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During the United States Civil War, a condemned man has many thoughts as he stands on a bridge, awaiting hanging. And other western short stories.

The Ways of Ghosts: Stories of encounters with the ghosts of the dead and dying. The spirits of the dead reach out to the living, to pass on a message or to pursue a killer.

Witty, irreverent tales of war and the supernatural from the maverick misanthrope of American literature.

24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion - ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling fire burning dimly in the background.