The Ways of Ghosts

And Other Dark Tales by Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce, Mike Ashley

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British Library
16 April 2024

Series: British Library Tales of the Weird

Motionless now and in absolute silence, she awaited her doom, the moments growing to hours, to years, to ages; and still those devilish eyes maintained their watch.

Ambrose Bierce was one of America’s leading writers of the nineteenth century, seen by contemporaries as a successor to Edgar Allan Poe with an authentic grasp of horror based on his experiences fighting for the Union in the American Civil War. Despite his contributions to the genre of supernatural and weird tales, today his name remains unknown to many readers.

This new collection presents over thirty of Bierce’s most terrifying and unusual stories, from essential classics such as ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’ and ‘The Eyes of the Panther’ to the writer’s lesser-known series recounting macabre local legends of haunted houses, mysterious disappearances and chilling encounters with the dead.

By: Ambrose Bierce
Edited by: Mike Ashley
Imprint: British Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 37
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 130mm,
ISBN: 9780712354974
ISBN 10: 0712354972
Series: British Library Tales of the Weird
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 16 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

AMBROSE BIERCE (1842–1914?) was an American writer, critic and essayist, famous for works of satire and cynicism such as The Devil’s Dictionary as well as over 200 short stories and weird tales. Bierce’s final fate is unknown after he disappeared while travelling to, or through, Mexico – a mystery which Mike Ashley explores in the afterword for this edition.