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The Damned Thing
Ambrose Bierce
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"The Damned Thing" is a short story written by Ambrose Bierce. This story focuses on how the human race takes their views of nature for granted, and how there may be things in the natural world that the human eye cannot see or the human ear cannot hear. (Summary by Wikipedia)
"The Damned Thing" is a short story written by Ambrose Bierce. This story focuses on how the human race takes their views of nature for granted, and how there may be things in the natural world that the human eye cannot see or the human ear cannot hear. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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The person reading was a trifle different; one would have said of him that he was of the world, worldly, albeit there was that in his attire which attested a certain fellowship with the organisms of his environment. His coat would hardly have passed muster in San Francisco: his footgear was not of urban origin, and the hat that lay by him on the floor (he was the only one uncovered) was such that if one had considered it as an article of mere personal adornment he would have missed its meaning. In countenance the man was rather prepossessing, with just a hint of sternness; though that he may have assumed or cultivated, as appropriate to one in authority. For he was a coroner. It was by virtue of his office that he had possession of the book in which he was reading; it had been found among the dead man's effects—in his . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
An inquest is being held to determine the cause of death of a man who died in unusual circumstances while out hunting. Mmm, an interesting story, just because you can't see a danger, doesn't mean it's not there, 3.5 stars.
The Damned Review.
A mangled corpse beyond recognition, an unreliable witness, and the personal diary of the victim to try to understand who killed him, or what..
Well I'll be Damned! This was Damn Good! This felt like one of Allan Poe’s finest, but without the pompous vocabulary. For a classic th
At the beginning of the story we meet a coroner, a jury and the body of a dead man on a table. What was the reason for his death? Harker, the main character, enters the story and gives testimony to the jury on the last couple of hours he spent with the recluse hunting quails. Morgan spoke about a 'd
it was easy to me to imagine the story, the description was good, some times I feel exited, I wonder what happened with the dead man and how he lost his life but I think I feel disappointed in the end maybe I couldn't guess the events because from the beginning I thought its was a murder
This is a cool horror story because it never reveals the monster. It's presence is sensed more than seen; the only physical manifestation being the sight of the wheat pressing down in its wake, as it creeps towards the hunters. This is another one of Bierce's better known stories, and for good reaso