The best of Ambrose Bierce [69 stories]

Contains: **Soldiers** "A Horseman in the Sky" "Chickamauga" "A Son of the Gods" "One of the Missing" "Killed at Resaca" "The Affair at Coulter's Notch" "The Coup de Grâce" "Parker Adderson, Philosopher" "An Affair of Outposts" "The Story of a Conscience" "One Kind of Officer" "One Officer, One Man" "George Thurston" "The Mocking-Bird" **Civilians** "The Man Out of the Nose" "An Adventure at Brownville" "The Famous Gilson Bequest" "The Applicant" "The Man and the Snake" "A Holy Terror" "The Suitable Surroundings" "The Boarded Window" "An Heiress from Redhorse" The death of Halpin Frayser The secret of Macarger’s Gulch One summer night The moonlit road A diagnosis of death Moxon’s master A tough tussle One of twins The haunted valley A jug of sirup Staley Fleming’s hallucination A resumed identity A baby tramp The night-doings at “Deadman’s” Beyond the wall A psychological shipwreck The middle toe of the right foot John Mortonson’s funeral The realm of the unreal John Bartine’s watch Haïta the shepherd The Stranger *The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter* *Negligible Tales* *The Parenticide Club*