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A collection of spine-chilling tales from a master of horror, Can Such Things Be? is brimming with supernatural occurrences, shifting perspectives, and the psychological twists and turns for which Bierce is famous. Including such offerings as "The Death of Halpin Frayser," "Moxon's Master," and "The Damned Thing," this suspenseful collection is enhanced by a hint of Bierce's life and personality.
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One of the earliest short stories of the horror genre, Ambrose Bierce's A Vine on a House tells the compelling story of the Harding family. When Matilda Harding mysteriously vanishes, people begin to notice that a vine growing on the Harding house bears an uncanny resemblance to her. The events that unfold next are terrifying to the Harding family...and quite possibly to the reader as well. You will be riveted to the end of this old-fashioned ghost...
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Published in 1891, this collection of 26 bone-chilling short stories is set during the American Civil War. It is divided, as the title suggests, between tales of soldiers and tales of civilians. Many have a strong element of horror or the supernatural, such as the justly famous "The Incident at Owl Creek Bridge."
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Antología de cuentos de terror y horror de los mejores autores clásicos del género. Incluye "La ventana entablada", de A. Bierce; "El pozo y el péndulo", de E. A. Poe; "El conde Magnus", de M. R. James; "La casa de la pesadilla", de E. L. White; "La torcida Janet", de R. L. Stevenson; "El extraño", de H. P. Lovecraft y "Un horror tropical", de W. H. Hodgson. En la sección Aquí y ahora, se examina el lugar que ocupa el miedo en la vida de los...
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This engrossing tale presents as its central theme the ultimately unknowable – and untameable – essence of nature and the natural world. Told from several different perspectives, the story focuses on a freak fatal accident that is written off as a wild animal attack. But does that description get at the truth of the matter? At least one witness is convinced otherwise. A story of the paranormal that was once loosely adapted for an episode of the...
12) A Holy Terror
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The strange tale of a frontier town and the horrible goings on that haunt the residents.
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An apparent love triangle, involving murder and betrayal, is really a fascinating insight into the mind of Ambrose Bierce and his radical politics that condemn the nation building and racist ideologies of white superiority that was prevalent among the wealthy Americans of his time.
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