An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and other stories - audio book download

Nothing is so improbable as what is true. It is the unexpected that occurs; but that is not saying enough; it is also the unlikely one might almost say the impossible. Ambrose Bierce

This collection of fourteen of Ambrose Bierces short stories begins with An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Bierces best-known story and a good example of how his writing jars the listener out of a comfortable complacency with its improbable twists of plot, tone, or perspective.

It was for this reason that Bierce wrote short stories rather than novels. According to literary critic Cathy N. Davidson, Bierce derided the novel of his time precisely because it groaned under the burden of a predictable, ponderous devotion to probability.

This collection includes:
1. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
2. Beyond the Wall
3. What I Saw of Shiloh
4. The Eyes of the Panther
5. Chickamauga
6. The Death of Halpin Frayser
7. A Son of the Gods: A Study in the Present Tense
8. A Resumed Identity
9. One of the Missing
10. The Damned Thing
11. Killed at Resaca
12. Moxons Master
13. An Affair of Outposts
14. A Horseman in the Sky

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?), American journalist, short-story writer, and poet, was born in Ohio, served in the Civil War, and then settled in San Francisco. He wrote for Hearst's Examiner; his wit and satire making him the literary dictator of the Pacific coast and strongly influencing many writers. After a hectic career and some notably intemperate journalism, tired of American civilization, he disappeared into war-torn Mexico at the close of 1913.

Listen to free audio sample of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories.

Written By - Ambrose Bierce

Narrated By - Jonathan Reese

Published By - Blackstone Audio Inc

Length - 5 hours

Category - Fiction

Download Price : $29.95 $14.95

Buy Now!

More audio book titles you can download today...

Sharpe's Devil Written By - Bernard Cornwell Narrated By - Paul McGann Published By - Harper Collins UK Length - 3 hours 1 minute Category - Historical Download Price : $12.75 Richard Sharpe believes that his soldiering days are over, but his retirement is interrupted by a request from Donna Louisa Vivar...

Alias Grace Written By - Margaret Atwood Narrated By - Diana Quick Published By - Harper Collins UK Length - 3 hours 5 minutes Category - General Download Price : $12.75 Locked up at the age of sixteen for the bloody murders of her employer and his housekeeper...

The Eagle Heist Written By - Raymond Austin Narrated By - Raymond Todd Published By - Blackstone Audio Inc Length - 8 hours 30 minutes Category - Horror & Suspense Download Price : $32.95 $16.95 An Eagle Security armored truck carrying sixteen million dollars disappears. Six months later, with the case gone cold, private investigator Beauford Sloan leaves the serenity of his Blue Ridge Mou...

The Best of Sherlock Holmes: 1 Written By - Arthur Conan Doyle Narrated By - John Gielgud & Ralph Richardson Published By - Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks Length - 2 hours Category - Detective Download Price : $16.75 The first volume of classic Sherlock Holmes stories on audio. Recognised as the ultimate dramatisation of Conan Doyle’s famous stories, these recordings have been acclaimed since their reissue...