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• 1 • Foreword (The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce) • (1984) • essay by Cathy N. Davidson
• 11 • Introduction: Ambrose Bierce, Nonconformist • (1970) • essay by Ernest J. Hopkins
• 25 • Foreword Part I (The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce) • (1970) • essay by Ernest J. Hopkins
• 27 • Haïta the Shepherd • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 32 • The Secret of Macarger's Gulch • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 38 • The Eyes of the Panther • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 46 • The Stranger • (1909) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 51 • An Inhabitant of Carcosa • (1886) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 54 • The Applicant • non-genre • (1892) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 58 • The Death of Halpin Frayser • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 72 • A Watcher by the Dead • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 81 • The Man and the Snake • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 87 • John Mortonson's Funeral • (1906) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 89 • Moxon's Master • (1910) • short story by Ambrose Bierce (variant of A Night at Moxon's 1899)
• 97 • The Damned Thing • (1893) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 105 • The Realm of the Unreal • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 111 • A Fruitless Assignment • [Some Haunted Houses] • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 114 • A Vine on a House • [Some Haunted Houses] • (1905) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 117 • The Haunted Valley • (1871) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 126 • One of Twins • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 132 • Present at a Hanging • [The Ways of Ghosts] • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 134 • A Wireless Message • [The Ways of Ghosts] • (1905) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 136 • The Moonlit Road • (1907) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 144 • An Arrest • [The Ways of Ghosts] • (1905) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 145 • A Jug of Sirup • (1893) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 151 • The Isle of Pines • [Some Haunted Houses] • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 155 • At Old Man Eckert's • [Some Haunted Houses] • (1901) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 157 • The Spook House • [Some Haunted Houses] • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 160 • The Middle Toe of the Right Foot • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 167 • The Thing at Nolan • [Some Haunted Houses] • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 171 • The Difficulty of Crossing a Field • ["Mysterious disappearances"] • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 172 • An Unfinished Race • ["Mysterious disappearances"] • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 173 • Charles Ashmore's Trail • ["Mysterious disappearances"] • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 175 • Staley Fleming's Hallucination • (1906) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 177 • The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 184 • A Baby Tramp • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 188 • A Psychological Shipwreck • (1879) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 192 • A Cold Greeting • [The Ways of Ghosts] • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 193 • Beyond the Wall • (1907) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 201 • John Bartine's Watch • (1893) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 206 • The Man Out of the Nose • non-genre • (1887) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 212 • An Adventure at Brownville • (1892) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 220 • The Suitable Surroundings • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 227 • The Boarded Window • non-genre • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 231 • A Lady from Redhorse • non-genre • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 236 • The Famous Gilson Bequest • (1878) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 243 • A Holy Terror • (1882) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 255 • A Diagnosis of Death • (1901) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 261 • Foreword Part II (The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce) • (1970) • essay by Ernest J. Hopkins
• 264 • One of the Missing • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 274 • A Baffled Ambuscade • [Soldier-Folk] • (1906) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 276 • The Affair at Coulter's Notch • non-genre • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 283 • A Son of the Gods • non-genre • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 289 • One Kind of Officer • non-genre • (1893) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 298 • A Tough Tussle • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 305 • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 313 • Chickamauga • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 319 • The Coup de Grâce • non-genre • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 324 • One Officer, One Man • non-genre • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 329 • The Story of a Conscience • non-genre • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 335 • Parker Adderson, Philosopher • non-genre • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 340 • An Affair of Outposts • non-genre • (1897) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 349 • Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General • non-genre • (1885) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 357 • A Horseman in the Sky • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 363 • The Mocking-Bird • non-genre • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 368 • George Thurston • non-genre • (1883) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 372 • Killed at Resaca • non-genre • (1887) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 377 • Three and One Are One • [Soldier-Folk] • (1908) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 380 • Two Military Executions • [Soldier-Folk] • (1906) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 382 • The Major's Tale • non-genre • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 388 • A Resumed Identity • (1908) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 393 • A Man with Two Lives • [Soldier-Folk] • (1905) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 395 • The Other Lodgers • [Some Haunted Houses] • (1907) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 397 • A Bivouac of the Dead • non-genre • (1903) • essay by Ambrose Bierce
• 403 • Foreword Part III (The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce) • (1970) • essay by Ernest J. Hopkins
• 405 • An Imperfect Conflagration • non-genre • (1886) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 408 • A Bottomless Grave • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 414 • The City of the Gone Away • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 419 • Curried Cow • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 424 • A Revolt of the Gods • (1886) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 427 • Oil of Dog • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 430 • The Widower Turmore • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 435 • The Baptism of Dobsho • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 439 • The Race at Left Bower • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 441 • The Failure of Hope & Wandel • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 443 • A Providential Intimation • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 447 • Mr. Swiddler's Flip-Flap • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 450 • The Little Story • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 453 • My Favorite Murder • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 460 • The Hypnotist • (1893) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 464 • Mr. Masthead, Journalist • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 467 • Why I Am Not Editing "The Stinger" • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 471 • Corrupting the Press • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 474 • "The Bubble Reputation" • (1886) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 477 • A Shipwreckollection • [Captain Abersouth] • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 480 • The Captain of the "Camel" • [Captain Abersouth] • (1875) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 485 • The Man Overboard • [Captain Abersouth] • (1876) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 494 • A Cargo of Cat • (1885) • short story by Ambrose Bierce