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    Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – c. 1914) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's...
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  • 1986) Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades (1998) Ambrose Bierce and the Death of Kings (2001) Ambrose Bierce and the One-Eyed Jacks (2003) Ambrose Bierce...
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  • The Devil's Dictionary (category Books by Ambrose Bierce)
    Dictionary is a satirical dictionary written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce, consisting of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions...
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    An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (category Short stories by Ambrose Bierce)
    Bridge" (1890) is a short story by American writer and Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce, described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories...
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  • fragment of his humanity and impales Quixtla allowing Madrid and Bierce to escape. Ambrose Bierce (Michael Parks) is the only fictional character in the From...
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  • An Inhabitant of Carcosa (category Short stories by Ambrose Bierce)
    writer Ambrose Bierce. It was first published in the San Francisco Newsletter of December 25, 1886 and was later reprinted as part of Bierce's collections...
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    for her relationships with prominent California writers, including Ambrose Bierce, Jack London, and Yone Noguchi. Blanche Partington was born in Cheshire...
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    first published in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1907 with an afterword by Ambrose Bierce it stimulated a nationwide controversy. It was both critically praised...
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  • jazz trumpeter Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913), American author Ambrose Burnside (1824–1881), American general and namesake of sideburns Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini...
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    Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (category Books by Ambrose Bierce)
    collection of short stories by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce, also published under the title In the Midst of Life. With a stated...
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  • Bierce is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ambrose Bierce (1842 – c. 1914), American Civil War soldier, wit and writer Lucius V. Bierce...
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    Kaiwan) is an entity of the Cthulhu Mythos. Hastur first appeared in Ambrose Bierce's short story "Haïta the Shepherd" (1891) as a benign god of shepherds...
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    (1899) by Ambrose Bierce Fables for Our Time (1940) by James Thurber 99 Fables (1960) by William March Collected Fables (2000) by Ambrose Bierce, edited...
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  • In 1913 Mexico, American author Ambrose Bierce experiences a nightmare in which he is killed by Pancho Villa. Bierce wakes and talks to a local bartender...
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  • Moxon's Master (category Short stories by Ambrose Bierce)
    "Moxon's Master" is a short story by American writer Ambrose Bierce, which speculates on the nature of life and intelligence. It describes a chess-playing...
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  • It can be grouped with science fiction and horror. Authors such as Ambrose Bierce, Fritz Leiber, H.P. Lovecraft, H. Russell Wakefield, Seabury Quinn,...
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  • Carcosa is a fictional city in Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" (1886). The ancient and mysterious city is barely described and...
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  • 1895 Ambrose Bierce: alone in bad company, Roy Morris ISBN 0-19-512628-9 p222, San Francisco Call, 5 July 1895 Gale, Robert L. An Ambrose Bierce companion...
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    A$AP Rocky, Ke$ha, and Ty Dolla $ign or words such as ¥€$. In 1872, Ambrose Bierce referred to California governor Leland Stanford as $tealand Landford...
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    have their initial detractors, however, including author and veteran Ambrose Bierce. Adapted several times for the screen, the novel became a bestseller...
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    (1997), Texas Ranger Earl McGraw in From Dusk till Dawn (1996), and Ambrose Bierce in From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000). Parks played...
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  • The Damned Thing (short story) (category Short stories by Ambrose Bierce)
    short story written by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It first appeared in Town Topics on December 7, 1893. "The Damned Thing"...
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    sophisticated, it is often 'corrected' to Welsh rarebit, as if 'rare bit'" Ambrose Bierce (1911): "Rarebit n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless,...
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    fetching type. Notable writers including Benjamin Franklin, Walt Whitman, Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, and Mark Twain served as printer's devils in their youth...
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  • but he also adapted words or concepts from earlier writers such as Ambrose Bierce, and later writers in turn used Lovecraft's concepts and expanded his...
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    positive notice from critics and established poets such as Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce and Alfred Lord Tennyson. She held literary salons at her home in Russian...
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    A Psychological Shipwreck (category Short stories by Ambrose Bierce)
    Shipwreck" is a short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce and published by The Argonaut under the title "My Shipwreck" on May...
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    poetry and short stories. He was encouraged by his friend and mentor Ambrose Bierce the journalist, short story writer and veteran of the Civil War. How...
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    the twentieth century. His work was admired by writers as diverse as Ambrose Bierce, Theodore Dreiser, Robinson Jeffers, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, H...
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  • A Horseman in the Sky (category Short stories by Ambrose Bierce)
    anthologized short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It was published on April 14, 1889 under the title The Horseman in...
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