A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky
Ambrose Bierce
Two of his best war stories in one volume: a young officer who rides alone toward a hidden enemy, and a Union sentry who has to choose between his duty and his father. Includes an introduction by the writer W. C. Morrow.
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The Monk and the Hangman's DaughterA young monk in the Bavarian Alps falls for the daughter of the town executioner, an outcast everyone avoids. Bierce rewrote this Gothic novella from a German original, and its dark ending is pure Bierce.
Verified PDF · Secure download - The Fiend's Delight
His first book, published in London in 1873 under the pen name Dod Grile. Short sketches, mock news and dark jokes that show his bitter humor was there from the start.
Verified PDF · Secure download - Black Beetles in Amber
Satirical poems from 1892 aimed at the politicians, preachers and poets of his time. Bierce wanted to preserve his enemies like insects in amber, and he did.
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Bierce's own memories of the war, from What I Saw of Shiloh to A Little of Chickamauga and The Crime at Pickett's Mill. Read it next to his stories and you'll see how much of his fiction he lived first.
Verified PDF · Secure download - Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
Satirical fables and tales from 1874, signed as Dod Grile and illustrated with engravings by Dalziel Brothers. Includes the Fables of Zambri, the Parsee, an early sketch of the cruel wit of Fantastic Fables.
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