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A compiled index organizes the author's corpus into volumes and thematic groupings, providing tables of contents for collections of short stories, essays, poems, and reference pieces. Entries list individual titles, contents of each volume, and editorial notes or prefatory material, enabling navigation among satires, fables, fiction, and nonfiction. The index highlights recurring formats such as a satirical dictionary, assorted tale collections, and collected works, and functions as a practical roadmap for locating specific pieces and understanding how disparate writings are arranged within the overall compilation.

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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Ambrose Bierce

Author: Ambrose Bierce

Editor: David Widger

Release date: February 1, 2019 [eBook #58807]
Most recently updated: July 5, 2019

Language: English

Credits: Produced by David Widger

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG

WORKS OF

AMBROSE BIERCE



Compiled by David Widger






CONTENTS

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FANTASTIC FABLES

AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK

##  THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

##  THE PARENTICIDE CLUB

##  THE FIEND'S DELIGHT

##  A SON OF THE GODS, AND A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY

WRITE IT RIGHT

##  COBWEBS FROM AN EMPTY SKULL

##  THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE, Vol. I

##  THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE, Vol. II

A CYNIC LOOKS AT LIFE

##  THE DAMNED THING

##  THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL, AND OTHER ESSAYS

THE LETTERS OF AMBROSE BIERCE

THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER

##  THE CYNIC'S WORD BOOK

CAN SUCH THINGS BE

PRESENT AT A HANGING AND OTHERS

##  SHAPES OF CLAY

##  BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER







TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES





THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

by Ambrose Bierce



CONTENTS

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z





THE PARENTICIDE CLUB

By Ambrose Bierce



CONTENTS

My Favorite Murder
Oil of Dog
An Imperfect Conflagration
The Hypnotist





THE FIEND'S DELIGHT

By Dod Grile

CONTENTS

PREFACE.
SOME FICTION.
The Glad New Year.
The Heels of Her.
CURRENT JOURNALINGS.
MUSINGS, PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL.
POESY.





A SON OF THE GODS and A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY

By Ambrose Bierce

CONTENTS

The Introduction
A SON OF THE GODS
A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY





COBWEBS FROM AN EMPTY SKULL

By Dod Grile

ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS BY DALZIEL BROTHERS.



CONTENTS

Fables of Zambri, the Parsee. 1
Brief Seasons of Intellectual Dissipation. 90
DIVERS TALES
1. The Grateful Bear. 101
2. The Setting Sachem. 106
3. Feodora. 107
4. The Legend of Immortal Truth. 111
5. Converting a Prodigal. 115
6. Four Jacks and a Knave. 119
7. Dr. Deadwood, I Presume. 124
8. Nut-Cracking 126
9. The Magician's Little Joke 130
10. Seafaring. 135
11. Tony Rollo's Conclusion. 139
12. No Charge for Attendance. 143
13. Pernicketty's Fright. 148
14. Juniper. 152
15. Following the Sea. 157
16. A Tale of Spanish Vengeance. 162
17. Mrs. Dennison's Head. 167
18. A Fowl Witch. 171
19. The Civil Service in Florida. 176
20. A Tale of the Bosphorus. 179
21. John Smith. 184
22. Sundered Hearts. 187
23. The Early History of Bath. 192
24. The Following Dorg. 196
25. Snaking. 202
26. Maud's Papa. 205
27. Jim Beckwourth's Pond. 209
28. Stringing a Bear. 213





THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE

Volume 1

1909

CONTENTS

ASHES OF THE BEACON
THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW
Thither
Sons of the Fair Star
An Interview with Gnarmag-Zote
The Tamtonians
Marooned on Ug
The Dog in Gangewag
A Conflagration in Ghargaroo
An Execution in Batrugia
The Jumjum of Gokeetle-Guk
The Kingdom of Tortirra
Hither
FOR THE AHKOOND
JOHN SMITH, LIBERATOR
BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY
On a Mountain
What I Saw of Shiloh
A Little of Chickamauga
The Crime at Pickett’s Mill
Four Days in Dixie
What Occurred at Franklin
‘Way Down in Alabam’
Working for an Empress
Across the Plains
The Mirage
A Sole Survivor





COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE

Vol 2, Soldiers and Civilians

1909

CONTENTS

A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY 15
AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE 27
CHICKAMAUGA 46
A SON OF THE GODS 58
ONE OF THE MISSING 71
KILLED AT RESACA 93
THE AFFAIR AT COULTER'S NOTCH 105
THE COUP DE GRÂCE 122
PARKER ADDERSON, PHILOSOPHER 133
AN AFFAIR OF OUTPOSTS 146
THE STORY OF A CONSCIENCE 165
ONE KIND OF OFFICER 178
ONE OFFICER, ONE MAN 197
GEORGE THURSTON 209
THE MOCKING-BIRD 218

CIVILIANS

THE MAN OUT OF THE NOSE 233
AN ADVENTURE AT BROWNVILLE 247
THE FAMOUS GILSON BEQUEST 266
THE APPLICANT 281
A WATCHER BY THE DEAD 290
THE MAN AND THE SNAKE 311
A HOLY TERROR 324
THE SUITABLE SURROUNDINGS 350
THE BOARDED WINDOW 364
A LADY FROM RED HORSE 373
THE EYES OF THE PANTHER 385





THE DAMNED THING

By Ambrose Bierce



CONTENTS

I
II
III
IV





THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL AND OTHER ESSAYS

By Ambrose Bierce

1909



CONTENTS

A NOTE BY THE AUTHOR
PREFACE
THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL
          I.
          II.
          III.
          IV.
          V.
CIVILIZATION
          I.
          II.
THE GAME OF POLITICS
          I.
          II.
          III.
          IV.
          V.
          VI.
          VII.
          VIII.
          IX
SOME FEATURES OF THE LAW
          I.
          II.
          III.
          IV.
          V.
ARBITRATION
INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT
          I.
          II.
          III.
CRIME AND ITS CORRECTIVES
          I.
          II.
          III.
THE DEATH PENALTY
          I.
          II.
          III.
RELIGION
          I.
          II.
          III.
          IV.
          V.
          VI.
          VII.
IMMORTALITY
OPPORTUNITY
CHARITY
EMANCIPATED WOMAN
THE OPPOSING SEX
THE AMERICAN SYCOPHANT
A DISSERTATION ON DOGS
THE ANCESTRAL BOND
THE RIGHT TO WORK
THE RIGHT TO TAKE ONESELF OFF





THE CYNIC'S WORD BOOK

By Ambrose Bierce

1906



CONTENTS

PREFACE A B C D E F Q H I J K L