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Ambrose Bierce's original and innovative stories differed dramatically from those of his 19th-century contemporaries. These 23 tales include his best and most characteristic short fiction: anti-war satires that underscore the barbaris...

Ambrose Bierce's original and innovative stories differed dramatically from those of his nineteenth-century contemporaries. The tales included in this collection are among his best and most characteristic short fiction.