Publisher's Synopsis
Ambrose Bierce was an American journalist and short story writer. But during his lifetime, Bierce was better known as a journalist than as a fiction writer. His most popular stories were written between 1888 and 1891. His works often highlight the inscrutability of the universe and the absurdity of death and are credited with having pioneered the psychological horror story. Robert Chambers, author of The King in Yellow and the mythology behind the TV show True Detective, has borrowed elements from the work of Bierce. Specifically, the names Carcosa and Hastur from the story "An Inhabitant of Carcosa," one of the stories included in the First Edition of Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. This book contains all the stories of the First Edition of Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (including "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" and the other stories omitted in later editions), plus the additional stories of In the Midst of Life, Volume II of The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce.
