The Devil in the Belfry by Edgar Allan Poe

In a perfectly ordered town obsessed with routine and clockwork, chaos arrives when a devilish figure suddenly appears. He enters the belfry and changes the town’s sacred clock, throwing the citizens into confusion and panic. The tale is less about horror than absurd satire, mocking rigid societal norms and blind adherence to tradition. Poe crafts a surreal, humorous tale where disruption becomes a dark kind of liberation. It’s a sharp allegory wrapped in Gothic mischief.