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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (sometimes called "An Incident at Owl Creek Bridge") is a famous short story by Ambrose Bierce. It was originally published in 1890, and first anthologized in Bierce's 1891 collection, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. The story is famous for its irregular time sequence...

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Ambrose Bierce’s An Affair of Outposts” mixes melodrama with graphic combat writing to tell the story of an ill-fated love triangle. Betrayed by his wife, a young man with southern sympathies requests a commission in the Union Army from the Governor of his State. The Governor is reluctant...

Purpose The purpose of this book is to simply change your attitude when dealing with head injuries. One must accept the sense of positive opportunity. I was given a second chance at life on February 27, 1986. I suffered a concussion in a young businessmans basketball league. It turned out that I had...

A good relationship does not just come, without efforts from the people concerned. There must be some practical things one can put into a relationship in order to make it successful and these efforts must start right from the beginning. For instance, the way and manner you meet your partner and the...

Ambrose Bierce has a reputation as one of the darker short story writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here are collected his finest tales of murder, revenge and horror.

A seemingly love triangle that involves murder and betrayal but is really a fascinating insight into the mind of Ambrose Bierce and his radical politics that condemn the nation building and racist ideologies of white superiority that was prevalent among the wealthy Americans of his time.

Ambrose Bierce was well known for his biting wit and cynical approach to life. Here is a collection of essays which showcases this great writers outlook on life, love, power and politics.

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Brilliant and magnetic as are these two studies by Ambrose Bierce, and especially significant as coming from one who was a boy soldier in the Civil War, they merely reflect one side of his original and...

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William Harker is the only witness to the death of his friend, Hugh Morgan. Morgan’s body suggests that he has died traumatically, but when Harker tries to explain what he saw of his friend’s last moments, the men in charge of determining Morgan’s cause of death find his testimony too bizarre...

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842; died sometime after December 26, 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short storywriter, fabulist, and satirist. Today, he is probably best known for his short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and his satirical lexicon The...

Two short stories from the American Civil War by Ambrose Bierce. The first story is about a brave soldier who follows orders and risks his life without question. The second is about a soldier who falls asleep on guard duty. A mistake punishable by death in Civil War times.

"Um habitante de Carcosa" foi publicado, pela primeira vez, em 25 de dezembro de 1886, no número de Natal do San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) foi um autor, editor e jornalista norte-americano que ficou conhecido pelos seus contos com uma linguagem...