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A Man with Two Lives by Ambrose Bierce
Here is the queer story of David William Duck, related by himself. Duck is an old man living in Aurora,…
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An Adventure at Brownville by Ambrose Bierce
[1] This story was written in collaboration with Miss Ina Lillian Peterson, to whom is rightly due the credit for…
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An Affair of Outposts by Ambrose Bierce
“Prisoner, what is your name?”“As I am to lose it at daylight to-morrow morning it is hardly worth while concealing…
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An Arrest by Ambrose Bierce
Having murdered his brother-in-law, Orrin Brower of Kentucky was a fugitive from justice. From the county jail where he had…
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An Heiress from Redhorse by Ambrose Bierce
CORONADO, June 20th.I find myself more and more interested in him. It is not, I am sure, his–do you know…
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An Imperfect Conflagration by Ambrose Bierce
Early one June morning in 1872 I murdered my father–an act which made a deep impression on me at the…
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An Inhabitant Of Carcosa by Ambrose Bierce
Fans of the HBO Series, “True Detective” will be familiar with the term Carcosa. This short story is the origination…
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
Set during the American Civil War, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek” is Bierce’s most famous short story. It was first…
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An Unfinished Race by Ambrose Bierce
James Burne Worson was a shoemaker who lived in Leamington, Warwickshire, England. He had a little shop in one of…
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A Psychological Shipwreck by Ambrose Bierce
In the summer of 1874 I was in Liverpool, whither I had gone on business for the mercantile house of…
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