The celebrated Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, a writer known for his biting wit and acerbic asides toward literary and public figures, are published here in their entirety.
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Since their original publication, Bierce\'s Stories have been adapted for the screen, with the Twilight Zone adapting one of his most acclaimed: An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge.
Cresting upon his literary prowess in the early 20th century, Bierce voiced an express desire to shock and dislodge his reader\'s psyches from the safe ground of intellectualism.
For his part, Bierce despised the intellectual pretensions which he felt were widely held by authors and readers alike.
Many of Ambrose Bierce\'s later Stories are more overtly horrific, and the later ones contain elements of the fantastical.
In the 20th century, this genre would gain the title of \'psychological horror\' and become even more prominent.
Favoring the horror genre, it was the use of the weird and the eerie layered over the factual occurrences of war that gripped readers, placing them amid a sustained terror of confused combat.
Although aspects of Bierce\'s language and style belong to their time, his capacity for creating an urgent and compulsively readable narrative remains clear.
Together, the twenty-five war tales he authored have been termed one of the greatest anti-war documents ever produced by an American.
The Battle of Shiloh, about which Bierce wrote with a fierce realism, is represented in several of his works.
Rendered bitter and cynical by these experiences, Bierce would nevertheless draw upon them to author several of his best and most lauded Short stories.
Situated in the thick of battle, it was there that the young Bierce was exposed to the horrors of war; witnessing men in their hundreds torn to shreds on the battlefield amid cacophony, chaos and carnage.
Early in life, Ambrose Bierce served in the American Civil War: it was an experience which profoundly changed his personality and outlook on life.
The celebrated Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, a writer known for his biting wit and acerbic asides toward literary and public figures, are published here in their entirety
