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One dark night in midsummer a man waking from a dreamless sleep in a forest lifted his head from the earth, and staring a few moments into the blackness, said: "Catherine Larue." He said nothing more; no reason was known to him why he should have said so much.

First published in 1910 as part of a limited edition, Can Such Things Be? showcases Ambrose Bierce's mastery of supernatural fiction. This volume of his Collected Works brings together some of his most haunting tales, blending psychological horror, ghostly encounters, and... Read Full Overview

Ambrose Bierce never owned a horse, a carriage, or a car; he was a renter who never owned his own home. He was a man on the move, a man who traveled light: and in the end he rode, with all of his possessions, on a rented horse into the Mexican desert to join Pancho Villa -- never... Read Full Overview

Prepare yourself for the shocking, the strange, and the terrifying in Ambrose Bierce's 1893 story collection Can Such Things Be? One of the greatest masters of horror brings you twenty-five tales of the supernatural and the unexplained. Whether in stories of ghosts... Read Full Overview

"Ah, children of the sunlight and the gaslight, how little you know of the world in which you live " ―Ambrose Bierce, Can Such Things Be? Can Such Things Be? (1893) by Ambrose Bierce provides readers of the supernatural with 24 tales of mysterious happenings-ghosts seeking... Read Full Overview

NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS Can Such Things Be? This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

The man was Halpin Frayser. He lived in St. Helena, but where he lives now isuncertain, for he is dead. One who practices sleeping in the woods with nothingunder him but the dry leaves and the damp earth, and nothing over him but thebranches from which the leaves have fallen... Read Full Overview