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The Ways of Ghosts: And Other Dark Tales by Ambrose Bierce

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Ways of Ghosts: And Other Dark Tales by Ambrose Bierce
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ambrose Bierce
Edited by Mike Ashley
SeriesBritish Library Tales of the Weird
Series part Volume No. 37
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:336
Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 130
Category/GenreAnthologies
Classic horror and ghost stories
ISBN/Barcode 9780712354974
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher British Library Publishing
Imprint British Library Publishing
Publication Date 13 April 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Motionless now and in absolute silence, she awaited her doom, the moments growing to hours, to years, to ages; and still those devilish eyes maintained their watch. Seen by contemporaries as a natural successor to Edgar Allan Poe but with the added dimensions of a man who had witnessed true horror fighting in some of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War, Ambrose Bierce was one of America's leading convention-defying writers, critics and essayists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - but still remains relatively unknown by many fans of the genre. This new collection not only brings together some of Bierce's best and most unusual stories (such as 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge', 'The Moonlit Road' and 'The Death of Halpin Frayser') but also highlights those aspects of his life which saw him as a loner, someone who stepped aside from society and observed it as some other being. Even in death Bierce was unconventional, disappearing to join the Mexican Revolution, never to be seen again - a mystery editor Mike Ashley explores in a closing essay for the book.

Author Biography

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1913?) was an American writer, critic and essayist, famous for works of satire and cynicism such as The Devil's Dictionary. He wrote over 200 short, fictive stories including a number of horror stories and weird tales. His stories remain fresh and unconventional when it comes to the unravelling of strange events.