The collected works of Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

• Publisher: Classic Echo
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9782700198058
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

Enter the dark, strange, and brilliantly satirical world of Ambrose Bierce. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce brings together the distinctive fiction, satire, essays, and poetry of one of America's most uncompromising literary voices. Known for his dark humor, sharp wit, psychological insight, and fascination with death and the supernatural, Bierce created stories that remain both unsettling and thought-provoking. His writing frequently explores the darker sides of war, violence, ambition, fear, deception, death, human folly, and social hypocrisy. His celebrated supernatural tales blend eerie atmosphere with psychological tension, while his war stories draw upon his own experiences as a soldier during the American Civil War. Bierce's famous satirical style gives even his darkest subjects a biting sense of irony. His work can shift effortlessly from grim horror to absurd humor, exposing the contradictions and weaknesses of human nature. Among his best-known works are "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "The Devil's Dictionary," "The Damned Thing," and numerous other stories and writings that established his reputation as a master of American satire and supernatural fiction. For readers interested in Ambrose Bierce, American literature, Gothic horror, supernatural stories, Civil War literature, dark humor, satire, psychological fiction, and classic short stories, this collection offers an extensive introduction to his unusual literary world. Discover the writer who turned war, death, fear, and human folly into unforgettable literature. Explore The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce today and experience his darkly humorous vision of humanity.

Table of contents

• THE DEVIL’S DICTIONARY
• EPIGRAMS
• THE FIEND’S DELIGHT
• NUGGETS AND DUST
• COBWEBS FROM AN EMPTY SKULL
• THE DANCE OF DEATH
• ASHES OF THE BEACON
• THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW
• FOR THE AHKOOND
• IN THE MIDST OF LIFE—TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS
• CAN SUCH THINGS BE?
• THE WAYS OF GHOSTS
• SOLDIER-FOLK
• SOME HAUNTED HOUSES
• “MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES”
• THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN’S DAUGHTER
• NEGLIGIBLE TALES
• THE PARENTICIDE CLUB
• THE FOURTH ESTATE
• THE OCEAN WAVE
• KINGS OF BEASTS
• MISCELLANEOUS
• FANTASTIC FABLES
• FABLES FROM “FUN”
• ÆSOPUS EMENDATUS
• OLD SAWS WITH NEW TEETH
• FABLES IN RHYME
• THE MUMMERY
• TWO ADMINISTRATIONS
• SHAPES OF CLAY
• SOME ANTE-MORTEM EPITAPHS
• THE SCRAP HEAP
• BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER
• ON STONE
• BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• “ON WITH THE DANCE!” A REVIEW
• TANGENTIAL VIEWS
• THE OPINIONATOR
• THE REVIEWER
• THE CONTROVERSIALIST
• THE TIMOROUS REPORTER
• THE MARCH HARE
• THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL AND OTHER ESSAYS
• WRITE IT RIGHT