Volume II of Ambrose Bierce's twelve-volume collected works, this volume contains tales of soldiers, including "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "A Horseman in the Sky," "Chickamauga," "A Son of the Gods," "One of the Missing," "Killed at Resaca," "The Affair at Coulter's Notch," "The Coup de Grace," "Parker Adderson, Philosopher," "An Affair of Outposts," "The Story of a Conscience," "One Kind of Officer," "One Officer, One Man," "George Thurston," "The Mocking-Bird" and tales of Civilians, including "The Man out of the Nose," "An Adventure at Brownville," "The Famous Gilson Bequest," "The Applicant," "A Watcher by the Dead," "The Man and the Snake," "A Holy Terror," "The Suitable Surroundings," "The Boarded Window," "A Lady from Redhorse," and "The Eyes of the Panther."

Author Biography

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 - 1914) 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."