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Ambrose Bierce
(Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce)
(1842 - 1914)aka Mrs J Milton Bowers, Dod Grile, William Herman
A veteran of the American Civil War who fought at Shiloh and Chickamauga in the Union ranks, Bierce became one of America's best-known writers and journalists, admired for his insolent, entertaining and sometimes courageous columns. In 1913 he set off for Mexico, then in the throes of evolution, and was never seen again.
Genres: Horror, Literary Fiction
New Books
Novels
The Fiend's Delight (1872) (as by Dod Grile)
Nuggets and Dust (1872) (as by Dod Grile)
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (1874) (as by Dod Grile)
The Dance of Death (1877) (with Thomas A Harcourt (as by William Herman) )
The Dance of Life (1877) (as by Mrs J Milton Bowers)
Black Beetles In Amber (1892)
The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter (1892)
A Vision of Doom (1980)
Nuggets and Dust (1872) (as by Dod Grile)
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (1874) (as by Dod Grile)
The Dance of Death (1877) (with Thomas A Harcourt (as by William Herman) )
The Dance of Life (1877) (as by Mrs J Milton Bowers)
Black Beetles In Amber (1892)
The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter (1892)
A Vision of Doom (1980)
Collections
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891)
aka In the Midst of Life
Can Such Things Be? (1893)
Fantastic Fables (1899)
Shapes of Clay (poems) (1903)
The Shadow on the Dial (1909)
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (1912)
Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories (1913)
Tales of Ghouls and Ghosts (1926)
Tales of Haunted Houses (1926)
The Best of Ambrose Bierce (1946)
The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce (1946)
Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce (1964)
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce (1970)
Ambrose Bierce's Civil War (1988)
The Moonlit Road (2000)
The Fall of the Republic and Other Political Satires (2000)
Shadows of Blue and Grey (2002)
The Damned Thing: Weird and Ghostly Tales (2023)
aka In the Midst of Life
Can Such Things Be? (1893)
Fantastic Fables (1899)
Shapes of Clay (poems) (1903)
The Shadow on the Dial (1909)
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (1912)
Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories (1913)
Tales of Ghouls and Ghosts (1926)
Tales of Haunted Houses (1926)
The Best of Ambrose Bierce (1946)
The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce (1946)
Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce (1964)
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce (1970)
Ambrose Bierce's Civil War (1988)
The Moonlit Road (2000)
The Fall of the Republic and Other Political Satires (2000)
Shadows of Blue and Grey (2002)
The Damned Thing: Weird and Ghostly Tales (2023)
Novellas and Short Stories
An Affair of Outposts
A Horseman in the Sky
Killed at Resaca
A Son of the Gods
The Man Out of the Nose (1887)
One of the Missing (1888)
The Affair at Coulter's Notch (1889)
The Coup de Grace (1889)
One Officer, One Man (1889)
The Story of a Conscience (1890)
The Boarded Window (1891)
Chickamauga (1891)
The Eyes of the Panther (1891)
A Holy Terror (1891)
The Man and the Snake (1891)
The Middle Toe of the Right Foot (1891)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1891)
Parker Adderson, Philosopher (1891)
The Suitable Surroundings (1891)
A Watcher by the Dead (1891)
The Applicant (1892)
A Lady from Redhorse (1892)
An Adventure at Brownville (1893)
The Famous Gilson Bequest (1893)
One Kind of Officer (1893)
One Summer Night (1893)
The Damned Thing (1894)
A Vine on a House (1905)
Beyond the Wall (1909)
A Horseman in the Sky
Killed at Resaca
A Son of the Gods
The Man Out of the Nose (1887)
One of the Missing (1888)
The Affair at Coulter's Notch (1889)
The Coup de Grace (1889)
One Officer, One Man (1889)
The Story of a Conscience (1890)
The Boarded Window (1891)
Chickamauga (1891)
The Eyes of the Panther (1891)
A Holy Terror (1891)
The Man and the Snake (1891)
The Middle Toe of the Right Foot (1891)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1891)
Parker Adderson, Philosopher (1891)
The Suitable Surroundings (1891)
A Watcher by the Dead (1891)
The Applicant (1892)
A Lady from Redhorse (1892)
An Adventure at Brownville (1893)
The Famous Gilson Bequest (1893)
One Kind of Officer (1893)
One Summer Night (1893)
The Damned Thing (1894)
A Vine on a House (1905)
Beyond the Wall (1909)
Non fiction
The Devil's Dictionary (1906)
aka The Cynic's Word Book
Write It Right (1909)
Twenty-one Letters of Ambrose Bierce (1922)
A Sole Survivor (1998)
The Devils Dictionaries (2004) (with Chaz Bufe)
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce (2010)
aka The Cynic's Word Book
Write It Right (1909)
Twenty-one Letters of Ambrose Bierce (1922)
A Sole Survivor (1998)
The Devils Dictionaries (2004) (with Chaz Bufe)
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce (2010)
Series contributed to
Anthologies containing stories by Ambrose Bierce
A Second Round of Tales (1926)
American Ghost Stories (1928)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1st Series (1928)
A Second Century of Creepy Stories (1930)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 2nd Series (1931)
A Century of Creepy Stories (1934)
A Century of Thrillers (1934)
The Mystery Book (1934)
A Century of Thrillers 2nd Series (1935)
A Century of Ghost Stories (1936)
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936)
And the Darkness Falls (1946)
Spine Chillers (1961)
The Frankenstein Reader (1962)
Best Horror Stories 2 (1965)
Black Tales (1965)
A Chamber of Horrors (1965)
Everyman's Book of Classic Horror Stories (1965)
The 2nd Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1966)
Beyond the Curtain of Dark (1966)
The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1966)
Medley Macabre (1966)
Points of View (1966)
Terror! (1966)
Where Nightmares Are (1966)
Famous Monster Tales (1967)
The House of the Nightmare (1967)
