Ambrose Bierce
Birth date: June 24, 1842
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For the bibliographically-inclined, it's worth noting that this title covers a number of editions with vastly varying contents - it's a short story collection - so much so that you could argue that the reader of a late edition has not read the same book as the reader of an early edition. I read the ...
I'm not sure how I managed to never hear of Ambrose Bierce, but I genuinely regret the omission in my earlier reading. His stories are creepy, but they are also weirdly fun. He's nailed down a proper horror atmosphere, which is often the hardest thing, and he generally has a good grasp of the twis...
For my full review, and reviews of each individual story, please visit Casual Debris. Bar the Doors is Hitchcock's second foray into the anthology field, and in my opinion among his strongest; certainly the strongest of the early books, though he likely had little or no input into this collection,...
bookshelves: boo-scary, autumn-2015, halloween-2015, paper-read, re-visit-2015, shortstory-shortstories-novellas, under-100-ratings Read from October 10 to 12, 2015 Description: Famed for the mordant wit and satire of his essays and newspaper columns, Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) also possessed a...
As I was not yet writing reviews when I read this book, I don't have reviews for each of the short stories included in this anthology. So here are my ratings; if I ever reread the book, I intend to add reviews.★★★☆☆ Who or What Was It? by Kingsley Amis★★★★☆ The Believers by Robert Arthur★★☆☆☆ A Happ...
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