Ambrose Bierce

Can Such Things Be?

Read by Roger Melin


Ambrose Bierce



24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion - ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling…

Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories

Read by Peter Yearsley


Ambrose Bierce



Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914?), satirist, critic, poet, short story writer and journalist. His fiction showed a clean economical style often …

Write it Right

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Ambrose Bierce



Witty, opinionated alphabetical examples of what Bierce considered poor (American) English and advice on alternatives - entertaining, though…

The Devil's Dictionary

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Ambrose Bierce



Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914?), satirist, critic, poet, short story writer and journalist. His fiction showed a clean economical style often …

Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War

Read by Winston Tharp


Ambrose Bierce



At the outset of the American Civil War, [the writer Ambrose] Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment....In Februa…

In the Midst of Life; Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

Read by David Wales


Ambrose Bierce



These stories detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. This is the 1909 edition. The 1909 edition omits six…

The Parenticide Club

Read by Peter Yearsley


Ambrose Bierce



Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914?), best known as journalist, satirist and short story writer. Cynical in outlook, economical in style; Bierce va…

The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter

Read by Phil Chenevert


Ambrose Bierce



A tragic but very captivating tale of a monk in the 17th century.

A Cynic Looks At Life

Read by ACBowgus


Ambrose Bierce



Civilization, Immortality, the Death Penalty, these are just a few of the essays enclosed in this collection, A Cynic Looks At Life. Written…

Business

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Ambrose Bierce



LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Business by Ambrose Bierce. This was the weekly poetry project for August 2nd, 2009.

Mi crimen favorito

Read by Alba


Ambrose Bierce



Después de haber asesinado a mi padre en circunstancias singularmente atroces, fui arrestado y enjuiciado en un proceso que dur&oacut…

A Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky

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Ambrose Bierce



Two short stories from the American Civil War by Ambrose Bierce. The first story is about a brave soldier who follows orders and risks his l…

The Fiend's Delight

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Ambrose Bierce



This book, the fiend’s delight, was published in 1873, during the lifetime of author Ambrose Bierce, 1842-1914, pseudonym Dod Grile.It is a …

An Interpretation

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Ambrose Bierce



LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of An Interpretation by Ambrose Bierce. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 22, 2013…

Al otro lado de la pared

Read by Alba


Ambrose Bierce



Hace muchos años, cuando iba de Hong Kong a Nueva York pasé una semana en San Francisco. Hacía mucho tiempo que no hab&…

La alucinación de Staley Fleming

Read by Alba


Ambrose Bierce



De los dos hombres que estaban hablando, uno era médico. -Le pedí que viniera, doctor, aunque no creo que pueda hacer nada.…

El incidente del puente del Búho

Read by Alba


Ambrose Bierce



Desde un puente ferroviario, al norte de Alabama, un hombre contemplaba el rápido discurrir del agua seis metros más abajo. Te…

El dedo medio del pie derecho

Read by Alba


Ambrose Bierce



En el calor de un mediodía de verano la vieja casa Manton no era fiel a sus tradiciones. Era de la tierra, terrenal. La luz de sol la…

Diagnóstico de muerte

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Ambrose Bierce



- No soy tan supersticioso como algunos de tus doctores de ciencia, como tú te complaces en decir - dijo Hawver, replicando una acusa…

La ventana tapiada

Read by Alba


Ambrose Bierce



Fantastic Fables

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Ambrose Bierce



A collection of 245 short funny fables - Summary by Inkell

Una noche de verano

Read by Alba


Ambrose Bierce



El hecho de que Henry Armstrong estuviera enterrado no era motivo suficientemente convincente como para demostrarle que estaba muerto: siemp…