Sixteen dark and vivid selections by great satirist and short-story writer. 'A Horseman in the Sky,' 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' 'Chickamauga,' 'A Son of the Gods,' 'What I Saw of Shiloh,' 'Four Days in Dixie' and 10 more. Ma...

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Journalist, short story writer, poet, and critic Ambrose Bierce has been called one of America's greatest wits and an uncompromising satirist. He wrote unsparingly and with haunting realism of his Civil War experiences. His finest and...

Do you want to read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? If so then keep reading..."An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge" was originally published by the in 1890 it is set during the American Civil War. It is the story of Peyton ...

This collection of stories is made up of Ten original and imaginative tales by Bierce including his masterpiece, "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge" as well as, "Beyond The Wall"; "The Boarded Window", &q...

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The work of Ambrose Bierce could sometimes be as mysterious as the author himself, who disappeared at age 71 possibly on a tour of Mexico, and his ultimate fate has been one of the great unsolved mysteries of the literary world. How f...

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 - c. 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of A...

From the beginning of his career, Ambrose Bierce wrote stories of all different types-humorous sketches, satirical squibs, and weird tales. This volume prints some of his most memorable fiction-his tales of psychological and supernatu...

It took Ambrose Bierce some time to process his Civil War experiences and transmute them into fiction, but when he did so, beginning in the 1880s, he produced some of the most memorable stories to emerge out of that conflict. Many of ...

Ambrose Bierce's satirical flair is most prevalent in his tall tales and similar sketches, where all manner of human foibles are lampooned: the excesses of the press; the corruption endemic in business; the absurdities of class di...

What happens when a wit like Ambrose Bierce sets out to one-up Aesop? Lots of good weird fun, that?

23 modern horror stories by American master. 'The Eyes of the Panther,' 'The Damned Thing,' 21 more. 'These pieces are not dated, nor are they lacking any of the narrative elements necessary to attract and hold the attention of anyone...

Some of the most chilling and macabre tales in the English language can be attributed to American journalist and short story writer Ambrose Bierce. His books include 'Can Such Things Be: Tales of Horror and the Supernatural,' as well ...

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This revised edition of Ambrose Bierce’s 1892 collection of “Soldiers” and “Civilians” tales fills a void in American literature. A veteran of the Civil War and a journalist known for his integrity and bi...

Bierce edited the twelve volumes of The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, which were published from 1909 to 1912. The seventh volume consists solely of The Devil's Dictionary. Bierce has been criticized by his contemporaries and l...

2015 Reprint of 1925 Edition. Full Facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Moxon's Master" speculates on the nature of life and intelligence. It describes a chess-playing automaton tha...

In The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce defined 'war' as 'a by-product of the arts of peace.' A Civil War veteran, Bierce had absolutely no illusions about 'courage,' 'honor,' and 'glory' on the battlefield. These stories form one of...

American journalist and satirist Ambrose Bierce is one of the most famous and fascinating figures in all of American literature. He led an adventurous and eventful life, beginning with his birth in a log cabin, to his time as a Civil ...

Volume II of Ambrose Bierce's twelve-volume collected works, this volume contains tales of Soldiers, including 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' 'A Horseman in the Sky,' 'Chickamauga,' 'A Son of the Gods,' 'One of the Missing,' 'Ki...

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 - c. 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of A...

This book "" The Cynic's Word Book "" has been considered important throughout the human history. It has been out of print for decades.So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation b...

A celebrated journalist in his lifetime, Ambrose Bierce's began circulating his own sardonic, mischievous definitions of words in his various columns for San Francisco newspapers. Over several years these were then compiled and expand...

"One More Unfortunate." It was midnight-a black, wet, midnight-in a great city by the sea. The church clocks were booming the hour, in tones half-smothered by the marching rain, when an officer of the watch saw a female figu...

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Famed for the mordant wit and satire of his essays and newspaper columns, Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) also possessed a fascination with the macabre. His masterful tales of the supernatural bespeak an imagination generations ahead of ...

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 - c. 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of A...

Ambrose Bierce: journalist, veteran, legend, was as familiar with death as could be a writer of his time. Whether consulting tribulations experienced in the American Civil War, or pulling onto pages tales of ghosts and murder, the...