Dark fantasy author, Edgar Allan Poe, sitting at a dimly lit, ornate wooden desk, surrounded by scattered papers, quills, and leather-bound books, wearing a black suit, white shirt, and a black tie, with a subtle, sorrowful expression, dark brown hair messy and unkempt, eyes sunken with a hint of madness, holding a quill pen, poised over a blank parchment, candlelight casting eerie shadows on the walls, mysterious, old-fashioned clock ticking in the background, foggy, moonlit night outside, Gothic architecture, intricate stone carvings, atmospheric, haunting, and mystical.