Negligible Tales

Ambrose Bierce, born on June 24, 1842, in Meigs County, Ohio, grew into an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, and satirist esteemed for his sardonic wit and pithy style. Educated at the Kentucky Military Institute following some precursory rural schooling, Bierce's early life was shaped by the experiences of the Civil War, which he joined at the outset in 1861, serving with dis...