Short e-books (30min to read) of Ambrose Bierce

THE MILLENNIUM FULCRUM EDITION, 1988 A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below.

Reprinted by permission.

especially significant as coming from one who was a boy soldier in the Civil War, they merely reflect one side of his original and many-faceted genius.

CONTENTS My Favorite Murder Oil of Dog An Imperfect Conflagration The Hypnotist MY FAVORITE MURDER Having murdered my mother under circumstances of singular atrocity, I was arrested and put...