{"product_id":"the-complete-short-stories-of-ambrose-bierce-9780803260719","title":"The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce","description":"Before he trailed off into the wilds of Mexico, never to be heard from again, Ambrose Bierce achieved a public persona as \"bitter Bierce\" and \"the devil's lexicographer.\" He left behind a nasty reputation and more than ninety short stories that are perfect expressions of his sardonic genius. Brought together in this volume, these stories represent an unprecedented accomplishment in American literature. In their iconoclasm and needle-sharp irony, their formal and thematic ingenuity and element of surprise, they differ markedly from the fiction admired in Bierce's time. Readers familiar with the classic \u003ci\u003eAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e will want to turn to Bierce's other Civil War stories. Also included here are his horror stories, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Halpin Frayser\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Damned Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, and such tall tales as \u003ci\u003eOil of Dog\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Cargo of Cat\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her foreword, Cathy N. Davidson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Experimental Fictions of Ambrose Bierce\u003c\/i\u003e, shows that Bierce, in form and mood, left behind the writers of his time and anticipated those of our own.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631274987794,"sku":"9780803260719","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f12415ea-8ad5-432d-8a9e-c37c470f8d81.jpg?v=1737265039","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-complete-short-stories-of-ambrose-bierce-9780803260719","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}