A Bite of Bierce: Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories
by Ambrose Bierce
1 hour, 14 minutes
Unabridged Story Collection
1891, 1894, 1909
Susie Berneis and Robert Bethune narrate five stories by Bierce, full of vivid characters, precise and evocative language, surprises and suspense.
An Occurrence on Owl Creek Bridge
A life, flashing before the eyes, and a miraculous escape from certain death, suddenly becomes--something else entirely. Bierce's strangest and most famous fantasy. A French film adaptation of "Owl Creek Bridge" won the Academy Award for short film in 1963, and also became the hightest-rated episode of The Twilight Zone.
Staley Fleming's Hallucination
The ghost of a Newfoundland dog with a white forefoot--and hungry for revenge!
The Damned Thing
A wild, ferocious animal determined to drive a man off his land-or or drive him insane, once he realizes the strange truth about the danger he faces.
Diagnosis of Death
A doctor whose incredibly accurate diagnoses are not at all conducive to a long and healthy life.
The Boarded Window
A window forever boarded up; a love forever gone.
Written a century ago, these stories still capture the imagination with vivid, precise language that bites--and may even draw blood. This Freshwater Seas production presents these five classics performed by Susie Berneis and Robert Bethune, with subtle musical underscoring to enhance and enrich Bierce's words.
Categories: 1-2 hours, 19th Century AD, 2005 Release, 20th Century AD, 300 cents, Ambrose Bierce, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Popular Author, SF Story, Short Story, Speculative, Susie Berneis and Robert Bethune (Readers), The Longer Stuff, War
This recording will be released under the Creative Commons Attribution License on June 21, 2010 or after 100,000 purchases, whichever comes first. Read more.
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1 hour, 14 minutes
Unabridged Story Collection
1891, 1894, 1909
Susie Berneis and Robert Bethune narrate five stories by Bierce, full of vivid characters, precise and evocative language, surprises and suspense.
An Occurrence on Owl Creek Bridge
A life, flashing before the eyes, and a miraculous escape from certain death, suddenly becomes--something else entirely. Bierce's strangest and most famous fantasy. A French film adaptation of "Owl Creek Bridge" won the Academy Award for short film in 1963, and also became the hightest-rated episode of The Twilight Zone.
Staley Fleming's Hallucination
The ghost of a Newfoundland dog with a white forefoot--and hungry for revenge!
The Damned Thing
A wild, ferocious animal determined to drive a man off his land-or or drive him insane, once he realizes the strange truth about the danger he faces.
Diagnosis of Death
A doctor whose incredibly accurate diagnoses are not at all conducive to a long and healthy life.
The Boarded Window
A window forever boarded up; a love forever gone.
Written a century ago, these stories still capture the imagination with vivid, precise language that bites--and may even draw blood. This Freshwater Seas production presents these five classics performed by Susie Berneis and Robert Bethune, with subtle musical underscoring to enhance and enrich Bierce's words.
Categories: 1-2 hours, 19th Century AD, 2005 Release, 20th Century AD, 300 cents, Ambrose Bierce, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Popular Author, SF Story, Short Story, Speculative, Susie Berneis and Robert Bethune (Readers), The Longer Stuff, War
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) was an American Civil War veteran, short story writer, and satirist/journalist. His fiction is famous for its entertaining narratives and lack of sentimentality. At the end of 1913 he disappeared in Mexico, his fate becoming one of the great mysteries of American literature.
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This recording will be released under the Creative Commons Attribution License on June 21, 2010 or after 100,000 purchases, whichever comes first. Read more.
Posted by alex at June 21, 2005 3:45 PM
