An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Heathen Short)

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-1914-ish) was an American author, poet, journalist, and Civil War veteran. A prolific and versatile writer, he was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and - infusing his stories with his brutal and absurd wartime experiences - became a pioneer of realist fiction. One of his most famous short stories, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," is a deceptively simple tale that opens on a man about to be hanged, then quietly unravel...