How would an author of a short story most effectively create suspense

They would often use the setting to do this, like Edgar Allan Poe who would create dark castles or forests or things like that with mysteries in them. The settings create a suspenseful feeling in the reader because we never know what lies inside of those castles or in those dark forests and what kind of evil creatures might attack us or anything similar.

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