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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

First published 1970
Publisher Doubleday
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Alex Gotfryd
Pages 496

This collection was compiled by Ernest J. Hopkins, who also wrote an introduction and a foreword to each of the collection's three parts. The stories are arranged in three parts: Part I is titled "The World of Horror", part II is titled "The World of War", and part III is titled "The World of Tall Tales".

The collection was split into two volumes for a paperback reprint by Ballantine. The first volume included all of the spec-fic stories, while the second volume included the non-fantastic stories.

Contents from WorldCat. Cover artist ("Jacket Photograph and Design") on back flap of archive.org copy.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
11 Introduction: Ambrose Bierce, Nonconformist Ernest J. Hopkins Essay
25 Foreword (The World of Horror) Ernest J. Hopkins Essay
27 Haïta the Shepherd Ambrose Bierce Short Story
32 The Secret of Macarger's Gulch Ambrose Bierce Short Story
38 The Eyes of the Panther Ambrose Bierce Short Story
46 The Stranger Ambrose Bierce Short Story
51 An Inhabitant of Carcosa Ambrose Bierce Short Story
54 The Applicant Ambrose Bierce Short Story
58 The Death of Halpin Frayser Ambrose Bierce Short Story
72 A Watcher by the Dead Ambrose Bierce Short Story
81 The Man and the Snake Ambrose Bierce Short Story
87 John Mortonson's Funeral Ambrose Bierce Short Story
89 Moxon's Master Ambrose Bierce Short Story
97 The Damned Thing Ambrose Bierce Short Story
105 The Realm of the Unreal Ambrose Bierce Short Story
111 A Fruitless Assignment Ambrose Bierce Short Story
114 A Vine on a House Ambrose Bierce Short Story
117 The Haunted Valley Ambrose Bierce Short Story
126 One of Twins Ambrose Bierce Short Story
132 Present at a Hanging Ambrose Bierce Short Story
134 A Wireless Message Ambrose Bierce Short Story
136 The Moonlit Road Ambrose Bierce Short Story
144 An Arrest Ambrose Bierce Short Story
145 A Jug of Sirup Ambrose Bierce Short Story
151 The Isle of Pines Ambrose Bierce Short Story
155 At Old Man Eckert's Ambrose Bierce Short Story
157 The Spook House Ambrose Bierce Short Story
160 The Middle Toe of the Right Foot Ambrose Bierce Short Story
167 The Thing at Nolan Ambrose Bierce Short Story
171 The Difficulty of Crossing a Field Ambrose Bierce Short Story
172 An Unfinished Race Ambrose Bierce Short Story
173 Charles Ashmore's Trail Ambrose Bierce Short Story
175 Staley Fleming's Hallucination Ambrose Bierce Short Story
177 The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" Ambrose Bierce Short Story
184 A Baby Tramp Ambrose Bierce Short Story
188 A Psychological Shipwreck Ambrose Bierce Short Story
192 A Cold Greeting Ambrose Bierce Short Story
193 Beyond the Wall Ambrose Bierce Short Story
201 John Bartine's Watch Ambrose Bierce Short Story
206 The Man Out of the Nose Ambrose Bierce Short Story
212 An Adventure at Brownville Ambrose Bierce Short Story
220 The Suitable Surroundings Ambrose Bierce Short Story
227 The Boarded Window Ambrose Bierce Short Story
231 A Lady from Redhorse Ambrose Bierce Short Story
236 The Famous Gilson Bequest Ambrose Bierce Short Story
243 A Holy Terror Ambrose Bierce Short Story
255 A Diagnosis of Death Ambrose Bierce Short Story
261 Foreword (The World of War) Ernest J. Hopkins Essay
264 One of the Missing Ambrose Bierce Short Story
274 A Baffled Ambuscade Ambrose Bierce Short Story
276 The Affair at Coulter's Notch Ambrose Bierce Short Story
283 A Son of the Gods Ambrose Bierce Short Story
289 One Kind of Officer Ambrose Bierce Short Story
298 A Tough Tussle Ambrose Bierce Short Story
305 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce Short Story
313 Chickamauga Ambrose Bierce Short Story
319 The Coup de Grâce Ambrose Bierce Short Story
324 One Officer, One Man Ambrose Bierce Short Story
329 The Story of a Conscience Ambrose Bierce Short Story
335 Parker Adderson, Philosopher Ambrose Bierce Short Story
340 An Affair of Outposts Ambrose Bierce Short Story
349 Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General Ambrose Bierce Short Story
357 A Horseman in the Sky Ambrose Bierce Short Story
363 The Mocking-Bird Ambrose Bierce Short Story
368 George Thurston Ambrose Bierce Short Story
372 Killed at Resaca Ambrose Bierce Short Story
377 Three and One Are One Ambrose Bierce Short Story
380 Two Military Executions Ambrose Bierce Short Story
382 The Major's Tale Ambrose Bierce Short Story
388 A Resumed Identity Ambrose Bierce Short Story
393 A Man with Two Lives Ambrose Bierce Short Story
395 The Other Lodgers Ambrose Bierce Short Story
397 A Bivouac of the Dead Ambrose Bierce Essay
403 Foreword (The World of Tall Tales) Ernest J. Hopkins Essay
405 An Imperfect Conflagration Ambrose Bierce Short Story
408 A Bottomless Grave Ambrose Bierce Short Story
414 The City of the Gone Away Ambrose Bierce Short Story
419 Curried Cow Ambrose Bierce Short Story
424 A Revolt of the Gods Ambrose Bierce Short Story
427 Oil of Dog Ambrose Bierce Short Story
430 The Widower Turmore Ambrose Bierce Short Story
435 The Baptism of Dobsho Ambrose Bierce Short Story
439 The Race at Left Bower Ambrose Bierce Short Story
441 The Failure of Hope & Wandel Ambrose Bierce Short Story
443 A Providential Intimation Ambrose Bierce Short Story
447 Mr. Swiddler's Flip-Flap Ambrose Bierce Short Story
450 The Little Story Ambrose Bierce Short Story
453 My Favorite Murder Ambrose Bierce Short Story
460 The Hypnotist Ambrose Bierce Short Story
464 Mr. Masthead, Journalist Ambrose Bierce Short Story
467 Why I Am Not Editing "The Stinger" Ambrose Bierce Short Story
471 Corrupting the Press Ambrose Bierce Short Story
474 "The Bubble Reputation" Ambrose Bierce Short Story
477 A Shipwreckollection Ambrose Bierce Short Story
480 The Captain of the "Camel" Ambrose Bierce Short Story
485 The Man Overboard Ambrose Bierce Short Story
494 A Cargo of Cat Ambrose Bierce Short Story

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce Cover 1984 University of Nebraska Press Trade Paperback Collection Marvin Cone 496