The Damned Thing / 1898, From "In the Midst of Life"

Ambrose Bierce

• Fantasy
• Book language: English
• 11 pages

The Damned Thing is a horror story by Ambrose Bierce, included in his 1898 collection In the Midst of Life. Framed around a coroner's inquest and a journal, it explores a man's violent death in the wilderness and the presence that may have caused it. Bierce's compressed prose makes it a memorable listen for fans of weird fiction.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.