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Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose Bierce

allan-goldstein's picture
Mar.11.2012
            Ambrose Bierce last produced a version of his masterwork, “The Devil’s Dictionary,” a century ago.  That compendium of satirical, cynical, and ridiculous definitions exposed the harsh, hidden truths behind the commonplace, genteel...
steve-hauk's picture
Sep.14.2008
John and Mary pass the cottage often. It stands _ or rather, slouches, for it is in serious disrepair _ on an overgrown wooded lot in a picturesque California town with a rich Bohemian, artistic past. The trees save the cottage from appearing a derelict, though derelict it is _ an old cypress, a...