Synopses & Reviews
Ambrose Bierce's original and innovative stories differed dramatically from those of his 19th-century contemporaries. These 23 tales include his best and most characteristic short fiction: anti-war satires that underscore the barbarism of bloodshed, horror stories with keenly ironic edge, and sardonic tall tales of the Old West.
Synopsis
Writer Ambrose Bierces Civil War-era tale of a Southern man named Peyton Farquhar who, sentenced to death, uses the final moments of his life to imagine a desperate and miraculous escape.