author: ambrose bierce

... chiste y se meta en historias, la hago sacar con un vigilante... -¿Los ... di güelta a la esquina de la casa de don Bermúdez aquí presente, me pareció ... cuenta me cuenta que, efectivamente, dos se habían agarrao fierazo y se menudiaban ...

... find only robust persons doing this thing is that it has killed all the others who have tried it. DAY, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. This period is divided into two parts, the day proper and the night, or day ...

... Jack the Ripper Conference ( 2017 ) in Liverpool , England , on American quack doctor , Francis Tumblety . He was on ... research articles in journals dedicated to the Whitechapel murders / Jack the Ripper mystery and has published online ...

... tears stopped; and she rose, and went to the window. All without was ... silence. She listened, but they returned no more. Soon after, she observed ... silence, as Emily dried her tears and attempted to speak. 'Be composed, my daughter ...

... 5. A Fantasy of Fear 6. A Question of Science 7. The Red Eyes Return 8. Gateway to Evil 9. Descent into Avernus 10. Rescue from Abaddon 11. Wreckage 12. Letter from Lucifer 13. Indecision 14. Bizarre Explanation 15. A Modern Mr. Hyde 16 ...

... incubus of moral allegory, anti-Popery propaganda, and a Puritan prudery ... tales exhibit weirdness, either of atmosphere or of incident, to a ... tales he would have written had he lived longer—an especially vivid plot being that ...

... Sweeney Todd come by these articles, except by the murder of their owners ... sea. In common with all boys of his age, who know nothing whatever of the ... sea!' ejaculated Tobias. 'Yes, I will go to sea!' As he spoke those words, he ...

... Sweeney Todd come by these articles, except by the murder of their owners ... sea. In common with all boys of his age, who know nothing whatever of the ... sea!' ejaculated Tobias. 'Yes, I will go to sea!' As he spoke those words, he ...

... rules now where They ruled once; They shall soon rule where man rules now ... horror, and to glimpse a hellish advance in the black dominion of the ancient and ... Arkham— What walked on the mountains that May-Night? What Roodmas horror ...

... a little, there she was again, white and shining and beautiful, and I sprang into her arms! That was perfect ... little thing; but if there was a moon she would ... pinch of delicate pink dust in the hole. I put my finger in, to feel it, and ...

... Tarot, Enochian Vision Magick, and Tarot of Ceremonial Magick. He is also the curator for the Magical Antiquarian Curiosity Shoppe series of e-books, which includes Robert Chamber's The King in Yellow and Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton's ...

... John Meade Falkner, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Louisa M ... me the promised French lesson; and occasionally in the mornings, provided ... all jest and gaiety, pelting me with dead leaves, chasing me in and out of the ...

... 5. A Fantasy of Fear 6. A Question of Science 7. The Red Eyes Return 8. Gateway to Evil 9. Descent into Avernus 10. Rescue from Abaddon 11. Wreckage 12. Letter from Lucifer 13. Indecision 14. Bizarre Explanation 15. A Modern Mr. Hyde 16 ...

... le aplacaba la pizca de envidia. Todo era cierto. Pestana se casó pocos días después con una viuda de veintisiete años, buena cantante y tísica. La recibió como esposa espiritual de su genio. El celibato era, sin duda, la causa de la ...

... me tea. They drew back from me as if I had been a wild beast, but I could ... you. Who are you?" "Her husband——" The woman looked at me with hard eyes ... elp 'er through 'er trouble, she outs with your putty face on a card, she doez, an ...

The World's Finest Mysteries by the World's Greatest Authors Mark Twain, Edgar ... ugliest fiend of hell, leering at you, distorted with all the marks of vice ... breast, the savant suddenly touched my arm, and pointing to the dead man's ...

... ugliest fiend of hell, leering at you, distorted with all the marks of vice and shame. That is what I saw, that is ... breast, the savant suddenly touched my arm, and pointing to the dead man's face, now frightfully distorted, whispered ...

