Ambrose Bierce : portrait of a misanthrope / Clifton Fadiman.

In the midst of life : tales of soldiers and civilians. A horseman in the sky ; An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge ; Chickamauga ; A son of the Gods ; One of the missing ; Killed at Resaca ; The affair at Coulter's Notch ; The coup de grâ̂ce ; Parker Adderson, philosopher ; An affair of outposts ; The story of a conscience ; One kind of officer ; One officer, one man ; George Thurston ; The mocking-bird ; The man out of the nose ; An adventure at Brownville ; The famous Gilson bequest ; The applicant ; A watcher by the dead ; The man and the snake ; A holy terror ; The suitable surroundings ; The boarded window ; A lady from Redhorse ; The eyes of the panther.

The devil's dictionary --

Can such things be? The death of Halpin Frayser ; The secret of Macarger's Gulch ; One summer night ; The moonlit road ; A diagnosis of death ; Moxon's master ; A tough tussle ; One of twins ; The haunted valley ; A jug of sirup ; Staley Fleming's hallucination ; A resumed identity ; A baby tramp ; The night-doings at 'Deadman's' ; Beyond the wall ; A psychological shipwreck ; The middle toe of the right foot ; John Mortonson's funeral ; The realm of the unreal ; John Bartine's watch ; The damned thing ; Haïta the shepherd ; An inhabitant of Carcosa ; The stranger --

Fantastic fables. Fables from 'Fun' ; Æsopus Emendatus ; Old saws with new teeth ; Fables in rhyme.

The monk and the hangman's daughter --

Negligible tales. A bottomless grave ; Jupiter Doke, brigadier-general ; The widower Turmore ; The city of the gone away ; The major's tale ; Curried cow ; A revolt of the gods ; The baptism of Dobsho ; The race at left bower ; The failure of Hope & Wandel ; Perry Chumly's eclipse ; A providential intimation ; Mr. Swiddler's flip-flap ; The little story.

The parenticide club. My favorite murder ; Oil of dog ; An imperfect conflagration ; The hypnotist.