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Short stories by Ambrose Bierce

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Bierce, Ambrose

o "One More Unfortunate" from 'The Fiend's Delight'

o "The Bubble Reputation"

o 'Way Down In Alabam'

o A Tough Tussle from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Across The Plains


o Adventure At Brownville, An

o Aerophobe, An A fable

o Affair At Coulter's Notch, The

o Affair Of Outposts, An

o Alarm And Pride A fable


o Alderman And The Raccoon, The A fable

o All Dog, The A fable

o Ancient Order, The A fable

o Angel's Tear, The A fable

o Antidote, An A fable


o Ants and the Grasshopper, The A fable

o Applicant, The

o Appropriate Memorial, The A fable

o Archer And The Eagle, The A fable

o Arrest, An from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"


o Ashes Of Madame Blavatsky, The A fable

o Ashes Of The Beacon

o Ass and the Grasshoppers, The A fable

o Ass and the Lion's Skin, The A fable

o At Heaven's Gate A fable


o At Large--One Temper A fable

o At Old Man Eckert's from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o At The Pole A fable

o Austere Governor, The A fable

o Australian Grasshopper, The A fable


o Baby Tramp, A from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Baffled Ambuscade, A from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Baptism Of Dobsho, The

o Basking Cyclone, The A fable

o Bellamy and the Members, The A fable


o Belly and the Members, The A fable

o Beyond the wall from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Blotted Escutcheon And The Soiled Ermine, The from "Fantastic Fables"

o Boarded Window, The

o Boneless King, The A fable


o Bottomless Grave, A

o Boys and the Frogs, The A fable

o Brief Seasons Of Intellectual Dissipation from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Broom Of The Temple, The A fable

o Bumbo Of Jiam, The A fable


o Call To Quit, A A fable

o Captain Of "The Camel", The

o Cargo Of Cat, A

o Cat And The Birds, The A fable

o Cat And The King, The A fable


o Cat And The Youth, The a fable

o Catted Anarchist, The A fable

o Causeway, A A fable

o Charles Ashmore's Trail from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Chickamauga


o Christian Serpent, The A fable

o Circular Clew, The A fable

o Citizen And The Snakes, The A fable

o City Of Political Distinction, The A fable

o City Of The Gone Away, The


o Civil Service In Florida, The from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Cold Greeting, A from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Compassionate Physician, The

o Congress And The People A fable

o Converting A Prodigal from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'


o Corrupting The Press

o Coup De Grace, The

o Crab and His Son, The A fable

o Creaking Tail, A A fable

o Crew Of The Life-Boat, The A fable


o Crime At Pickett's Mill, The

o Crimson Candle, The from "Fantastic Fables"

o Critics, The A fable

o Current Journalings from 'The Fiend's Delight'

o Curried Cow


o Dame Fortune And The Traveller A fable

o Damned Thing, The 1898, From "In the Midst of Life"

o Death of Halpin Frayser, The from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Debaters, The A fable

o Deceased And His Heirs, The A fable


o Desperate Object, The A fable

o Devoted Widow, The A fable

o Diagnosis of Death, A from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Difficulty Of Crossing A Field, The from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Discontented Malefactor, The A fable


o Disinterested Arbiter, The A fable

o Divided Delegation, The A fable

o Dog and His Reflection, The A fable

o Dog And The Physician, The A fable

o Dog And The Reflection, The A fable


o Dr. Deadwood, I Presume from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Dutiful Son, The A fable

o Early History Of Bath, The from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Eligible Son-In-Law, The A fable

o Equipped For Service A fable


o Expatriated Boss, The A fable

o Eyes Of The Panther, The

o Fables Of Zambri, The Parsee from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Fabulist And The Animals, The A fable

o Failure of Hope and Wandel, The


o Faithful Cashier, The A fable

o Famous Gilson Bequest, The

o Farmer And The Fox, The A fable

o Farmer's Friend, The A fable

o Fatal Disorder, A A fable


o Father And Son A fable

o Fawn And The Buck, The A fable

o Feodora from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Fisher And The Fished, The A fable

o Flourishing Industry, A A fable


o Flying-Machine, The A fable

o Fogy And The Sheik, The A fable

o Following Dorg, The from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Following The Sea from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Foolish Woman, The A fable


o For The Akhoond

o Forfeited Right, A A fable

o Fortune And The Fabulist A fable

o Four Days In Dixie

o Four Jacks And A Knave from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'


o Fowl Witch, A from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Fox And The Grapes, The A fable

o From The Minutes A fable

o Fruitless Assignment, A from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Fugitive Office, The A fable


