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The Damned Thing

Horror

The Damned Thing

By Ambrose Bierce

An inquest into a mysterious death uncovers a terrifying encounter with an invisible creature, explained by the deceased's diary entries on colors beyond human perception.

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The Boarded Window

Horror

The Boarded Window

By Ambrose Bierce

A frontiersman living in isolation makes a horrifying discovery after his wife's apparent death, leading him to board up a window in his cabin forever.

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

War/Drama

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

By Ambrose Bierce

A Southern planter facing execution by hanging from a bridge experiences an elaborate, detailed fantasy of escape in the final moments before his death.

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Chickamauga

War/Horror

Chickamauga

By Ambrose Bierce

A young child, deaf and mute, wanders from home into a forest and stumbles upon the horrific aftermath of a Civil War battle, perceiving the wounded and dying soldiers as a grotesque parade until he tragically discovers his own home destroyed and his mother killed.

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