... ugliest fiend of hell, leering at you, distorted with all the marks of vice and shame. That is what I saw, that is ... breast, the savant suddenly touched my arm, and pointing to the dead man's face, now frightfully distorted, whispered ...

... John Meade Falkner, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Louisa M ... me the promised French lesson; and occasionally in the mornings, provided ... all jest and gaiety, pelting me with dead leaves, chasing me in and out of the ...

... Katherine Rickford, Bithia Mary Croker, Catherine L. Pirkis, Émile Erckmann ... Jackson Davis, Nizida, Walter F. Prince, Chester Bailey Fernando, William ... Never ! " she answered . " If you still persist in maintaining our engagement ...

... rules now where They ruled once; They shall soon rule where man rules now ... horror, and to glimpse a hellish advance in the black dominion of the ancient and ... Arkham— What walked on the mountains that May-Night? What Roodmas horror ...

This edition of Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories by Ambrose Bierce is given by Golden - Million Book Edition

... Sweeney Todd should return before he could leave the place, paid no ... sea. In common with all boys of his age, who know nothing whatever of the ... sea!' ejaculated Tobias. 'Yes, I will go to sea!' As he spoke those words, he passed out ...

... rules now where They ruled once; They shall soon rule where man rules now ... horror, and to glimpse a hellish advance in the black dominion of the ... Arkham— What walked on the mountains that May-Night? What Roodmas horror fastened ...

... praise ? Do traitors importune fo ' blessings ? " She turned nervously to the piano and struck a ringing chord , another — and dropped to the chair , head bowed on her slim childish neck . Presently there stole through the silence a ...

... don't know, Cap,” he answered mournfully. “'No more at dawning morn I rise And sun myself in Ellen's eyes. That life ... blue-bellies left ther durned guerillas an' bushwhackers wiped up es clean es a slate. Durn if a crow wudn't starve ter ...

... don't know , Cap , " he answered mournfully . " No more at dawning morn I rise And sun myself in Ellen's eyes . That ... blue - bellies left ther durned guerillas an ' bushwhackers wiped up es clean es a slate . Durn if a crow wudn't starve ...

... Foster Madison, Harry Hazelton, Henry F. Keenan, George W. Peck, John R ... Richard had crowned her with beside her in grandmother's Lowestoft bowl . And each time I asked her , ' Why don't you come to bed , Judith ? ' and each time she said ...

... praise ? Do traitors importune fo ' blessings ? " She turned nervously to the piano and struck a ringing chord , another — and dropped to the chair , head bowed on her slim childish neck . Presently there stole through the silence a ...

... don't know , Cap , " he answered mournfully . " No more at dawning morn I rise And sun myself in Ellen's eyes . That ... blue - bellies left ther durned guerillas an ' bushwhackers wiped up es clean es a slate . Durn if a crow wudn't starve ...

... praise ? Do traitors importune fo ' blessings ? " She turned nervously to the piano and struck a ringing chord , another — and dropped to the chair , head bowed on her slim childish neck . Presently there stole through the silence a ...

... world came to town. It would be of no use, my informant said, to ask the natives anything about the place. The only one who would talk was a very aged but normal-looking man who lived at the poorhouse on the north rim of the town and ...

... Sweeney Todd come by these articles, except by the murder of their owners ... sea. In common with all boys of his age, who know nothing whatever of the ... sea!' ejaculated Tobias. 'Yes, I will go to sea!' As he spoke those words, he ...

... tomb . We had brought plenty of lights with us ; and we fixed them as we went along . We wished to get a complete survey at first , and then make examination of all in detail . As we went on , we were filled with ever - increasing ...

... Sweeney Todd come by these articles, except by the murder of their owners ... sea. In common with all boys of his age, who know nothing whatever of the ... sea!' ejaculated Tobias. 'Yes, I will go to sea!' As he spoke those words, he ...