In an upper room of an unoccupied dwelling in the part of San Francisco known as North Beach lay the body of a man, under a sheet.
An edition of A Watcher by the Dead
(2014)
A Watcher by the Dead
Short Story
by Ambrose Bierce
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In San Francisco, three physicians discuss man’s hereditary, and superstitious, fear of the dead. Dr. Mancher wonders if it is, indeed, universal. Dr. Helberson says it is; it is all a matter of circumstance. And what would happen if a man were locked up with a corpse overnight?
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A Watcher by the Dead: Short Story
2014 08 12, Harper Perennial
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In San Francisco, three physicians discuss man's hereditary, and superstitious, fear of the dead. Dr. Mancher wonders if it is, indeed, universal. Dr. Helberson says it is; it is all a matter of circumstance. And what would happen if a man were locked up with a corpse overnight.
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
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Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce
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A Horseman in the Sky / A Watcher by the Dead / The Man and the Snake
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
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In the Midst of Life; Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
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The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories
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Tales of Soldiers & Civilians
- Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
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