Can Such Things Be?

Can Such Things Be? is a spine-chilling collection of tales of the uncanny and of the effects of supernatural horror; several are concerned with episodes of the American Civil War and the California Frontier. Ambrose Bierce, a skillful manipulator of sensational effects, uses a medium in The Moonlit Road and An Inhabitant of Corcosa, whilst One Summer Night and John Mortonson's Funeral are brief essays in pure terror. The tales are filled with a psychological realism which accentuates Bierce's sardonic humour.

© 2011 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781481554794
© 2014 Wordsworth Editions (Ebook): 9781848705883

Release date

Audiobook: 1 August 2011
Ebook: 10 December 2014