Other Literary Works By Ambrose Bierce
Despite the notoriety of The Devil’s Dictionary, most of Ambrose Bierce’s many other literary works have fallen into obscurity. However, there does exist a seven volume set of his work, if you decide to go snooping around on eBay or Amazon. The seventh volume consists solely of The Devil’s Dictionary. He was notable for his accomplishments in fiction and journalism, he also published several volumes and verses of poetry.
Books:
The Fiend’s Delight (1873)
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (1874)
The Dance of Death (with Thomas A. Harcourt and William Rulofson, as William Herman) (1877)
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (also known as In the Midst of Life) (1891)
Black Beetles in Amber (1892)
The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter (1892)
Can Such Things Be? (1893)
Fantastic Fables (1899)
The shadow on the dial, and other essays (1909)
The Devil’s Dictionary (1911) (first published in book form as The Cynic’s Wordbook, 1906)
Collected Works (1909)
Write It Right (1909)
A Horseman in the Sky, A Watcher by the Dead, The Man and the Snake (1920)??
A Vision of Doom: Poems by Ambrose Bierce (1980)
Short Stories:
The Haunted Valley (1871)
An Inhabitant of Carcosa (1887)
One of the Missing (1888)
The Boarded Window (1891)
Chickamauga (1891)
The Eyes of the Panther (1891)
Haita the Shepherd (1891)
The Man and the Snake (1891)
The Middle Toe of the Right Foot (1891)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1891)
The Suitable Surroundings (1891)
A Tough Tussle (1891)
A Watcher by the Dead (1891)
An Adventure at Brownville (1893)
A Baby Tramp (1893)
Bodies of the Dead (1893)
The Death of Halpin Frayser (1893)
The Famous Gilson Bequest (1893)
John Bartine’s Watch (1893)
The Night-Doings at ‘Deadman’s’ (1893)
A Psychological Shipwreck (1893)
The Realm of the Unreal (1893)
The Secret of Macarger’s Gulch (1893)
The Damned Thing (1894)
A Vine on a House (1905)
The Moonlit Road (1907)
The time, The moon fought back (1911)
Beyond the Wall (1909)
A Diagnosis of Death (1909)
A Jug of Syrup (1909)
Moxon’s Master (1909)
Staley Fleming’s Hallucination (1909)
The Stranger (1909)
The Way of Ghosts (1909)
The Affair at Coulter’s Notch
An Affair of Outposts
The Applicant
The Baptism of Dobsho
A Bottomless Grave
The City of the Gone Away
The Coup de Grace
Curried Cow
The Failure of Hope and Wandel
George Thurston
A Holy Terror
A Horseman in the Sky
The Hypnotist
An Imperfect Conflagration
The Ingenious Patriot
John Mortonson’s Funeral
Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General
Killed at Resaca
A Lady from Redhorse
The Little Story
The Major’s Tale
The Man Out of the Nose
The Mocking-Bird
The Monk and the Hangman’s Daughter
Mr Swiddler’s Flip-Flap
My Favourite Murder
Mysterious Disappearances
Oil of Dog
One Kind of Officer
One of Twins
One Officer, One Man
One Summer Night
Parker Adderson, Philosopher
Perry Chumly’s Eclipse
A Providential Intimation
The Race at Left Bower
A Resumed Identity
A Revolt of the Gods
Some Haunted Houses
A Son of the Gods
The Story of a Conscience
The Tail of the Sphinx
Visions of the Night
The Widower Turmore
An Arrest
Revenge