Ambrose Bierce
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audioknihaAmbrose BierceB. J. Harrison Reads The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter (EN)
Ambrose Bierce: Monk Ambrosius arrives at a rural monastery and the last thing he expects to happen is to be drawn into sympathy with a young girl. Her name is Benedicta, the local hangman’s daughter. Ambrosius is not allowed to spend time with Benedicta but he oppos
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B. J. Harrison Reads An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Tales (EN)
Ambrose Bierce: “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Tales” is a collection of 23 stories by the American author Ambrose Bierce. It consists of some of the author’s best known works such as “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, “Chickamauga”, “A Horseman in the
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Middle Toe of the Right Foot (EN)
Ambrose Bierce: A man named Manton killed his wife and his two children and managed to get away with it. Ten years later he returns to the house where the crime was committed. He is recognized by the locals and he is provoked into a duel which is to be held in the haun
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Moonlit Road (EN)
Ambrose Bierce: Joel Hetman Jr. is summoned home because his mother was found dead. The only thing his father saw was an unknown man fleeing their home. The murderer was never found and the crime case turned to a mystery. One night Joel and his father were walking do
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Death of Halpin Frayser (EN)
Ambrose Bierce: Halpin Frayser awakes from a dreamless sleep and the only thing in his mind was the words “Catherine Larue”. Frayer feels a shiver down his spine because this was not the first strange thing he had experienced that day. Earlier, he was hunting in the fo
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The Parenticide Club (EN)
Ambrose Bierce: “The Parenticide Club” features four short-stories about a family murder, as seen from the eye of its most innocent member, who just might be the murderer himself.
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Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War (EN)
Ambrose Bierce: In “Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War: Bits of Autobiography,” Bierce recounts some of his experiences as a soldier. At the outset of the American Civil War, Bierce enlisted in the Union Army’s 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment. In February 1862 he was
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Can such things be? (EN)
Ambrose Bierce: 24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling fire burning dimly in the background. Stories of ghosts, apparitions, and strange, inexplicable occurrences are pre
