Ambrose Bierce - Tales of War and Other Horrors

An Affair of Outposts was first published in the San Francisco Examiner, December 19, 1897. It was republished in In The Midst of Life (1898).

The Crime at Pickett's Mill was originally published in 1888.

The Coup de Grace was originally published in the San Francisco Examiner, June 30, 1889. It was republished in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891).

Chickamauga was originally published in the San Francisco Examiner, January 20, 1889. It was republished in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians in 1891.

A Tough Tussle was first published in the San Francisco Examiner, September 30, 1888. It was re-published in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891).

A Son of the Gods was First published in the San Francisco Examiner, July 29, 1888. It was republished in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891).

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge was first published in the San Francisco Examiner, July 13, 1890. It was republished in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891).

A Little of Chickamauga was first published in 1898.

A Horseman in the Sky was first published in the San Francisco Examiner, April 14, 1889. It was republished in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891).

George Thurston - Three Incidents in the Life of a Man - was first published in the Wasp (San Francisco), September 29, 1883. It was republished in Can Such Things Be? (1893).

A Bivouac of the Dead was first published in 1903.

Ambrose Gwinnet Bierce (1842-1913) was a master of the "Horror" genre in American literature. He served as a topographical engineer with the Union Army during the Civil War. Many of his short stories about the Civil War focused on the lives (and horrific deaths) of individual soldiers and civilians during that period. In many instances, his Tales of War foreshadow the horrific subject matter of his latter works. This series of podcasts will (I hope) represent a compendium of the main works by this important but often overlooked master of American literature.