The Boarded Window
In the forests near Cincinnati, in 1830, a lonely settler lived in a cabin with one window, always boarded up.
Ambrose Bierce was an American writer known for sharp, unsettling stories, often shaped by war, death, and the strange turns of fate. Here you can read his stories, including “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and “The Damned Thing,” or listen to any of them read aloud; every story is free.
A Horseman in the Sky
A young Union sentry from Virginia wakes to see an enemy horseman on the cliff above, the one man who could give his army away.
Chickamauga
A small boy wanders off into the forest to play at soldiers and meets the real thing after a battle.
The Damned Thing
At an inquest in a lonely cabin, the coroner reads out the diary of a dead man who was being followed by something no one could see.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
During the American Civil War, a Southern planter stands on a railway bridge with a rope around his neck.
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