A veteran of the American Civil War who fought at Shiloh and Chickamauga in the Union ranks, Bierce became one of America's best-known writers and journalists, admired for his insolent, entertaining and sometimes courageous columns. In 1913 he set off for Mexico, then in the throes of evolution, and was never seen again.
Genres: Horror, Literary Fiction
Novels
The Fiend's Delight (1872) (as by Dod Grile)
Nuggets and Dust (1872) (as by Dod Grile)
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (1874) (as by Dod Grile)
The Dance of Death (1877) (with Thomas A Harcourt (as by William Herman) )
The Dance of Life (1877) (as by Mrs J Milton Bowers)
Black Beetles In Amber (1892)
The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter (1892)
A Vision of Doom (1980)
Nuggets and Dust (1872) (as by Dod Grile)
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (1874) (as by Dod Grile)
The Dance of Death (1877) (with Thomas A Harcourt (as by William Herman) )
The Dance of Life (1877) (as by Mrs J Milton Bowers)
Black Beetles In Amber (1892)
The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter (1892)
A Vision of Doom (1980)
Collections
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891)
aka In the Midst of Life
Can Such Things Be? (1893)
Fantastic Fables (1899)
Shapes of Clay (poems) (1903)
The Shadow on the Dial (1909)
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (1912)
Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories (1913)
Tales of Ghouls and Ghosts (1926)
Tales of Haunted Houses (1926)
The Best of Ambrose Bierce (1946)
The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce (1946)
Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce (1964)
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce (1970)
Ambrose Bierce's Civil War (1988)
The Moonlit Road (2000)
The Fall of the Republic and Other Political Satires (2000)
Shadows of Blue and Grey (2002)
The Damned Thing: Weird and Ghostly Tales (2023)
aka In the Midst of Life
Can Such Things Be? (1893)
Fantastic Fables (1899)
Shapes of Clay (poems) (1903)
The Shadow on the Dial (1909)
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (1912)
Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories (1913)
Tales of Ghouls and Ghosts (1926)
Tales of Haunted Houses (1926)
The Best of Ambrose Bierce (1946)
The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce (1946)
Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce (1964)
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce (1970)
Ambrose Bierce's Civil War (1988)
The Moonlit Road (2000)
The Fall of the Republic and Other Political Satires (2000)
Shadows of Blue and Grey (2002)
The Damned Thing: Weird and Ghostly Tales (2023)
Novellas and Short Stories
An Affair of Outposts
A Horseman in the Sky
Killed at Resaca
A Son of the Gods
The Man Out of the Nose (1887)
One of the Missing (1888)
The Affair at Coulter's Notch (1889)
The Coup de Grace (1889)
One Officer, One Man (1889)
The Story of a Conscience (1890)
The Boarded Window (1891)
Chickamauga (1891)
The Eyes of the Panther (1891)
A Holy Terror (1891)
The Man and the Snake (1891)
The Middle Toe of the Right Foot (1891)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1891)
Parker Adderson, Philosopher (1891)
The Suitable Surroundings (1891)
A Watcher by the Dead (1891)
The Applicant (1892)
A Lady from Redhorse (1892)
An Adventure at Brownville (1893)
The Famous Gilson Bequest (1893)
One Kind of Officer (1893)
One Summer Night (1893)
The Damned Thing (1894)
A Vine on a House (1905)
Beyond the Wall (1909)
A Horseman in the Sky
Killed at Resaca
A Son of the Gods
The Man Out of the Nose (1887)
One of the Missing (1888)
The Affair at Coulter's Notch (1889)
The Coup de Grace (1889)
One Officer, One Man (1889)
The Story of a Conscience (1890)
The Boarded Window (1891)
Chickamauga (1891)
The Eyes of the Panther (1891)
A Holy Terror (1891)
The Man and the Snake (1891)
The Middle Toe of the Right Foot (1891)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1891)
Parker Adderson, Philosopher (1891)
The Suitable Surroundings (1891)
A Watcher by the Dead (1891)
The Applicant (1892)
A Lady from Redhorse (1892)
An Adventure at Brownville (1893)
The Famous Gilson Bequest (1893)
One Kind of Officer (1893)
One Summer Night (1893)
The Damned Thing (1894)
A Vine on a House (1905)
Beyond the Wall (1909)
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