The Damned Thing (eBook)

Weird and Ghostly Tales

Ambrose Bierce (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
208 Seiten
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-80533-111-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A bone-chilling collection of uncanny tales from one of the great masters of the short story
'The genuineness and artistry of his dark imitations are always unmistakable, so that his greatness is in no danger of eclipse' H.P. LOVECRAFT
'['An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' is] the greatest American short story... It is a flawless example of American genius' KURT VONNEGUT
'The most powerful American writer of horror fiction between Poe and Lovecraft' NEW YORK TIMES
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A murder is relived from three startling perspectives...
A hunter is driven out of his mind by an invisible, malevolent entity...
A man meets a terrifying end in an abandoned house...
A werepanther creeps through a window in the dead of night...
Any lover of the dark and unsettling tale will be enthralled by the stories in this collection, all from the pen of the great Ambrose Bierce.
Contains:The Damned Thing; The Moonlit Road; An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge; The Death of Halpin Frayser; The Suitable Surroundings; The Middle Toe of the Right Foot; Moxon's Master; An Adventure at Brownville; The Eyes of the Panther; The Spook House; An Inhabitant of Carcosa

Autor

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American writer, poet, journalist and satirist. Born in a log cabin in the Appalachian mountains, Bierce fought on the Union side during the Civil War before settling in San Francisco and beginning to write. In 1913 he travelled to Mexico to observe the Mexican Revolution, where he disappeared, never to be seen again. Today, Bierce is regarded as one of the most influential writers of weird fiction in American literary history, with some of his stories, including 'An Inhabitant of Carcosa', having inspired Robert Chambers and H.P. Lovecraft and sowed the seeds of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.10.2023
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Schlagworte: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • book for halloween • Carcosa • classic ghost stories • classic supernatural tales • Cthulhu • gothic short stories • halloween present • horror fiction • king in yellow • Lovecraft • macabre • supernatural tales • The Devil's Dictionary • True Detective • Uncanny • Weird Fiction
• ISBN-10: 1-80533-111-6 / 1805331116
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80533-111-7 / 9781805331117