The Damned Thing - Ambrose Bierce

The Damned Thing

Weird and Ghostly Tales

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
208 Seiten
2023
Pushkin Press (Verlag)
978-1-80533-110-0 (ISBN)
17,00 inkl. MwSt
A bone-chilling collection of uncanny tales from one of the great masters of the ghost story


'The genuineness and artistry of his dark imitations are always unmistakable, so that his greatness is in no danger of eclipse' H.P. LOVECRAFT


'['An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' is] the greatest American short story... It is a flawless example of American genius' KURT VONNEGUT


'The most powerful American writer of horror fiction between Poe and Lovecraft' NEW YORK TIMES


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A murder is relived from three startling perspectives; a hunter is driven out of his mind by an invisible, malevolent entity; a man meets a terrifying end in an abandoned house; a werepanther creeps through a window in the dead of night...


Any lover of the dark and unsettling tale will be enthralled by the stories in this collection, all from the pen of the great Ambrose Bierce. Bierce is often seen as the link between Poe and Lovecraft in the American fantastical tradition, and this collection showcases his mastery of the macabre.


Contains:

The Damned Thing; The Moonlit Road; An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge; The Death of Halpin Frayser; The Suitable Surroundings; The Middle Toe of the Right Foot; Moxon's Master; An Adventure at Brownville; The Eyes of the Panther; The Spook House; An Inhabitant of Carcosa

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American writer, poet, journalist and satirist. Born in a log cabin in the Appalachian mountains, Bierce fought on the Union side during the Civil War before settling in San Francisco and beginning to write. In 1913 he travelled to Mexico to observe the Mexican Revolution, where he disappeared, never to be seen again. Today, Bierce is regarded as one of the most influential writers of weird fiction in American literary history, with some of his stories, including 'An Inhabitant of Carcosa', having inspired Robert Chambers and H.P. Lovecraft and sowed the seeds of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Literatur Krimi / Thriller / Horror Horror
ISBN-10 1-80533-110-8 / 1805331108
ISBN-13 978-1-80533-110-0 / 9781805331100
Zustand Neuware
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