o George Thurston

o Glad New Year, The from 'The Fiend's Delight'

o Good Government, The A fable

o Goose And The Swan, The A fable

o Grasshopper And The Ant, The A fable


o Grateful Bear, The from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Haita The Shepherd from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Hardy Patriots, The A fable

o Hare and the Tortoise, The

o Hares and the Frogs, The A fable


o Harmless Visitor, A A fable

o Hasty Settlement, A A fable

o Haunted Valley, The from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Heels Of Her, The from 'The Fiend's Delight'

o Heiress from Redhorse, An


o Hen And The Vipers, The A fable

o Herdsman And The Lion, The A fable

o Highwayman And The Traveller, The A fable

o His Fly-Speck Majesty A fable

o Holy Deacon, The A fable


o Holy Terror, A

o Honest Cadi, The A fable

o Honest Citizen, The A fable

o Honourable Member, The A fable

o Horseman In The Sky, A


o How Leisure Came from "Fantastic Fables"

o Humble Peasant, The A fable

o Inadequate Fee, An A fable

o Ineffective Rooter, The A fable

o Inflated Ambition, An A fable


o Ingenious Blackmailer, The A fable

o Ingenious Patriot, The from "Fantastic Fables"

o Inhabitant of Carcosa, An from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Invitation, An A fable

o Isle Of Pines, The from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"


o John Bartine's Watch from "Can Such Things Be?"

o John Mortonson's funeral from "Can Such Things Be?"

o John Smith from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o John Smith, Liberator

o Judge And The Plaintiff, The A fable


o Judge And The Rash Act, The A fable

o Jug of Sirup, A from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Juniper from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Jupiter And The Baby Show A fable

o Jupiter and the Birds A fable


o Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General

o Justice And His Accuser, The A fable

o Kangaroo And The Zebra, The A fable

o Killed At Resaca

o King Log and King Stork A fable


o Kite, The Pigeons, And The Hawk, The A fable

o Lady From Redhorse, A

o Lassoed Bear, The A fable

o Legislator And The Citizen, The A fable

o Life Saver, The A fable


o Life-Savers, The A fable

o Lion And The Boar, The A fable

o Lion and the Mouse, The A fable

o Lion and the Mouse (2), The A fable

o Lion And The Rattlesnake, The A fable


o Lion And The Thorn, The A fable

o Lion, the Bear, and the Fox, The A fable

o Lion, The Cock, And The Ass, The A fable

o Literary Astronomer, The A fable

o Little Of Chickamauga, A


o Little Story, The

o Magician's Little Joke, The from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Major's Tale, The

o Man And The Bird, The A fable

o Man And The Dog, The A fable


o Man And The Eagle, The A fable

o Man And the Fish-Horn, The A fable

o Man And The Lightning, The A fable

o Man And The Snake, The

o Man And The Viper, The A fable


o Man And The Wart, The A fable

o Man Of Principle, The A fable

o Man Out Of The Nose, The

o Man Overboard, The

o Man With No Enemies, The A fable


o Man With Two Lives, A from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Massacre, The A fable

o Matter Of Method, A A fable

o Maud's Papa from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Member And The Soap, The A fable


o Mercury And The Woodchopper A fable

o Middle Toe Of The Right Foot, The from "Can Such Things Be?"--"Famous Modern Ghost Stories"

o Milkmaid and Her Bucket, The

o Mine Owner And The Jackass, The A fable

o Mirage, The


o Mirror, The A fable

o Mocking-Bird, The

o Monkey and the Nuts, The A fable

o Moonlit Road, The from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Moral Principle And The Material Interest, The from "Fantastic Fables"


o Moral Sentiment, The A fable

o Mountain and the Mouse, The A fable

o Mourning Brothers, The A fable

o Moxon's Master from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Mr. Masthead, Journalist


o Mr. Swiddler's Flip-Flap

o Mrs. Dennison's Head from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Musings, Philosophical And Theological from 'The Fiend's Delight'

o Needful War, A A fable

o Needless Labour, A A fable


o Night-Doings at "Deadman's", The from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Nightside Of Character, The A fable

o No Case, The A fable

o No Charge For Attendance from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o North Wind and the Sun, The A fable


o Noser And The Note, The A fable

o Nut-Cracking from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, An

o Officer And A Thug, An from "Fantastic Fables"

o Old Man and His Sons, The A fable


o Old Man And The Pupil, The A fable

o On A Mountain

o One Kind Of Officer

o One Of The Missing

o One of Twins from "Can Such Things Be?"


