"The Damned Thing" is a horror short story written by Ambrose Bierce. It first appeared in Tales from New York Town Topics on December 7, 1893. 

The story begins in Hugh Morgan's cabin, where local men have gathered around the battered corpse of Hugh Morgan to hold an inquest concerning his death.

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The Damned Thing - A Horror Short Story

This   carefully crafted ebook: "The Fourth Estate (4 Satirical Stories about   Journalists and Politicians)" is formatted for your eReader with a   functional and detailed table of contents.
This ebook is a collection of works about journalists and politicians of   master storyteller Ambrose Bierce.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 - 1914?) was an American satirist, critic,   poet, editor and journalist. Bierce became a prolific author of short stories   often humorous and sometimes bitter or macabre. His dark, sardonic views and   vehemence as a critic earned him the nickname, "Bitter   Bierce".
Contents :
1.Mr. Masthead, Journalist 
2.Why I Am Not Editing "The Stinger" 
3.Corrupting the Press 
4."The Bubble Reputation" - How Another Man's was Sought and Pricked
5. How Another Man's was Sought and Pricked ????

The Fourth Estate (4 Satirical Stories about Journalists and Politicians)

When Irene Marlowe refuses a marriage proposal from the man she loves, he demands she tell him her reasons why. Irene indulges him by telling the tale of her tragic family history, speaking of the glowing eyes of a panther that have caused her family only sorrow. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

The Eyes Of The Panther - Short Story

Dans Morts violentes, il n'y a pas de fantômes ou de phénomènes anormaux, mais une exploration clinique de la réalité la plus crue, dont l'issue est l'insoutenable horreur de la mort. À travers les cauchemars de la guerre de Sécession, qui valent bien ceux d'Edgar Poe, Bierce porte la short story à son plus haut degré de perfection et s'affirme comme l'un des précurseurs de la littérature américaine du XXe siècle.

Morts Violentes

En plein coeur de la vie ; histoires de soldats

This   carefully crafted ebook: "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (26 Stories:   includes Chickamauga + An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + The   Mocking-Bird)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and   detailed table of contents.
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection of short stories written by   Ambrose Bierce. Published in 1891, the 26 stories detail the lives of   soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. His famous story   "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is included in this   collection.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-1914) was an American editorialist,   journalist, short-story writer and satirist. His short stories are considered   among the best of the 19th century, providing a popular following based on   his roots. Bierce's lucid, unsentimental style has kept him popular when many   of his contemporaries have been consigned to oblivion. His dark, sardonic   views and vehemence as a critic earned him the nickname, "Bitter   Bierce."

Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (26 Stories: includes Chickamauga + An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + The Mocking-Bird)

After his ship springs a leak during a voyage, a sailor details the amusingly bizarre dangers that one can face when transporting a cargo of cats across the open seas. This light-hearted short story by Ambrose Bierce was originally published in The Wasp, a magazine he edited. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

A Cargo Of Cat - Short Story

William Harker is the only witness to the death of his friend, Hugh Morgan. Morgan's body suggests that he has died traumatically, but when Harker tries to explain what he saw of his friend's last moments, the men in charge of determining Morgan's cause of death find his testimony too bizarre to be true. Written by Ambrose Bierce, "The Damned Thing" is a story of the paranormal that was once loosely adapted for an episode of the television series Masters of Horror. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

The Damned Thing - Short Story

This   carefully crafted ebook: "The Fiend's Delight (novella + short stories +   poetry)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed   table of contents.
The Fiend's Delight, a compilation of Bierce's articles; essays, stories,   poems and reflection, was published in London in 1873 by John Camden Hotten   under the pseudonym "Dod Grile". This was Bierce's first book when   he lived and wrote in England from 1872 to 1875, contributing to Fun   magazine.
Ambrose Bierce (born June 24, 1842; assumed to have died sometime after   December 26, 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short story   writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence   at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon The Devil's   Dictionary. His vehemence as a critic, his motto "Nothing matters",   and the sardonic view of human nature that informed his work, all earned him   the nickname "Bitter Bierce".
Despite his reputation as a searing critic, Bierce was known to encourage   younger writers, including poet George Sterling and fiction writer W. C.   Morrow. Bierce employed a distinctive style of writing, especially in his   stories. His style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague   references to time, limited descriptions, impossible events and the theme of   war.
Content:
Some Fiction.
1. "One More Unfortunate."
2. The Strong Young Man of Colusa.
3. The Glad New Year.
4. The Late Dowling, Senior.
5. "Love's Labour Lost."
6. A Comforter.
7. Little Isaac.
8. The Heels of Her.
9. A Tale of Two Feet.
10. The Scolliver Pig.
11. Mr. Hunker's Mourner.
12. A Bit of Chivalry.
13. The Head of the Family.
14. Deathbed Repentance.
15. The New Church that was not Built.
16. A Tale of the Great Quake.
17. Johnny.
18. The Child's Provider.
19. Boys who Began Wrong.
20. A Kansas Incident.
21. Mr. Grile's Girl.
22. His Railway.
23. Mr. Gish Makes a Present.
24. A Cow-County Pleasantry.
25. The Optimist, and What He Died Of.
26. The Root of Education.
27. Retribution.
28. Margaret the Childless.
29. The Discomfited Demon.
30. The Mistake of a Life.
31. L. S.
32. The Baffled Asian.
Tall Talk.
1. A Call to Dinner.
2. On Death and Immortality.
3. Music-Muscular and Mechanical.
4. The Good Young Man.
5. The Average Parson.
6. Did We Eat One Another?
7. Your Friend's Friend.
8. Le Diable est aux Vaches.
9. Angels and Angles.
10. A Wingless Insect.
11. Pork on the Hoof.
12. The Young Person.
13. A Certain Popular Fallacy.
14. Pastoral Journalism.
15. Mendicity's Mistake.
16. Picnicking considered as a Mistake.
17. Thanksgiving Day.
18. Flogging.
19. Reflections upon the Beneficent Influence of the Press.
20. Charity.
21. The Study of Human Nature.
22. Additional Talk-Done in the Country.
Current Journalings.
Obituary Notices.
1. Christians.
2. Pagans.
Musings, Philosophical and Theological.
Laughorisms.
"Items" from the Press of Interior California.
Poesy.
1. Ye Idyll of Ye Hippopopotamus.
2. Epitaph on George Francis Train.
3. Jerusalem, Old and New.
4. Communing with Nature.
5. Conservatism and Progress.
6. Inter Arma Silent Leges.
7. Quintessence.
8. Resurgam.

The Damned Thing - A Horror Short Story

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