Publisher's Synopsis
Ambrose Bierce is one of the most notable and influential American horror authors, bridging the period between Poe and Lovecraft. His spare precise prose and sardonic wit easily set him apart from a genre full of melodrama and purple prose. This collection of his short stories contains such classics of American horror as 'An Inhabitant of Carcosa', 'The Damned Thing', 'Haita the Shepherd', and 'The Death of Halpin Frayser'.
