• Publication: The Best of Ambrose BiercePublication Record # 858365
• Author: Ambrose Bierce
• Date: 1984-00-00
• ISBN: 0-89009-798-4 [978-0-89009-798-4]
• Publisher: Castle / Book Sales
• Pages: vi+484
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: OMNIBUS
• Webpages: archive.org
• Notes: Secondary sources question the 1984 date. Date and first printing per the number line.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 11441151
  • Reginald-3: 17940

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 1 • In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians • (1892) • collection by Ambrose Bierce (variant of Tales of Soldiers and Civilians 1891)
• 3 • A Horseman in the Sky • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 9 • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 18 • Chickamauga • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 24 • A Son of the Gods: A Study in the Present Tense • non-genre • (1909) • short story by Ambrose Bierce (variant of A Son of the Gods 1888)
• 30 • One of the Missing • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 40 • Killed at Resaca • non-genre • (1887) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 46 • The Affair at Coulter's Notch • non-genre • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 54 • The Coup de Grâce • non-genre • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 59 • Parker Adderson, Philosopher • non-genre • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 65 • An Affair of Outposts • non-genre • (1897) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 74 • The Story of a Conscience • non-genre • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 80 • One Kind of Officer • non-genre • (1893) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 89 • One Officer, One Man • non-genre • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 95 • George Thurston: Three Incidents in the Life of a Man • non-genre • (1909) • short story by Ambrose Bierce (variant of George Thurston 1883)
• 99 • The Mocking-Bird • non-genre • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 105 • The Man Out of the Nose • non-genre • (1887) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 112 • An Adventure at Brownville • (1909) • short story by Ambrose Bierce [as by Ambrose Bierce and Miss Ina Lillian Peterson]
• 121 • The Famous Gilson Bequest • (1878) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 128 • The Applicant • non-genre • (1892) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 132 • A Watcher by the Dead • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 142 • The Man and the Snake • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 148 • A Holy Terror • (1882) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 161 • The Suitable Surroundings • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 168 • The Boarded Window • non-genre • (1889) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 172 • A Lady from Redhorse • non-genre • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 178 • The Eyes of the Panther • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 187 • Can Such Things Be? • (1910) • collection by Ambrose Bierce
• 189 • The Death of Halpin Frayser • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 203 • The Secret of Macarger's Gulch • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 210 • One Summer Night • (1906) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 211 • The Moonlit Road • (1907) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 220 • A Diagnosis of Death • (1901) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 223 • Moxon's Master • (1910) • short story by Ambrose Bierce (variant of A Night at Moxon's 1899)
• 232 • A Tough Tussle • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 239 • One of Twins • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 245 • The Haunted Valley • (1871) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 255 • A Jug of Sirup • (1893) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 261 • Staley Fleming's Hallucination • (1906) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 263 • A Resumed Identity • (1908) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 269 • A Baby Tramp • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 273 • The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 280 • Beyond the Wall • (1907) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 288 • A Psychological Shipwreck • (1879) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 292 • The Middle Toe of the Right Foot • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 300 • John Mortonson's Funeral • (1906) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 301 • The Realm of the Unreal • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 308 • John Bartine's Watch: A Story by a Physician • (1910) • short story by Ambrose Bierce (variant of John Bartine's Watch 1893)
• 313 • The Damned Thing • (1893) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 321 • Haïta the Shepherd • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 326 • An Inhabitant of Carcosa • (1886) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 330 • The Stranger • (1909) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 335 • The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter • non-genre • (1892) • novella by Ambrose Bierce
• 399 • Negligible Tales • (1946) • collection by Ambrose Bierce
• 401 • A Bottomless Grave • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 407 • Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General • non-genre • (1885) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 416 • The Widower Turmore • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 421 • The City of the Gone Away • (1888) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 426 • The Major's Tale • non-genre • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 433 • Curried Cow • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 439 • A Revolt of the Gods • (1886) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 441 • The Baptism of Dobsho • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 446 • The Race at Left Bower • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 448 • The Failure of Hope & Wandel • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 451 • Perry Chumley's Eclipse • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 454 • A Providential Intimation • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 458 • Mr. Swiddler's Flip-Flap • non-genre • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 462 • The Little Story • (1874) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 465 • The Parenticide Club • (1946) • collection by Ambrose Bierce
• 467 • My Favourite Murder • (1974) • short story by Ambrose Bierce (variant of My Favorite Murder 1888)
• 474 • Oil of Dog • (1890) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 477 • An Imperfect Conflagration • non-genre • (1886) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 480 • The Hypnotist • (1893) • short story by Ambrose Bierce