From the beginning of his career, Ambrose Bierce wrote stories of all different types-humorous sketches, satirical squibs, and weird tales.
This volume prints some of his most memorable fiction-his tales of psychological and supernatural horror.
Bierce was a profound student of the psychology of fear, and his tales depicted human beings succumbing to the fear of death (A Watcher by the Dead), fear of wild animals (The Man and the Snake, The Eyes of the Panther), and the.