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The Damned Thing

Name: The Damned Thing
ISBN: 9781805331117

Weird and Ghostly Tales

Ambrose Bierce,

208 pages
English
ePUB (mobile friendly)
Available on iOS & Android

eBook - ePub

The Damned Thing

Weird and Ghostly Tales

Ambrose Bierce,

About this book

A bone-chilling collection of uncanny tales from one of the great masters of the short story

'The genuineness and artistry of his dark imitations are always unmistakable, so that his greatness is in no danger of eclipse' H.P. LOVECRAFT

'['An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' is] the greatest American short story... It is a flawless example of American genius' KURT VONNEGUT

'The most powerful American writer of horror fiction between Poe and Lovecraft' NEW YORK TIMES

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A murder is relived from three startling perspectives...

A hunter is driven out of his mind by an invisible, malevolent entity...

A man meets a terrifying end in an abandoned house...

A werepanther creeps through a window in the dead of night...

Any lover of the dark and unsettling tale will be enthralled by the stories in this collection, all from the pen of the great Ambrose Bierce.

Contains:

The Damned Thing; The Moonlit Road; An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge; The Death of Halpin Frayser; The Suitable Surroundings; The Middle Toe of the Right Foot; Moxon's Master; An Adventure at Brownville; The Eyes of the Panther; The Spook House; An Inhabitant of Carcosa

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