Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce In a new introduction

In a new introduction

and the dangers of the hunt rival the old legends in capturing a vision of life now long lost

foiling a nocturnal attack by savages by strewing carpet tacks on the "Spray's" deck

tournament chess

crossing lines

Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce In a new introductionAmbrose Bierce was one of the strangest phenomena of American letters. The adjectives used to describe his writing and character tend to have a rather uncomplimentary ring: "venomous," "vindictive," "paranoid," "rancorous," "malevolent"; yet few would deny his brilliance of intellect and style. About half of his fiction output consisted of stories of horror and the supernatural, a genre which appealed to his psychic constitution and may have reflected