o One Officer, One Man

o One Summer Night from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Opossum Of The Future, The A fable

o Optimist, An A fable

o Optimist And The Cynic, The A fable


o Other Lodgers, The from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Overlooked Factor, The A fable

o Parenticide Club, The A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES

o Parker Adderson, Philosopher

o Party Manager And The Gentleman, The A fable


o Party Over There, The A fable

o Patriot And The Banker, The A fable

o Pavior, The A fable

o Penitent Elector, The A fable

o Penitent Thief, The A fable


o Pernicketty's Fright from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Perry Chumly's Eclipse

o Philosophers Three A fable

o Physicians Two A fable

o Piping Fisherman, The A fable


o Poet And The Editor, The A fable

o Poet's Doom, The A fable

o Poetess Of Reform, The A fable

o Policeman And The Citizen, The A fable

o Politicians, The A fable


o Politicians And The Plunder, The A fable

o Power Of The Scalawag, The A fable

o Prerogative Of Might, The A fable

o Present At A Hanging from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Prophet Of Evil, A A fable


o Protagonist Of Silver, A A fable

o Providential Intimation, A

o Psychological Shipwreck, A from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Pugilist's Diet, The A fable

o Race at Left Bower, The


o Racial Parallel, A A fable

o Rainmaker, The A fable

o Realm Of The Unreal, The from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Rejected Services A fable

o Religions Of Error A fable


o Resumed Identity, A from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Return Of The Representative, The A fable

o Returned Californian, The A fable

o Revenge A fable

o Revivalist Revived, A A fable


o Revolt Of The Gods, A

o Sagacious Rat, The A fable

o Saint And Sinner A fable

o Seafaring from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Secret of Macarger's Gulch, The from "Can Such Things Be?"


o Seeker And The Sought, The A fable

o Self-Made Monkey, The A fable

o Shadow Of The Leader, The A fable

o Ship And A Man, A A fable

o Shipwreckollection, A


o Six And One A fable

o Smiling Idol, A A fable

o Snake And The Swallow, The A fable

o Snaking from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Sole Survivor, A


o Son Of The Gods, A

o Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky, A Two short stories

o Spook House, The from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Sportsman And The Squirrel, The A fable

o Staley Fleming's Hallucination from "Can Such Things Be?"


o Statesman, A A fable

o Statesman And The Horse, The A fable

o Story Of A Conscience, The

o Stranger, The from "Can Such Things Be?"

o Stringing A Bear from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'


o Suitable Surroundings, The

o Sundered Hearts from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Tail Of The Sphinx, The A fable

o Taken Hand, The A fable

o Tale Of Spanish Vengeance, A from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'


o Tale Of The Bosphorus, A from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Talisman, A A fable

o Thief And The Honest Man, The A fable

o Thing At Nolan, The from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Thistles Upon The Grave, The A fable


o Thoughtful Warden, The A fable

o Three And One Are One from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Three Of A Kind A fable

o Three Recruits A fable

o Thrift Of Strength, The A fable


o Tony Rollo's Conclusion from 'Cobwebs From an Empty Skull'

o Transposition, A A fable

o Treasury And The Arms, The A fable

o Treaty Of Peace, A A fable

o Tried Assassin, The A fable


o Truth And The Traveller A fable

o Two Dogs A fable

o Two Footpads A fable

o Two In Trouble A fable

o Two Kings from "Fantastic Fables"


o Two Military Executions from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Two Of The Damned A fable

o Two Of The Pious A fable

o Two Poets, The A fable

o Two Politicians A fable


o Tyrant Frog, The A fable

o Uncalculating Zeal A fable

o Unchanged Diplomatist, The A fable

o Unfinished Race, An from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Unspeakable Imbecile, An A fable


o Valuable Suggestion, A A fable

o Various Delegation, The A fable

o Victor And The Victim, The A fable

o Vine On A House, A from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o War-Horse And The Miller, The A fable


o Wasted Sweets A fable

o Watcher By The Dead, A

o Weary Echo, A A fable

o What I Saw Of Shiloh

o What Occurred At Franklin


o Why I Am Not Editing "The Stinger"

o Widower Turmore, The

o Wireless Message, A from "Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories"

o Witch's Steed, The A fable

o Wolf And The Babe, The A fable


o Wolf and the Crane, The A fable

o Wolf And The Lamb, The A fable

o Wolf and the Lion, The A fable

o Wolf And The Ostrich, The A fable

o Wolf And The Shepherds, The A fable


o Wolf Who Would Be a Lion, The

o Wolves And The Dogs, The A fable

o Wooden Guns, The A fable

o Working For An Empress

o Writer And The Tramps, The A fable




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