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Staley Fleming’s Hallucination by Ambrose Bierce
Of two men who were talking one was a physician. ‘I sent for you, Doctor,’ said the other, ‘but I…
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The Affair at Coulter’s Notch by Ambrose Bierce
The Affair at Coulter’s Notch is set in Virginia in the spring of 1862, a federal artillery battery’s captain is…
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The Applicant by Ambrose Bierce
Pushing his adventurous shins through the deep snow that had fallen overnight, and encouraged by the glee of his little…
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The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce
The Boarded Window is one of the best regarded of Bierce’s stories. For teachers and students, here is a close…
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The Coup de Grace by Ambrose Bierce
This is another immensely popular short story that uses the American Civil War as its setting. There is an interesting…
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The Crime at Pickett’s Mill by Ambrose Bierce
There is a class of events which by their very nature, and despite any intrinsic interest that they may possess,…
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The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce
Bierce’s story, The Damned Thing was published in Bierce’s collection, Can Such Things Be? (1893). I By the light of…
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The Death Of Halpin Frayser by Ambrose Bierce
H.P. Lovecraft, a master of gothic horror stories, referred to Bierce’s The Death of Halpin Frayser (1893) as “the most…
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The Difficulty of Crossing a Field by Ambrose Bierce
One morning in July, 1854, a planter named Williamson, living six miles from Selma, Alabama, was sitting with his wife…
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The Dog and the Bees by Ambrose Bierce
Bierce’s amusing morality tale was published in the anthology, Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor (1903), A dog being…
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