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The wisdom and acerbic wit the of author who never died.
Given the ephemeral nature of such things this might be a bit
of a pipe dream, but I'll list Bierce's writings that are in
print along with the requisite information for obtaining them.
Probably the most permanent entries will be the Dover reprints
of several of his books and collections. I'll also list books
of his that are out of print so there'll be more than
a couple of entries.
- The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce - Vol. I: The
World of Horror
- A Ballantine Books paperback compiled and with commentary
by Ernest Jerome Hopkins with a copyright of 1970. This contains:
- Haita the shepherd
- The secret of Macarger's Gulch
- The eyes of the panther
- The stranger
- An inhabitant of Carcosa
- The applicant
- The death of Halpin Frayser
- A watcher by the dead
- The man and the snake
- John Mortonson's funeral
- Moxon's master
- The damned thing
- The realm of the unreal
- A fruitless assignment
- A vine on a house
- The haunted valley
- One of twins
- Present at a hanging
- A wireless message
- The moonlit road
- An arrest
- A jug of sirup
- The isle of pines
- At old man Eckert's
- The spook house
- The middle toe of the right foot
- The thing at Nolan
- The difficulty of crossing a field
- An unfinished race
- Charles Ashmore's trail
- Stanley Fleming's hallucination
- The night-doings at "Deadman's"
- A baby tramp
- A psychological shipwreck
- A cold greeting
- Beyond the wall
- John Bartine's watch
- The man out of the nose
- An adventure in Brownville
- The suitable surroundings
- The boarded window
- A lady from Redhorse
- The famous Gilson bequest
- A holy terror
- A diagnosis of death
- In the Midst of Life
- This is a Signet Classic paperback edition with an afterword
by Marcus Cunliffe copyrighted in 1961. It's a collection of 26
of his horror stories with a couple of pages from the
Devil's Dictionary thrown in at the back of
the book. The stories in this one are:
- A horseman in the sky
- An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- Chickamauga
- A son of the gods
- One of the missing
- Killed at Resaca
- The affair at Coulter's Notch
- A tough tussle
- The coup de grace
- Parker Adderson, philosopher
- An affair of outposts
- A watcher by the dead
- The man and the snake
- A holy terror
- The suitable surroundings
- An inhabitant of Carcosa
- The boarded window
- The middle toe of the right foot
- A lady from Redhorse
- Haita the shepherd
- The damned thing
- The eyes of the panther
- The death of Halpin Frayser
- Jupiter Doke, Brigadier General
- The major's tale
- The night-doings at "Deadman's"
- Extracts from the "Devil's Dicitonary"
A brief biographical note at the site containing the searchable
version of "The Devil's Dictionary".
The story of Bierce in the language of his "Devil's Dictionary". A
hypertextualized translation of his life and work. A bit of a dry
academic treatise but a nice use of hypertext.
This includes compilations of definitions in the spirit of
Bierce's "Devil's Dictionary" (i.e. the author didn't bother
to acknowledge Bierce) as well as collections where the author
acknowledged our favorite curmudgeon.
Brazil
A movie written and directed by Terry Gilliam of "Monty Python"
fame. The reason I include this is that the first time
I saw it in the the theater (the real
ending, not the bastardized one you'll find in some versions
shown on the telly) the ending immediately reminded me of
Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". And whenever
I mention this to those cognizant of both the story and the
movie, the usually concur.
The Computer Contradictionary
A compilation of witty and sometimes acerbic definitions about
computers and related topics cobbled together by Stan Kelly-Bootle.
This is a second and expanded edition of a book he originally
called "The Devil's DP Dictionary", in which (as well as in this
new edition) Kelly-Bootle explicitly acknowledges his debt to
Bierce. The more you know about computers, the funnier you'll
find this book.
The Devil's DP Dictionary
See The Computer Contradictionary.
The Old Gringo
A novel by Carlos Fuentes that presents an imagined account of
Bierce's last days in Mexico. This was also made into a movie
with Gregory Peck featured as our favorite curmudgeon.
Nothing yet, although I plan to eventually have some photos
(and perhaps caricatures) of Bierce available as well as
illustrations from his books and times.
Writers and others who knew and perhaps were influenced by
Bierce. The most obvious candidate here is Mark Twain aka
Samuel Clemens who is already nicely represented by many
sites on the Web.
Eventually a reasonably complete listing of Bierce's writings
both in and out of print, including a more detailed listing
for the multi-volume version of his complete works that was
published in the 20s or 30s.
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