It was a low, dull, quick sound-
