Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce foiling a nocturnal attack by

foiling a nocturnal attack by savages by strewing carpet tacks on the "Spray's" deck

crossing lines

and the dangers of the hunt rival the old legends in capturing a vision of life now long lost

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Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce foiling a nocturnal attack byAmbrose Bierce was one of the strangest phenomena of American letters. The adjectives used to describe his writing and character tend to have a rather uncomplimentary ring: "venomous," "vindictive," "paranoid," "rancorous," "malevolent"; yet few would deny his brilliance of intellect and style. About half of his fiction output consisted of stories of horror and the supernatural, a genre which appealed to his psychic constitution and may have reflected