One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (1968)
Mind in Chains (1970)
The Ghouls Book 2 (1971)
The Undead (1971)
A Century of Horror (1971)
The 6th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1971)
The Spawn of Cthulhu (1971)
Beware of the Cat (1972)
Book of the Werewolf (1973)
The Edge of Never (1973)
Summoned from the Tomb (1973)
The Hounds of Hell (1974)
The 10th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1974)
Victorian Tales of Terror (1974)
Fear (1975)
The 11th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1975)
The Ghostmasters (1976)
Classic Tales of Horror (1976)
Tales of the Dark 2 (1977)
Victorian Nightmares (1977)
The Rivals of Frankenstein (1977)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984)
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Great Short Stories of the World (1986)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
The Book of Fantasy (1988)
The World's Library of Best Books Volume Two (1989)
Classic Ghost Stories II (1990)
The Open Door (1990)
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992)
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (1992)
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (1992)
Fantastic Tales (1993)
Great American Ghost Stories, Volume Two (1993)
The Hastur Cycle, 2nd Edition (1993)
Nursery Crimes (1993)
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (1995)
Bodies of the Dead (1995)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998)
aka The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (1999)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
My Favorite Horror Story (2000)
American Ghost Stories (1928)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1st Series (1928)
A Second Century of Creepy Stories (1930)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 2nd Series (1931)
A Century of Creepy Stories (1934)
A Century of Thrillers (1934)
The Mystery Book (1934)
A Century of Thrillers 2nd Series (1935)
A Century of Ghost Stories (1936)
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936)
And the Darkness Falls (1946)
Spine Chillers (1961)
The Frankenstein Reader (1962)
Best Horror Stories 2 (1965)
Black Tales (1965)
A Chamber of Horrors (1965)
Everyman's Book of Classic Horror Stories (1965)
The 2nd Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1966)
Beyond the Curtain of Dark (1966)
The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1966)
Medley Macabre (1966)
Points of View (1966)
Terror! (1966)
Where Nightmares Are (1966)
Famous Monster Tales (1967)
The House of the Nightmare (1967)
One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (1968)
Mind in Chains (1970)
The Ghouls Book 2 (1971)
The Undead (1971)
A Century of Horror (1971)
The 6th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1971)
The Spawn of Cthulhu (1971)
Beware of the Cat (1972)
Book of the Werewolf (1973)
The Edge of Never (1973)
Summoned from the Tomb (1973)
The Hounds of Hell (1974)
The 10th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1974)
Victorian Tales of Terror (1974)
Fear (1975)
The 11th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1975)
The Ghostmasters (1976)
Classic Tales of Horror (1976)
Tales of the Dark 2 (1977)
Victorian Nightmares (1977)
The Rivals of Frankenstein (1977)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984)
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984)
Realms of Darkness (1985)
Great Short Stories of the World (1986)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
The Book of Fantasy (1988)
The World's Library of Best Books Volume Two (1989)
Classic Ghost Stories II (1990)
The Open Door (1990)
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992)
100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (1992)
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (1992)
Fantastic Tales (1993)
Great American Ghost Stories, Volume Two (1993)
The Hastur Cycle, 2nd Edition (1993)
Nursery Crimes (1993)
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare (1993)
The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (1995)
Bodies of the Dead (1995)
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (1996)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998)
aka The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998)
The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (1999)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
My Favorite Horror Story (2000)
Short stories
| The Baptism of Dobsho | |||
| A Bottomless Grave | |||
| The City of the Gone Away | |||
| Curried Cow | |||
| The Failure of Hope and Wandel | |||
| George Thurston | |||
| The Hypnotist | |||
| An Imperfect Conflagration | |||
| The Ingenious Patriot | |||
| John Mortonson's Funeral | |||
| Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General | |||
| The Little Story | |||
| The Major's Tale | |||
| The Mocking-Bird | |||
| The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter [short story] | |||
| Mr Swiddler's Flip-Flap | |||
| My Favourite Murder | |||
| 'Mysterious Disappearances' | |||
| Oil of Dog | |||
| One of Twins | |||
| Perry Chumly's Eclipse | |||
| A Providential Intimation | |||
| The Race at Left Bower | |||
| A Resumed Identity | |||
| A Revolt of the Gods | |||
| Some Haunted Houses | |||
| The Tail of the Sphinx | |||
| Visions of the Night | |||
| The Widower Turmore | |||
| The Haunted Valley (1871) | |||
| An Inhabitant of Carcosa (1887) | |||
| Haita the Shepherd (1891) | |||
| A Tough Tussle (1891) | |||
| A Baby Tramp (1893) | |||
| Bodies of the Dead (1893) | |||
| The Death of Halpin Frayser (1893) | |||
| John Bartine's Watch (1893) | |||
| The Night-Doings at 'Deadman's' (1893) | |||
| A Psychological Shipwreck (1893) | |||
| The Realm of the Unreal (1893) | |||
| The Secret of Macarger's Gulch (1893) | |||
| The Moonlit Road [short story] (1907) | |||
| A Diagnosis of Death (1909) | |||
| A Jug of Syrup (1909) | |||
| Moxon's Master (1909) | |||
| Staley Fleming's Hallucination (1909) | |||
| The Stranger (1909) | |||
| The Way of Ghosts (1909) |
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