Zombie Haiku and its connections to Edgar Allan Poe

The novel Zombie Haiku is an intensely fun and slightly scary story. From my last post, we know that it is relatable to young adults and would be an interesting addition to a high school classroom. However, it is very important that we can make connections between these fun young adult novel, and the classical literature that is very important for future education.
Zombie Haiku can be connected to some of Edgar Allan Poe's classical works, the one I found the most connections to was The Tell-Tale Heart.  
http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/tell-tale-heart.html

 What is Edgar Allan Poe's writing style?

• Among the public, Poe is known primarily for his mastery of the Gothic genre. Gothic literature has a number of conventions, including subjects such as death, horror, suggestions of the supernatural, and dark exotic locations, such as castles and crumbling mansions. 

How is this  genre similar to Zombie Haiku?

• Although Zombie Haiku is intensely fun, it is also similar to the Gothic genre. It is creepy, dark, and has strong suggestions to the supernatural. This entire novel, as I have stated before, is about society turning into Zombies. The subject of death is presented over and over again throughout the novel. This is all very similar to the Gothic genre, and to Poe's writing style.

Connections between Zombie Haiku and The Tell-Tale Heart? 
 For this I am going to choose quotes from both texts to parallel each other.

•  "The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them"(Poe).            

•  "Something is not right. If my blood is in puddles. Why do I feel strong?"           (Mecum).                                                                                                                                                                                  

•  "...I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus ride myself of the eye for ever" (Poe).
• "My instinct steers me to my gourmet dinner feast, a nursing home" (Mecum). 

• "Presently, I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the grown of mortal terror" (Poe). 
• "She's in the kitchen, scared and screaming her lungs out--which I will soon see" (Mecum). 

• "But the beating grew louder! I thought the heart must burst" (Poe).
• "Soon, they'll have to choose. They're out of food and starving. Die in there, or run" (Mecum).