Project Gutenberg 2007-10-24 Public domain in the USA. 1020 Bierce, Ambrose 1842 1913 Grile, Dod The Damned Thing 1898, From "In the Midst of Life" Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Widger "The Damned Thing" by Ambrose Bierce is a short story written in the late 19th century. This work belongs to the horror genre, exploring themes of the unknown and the psychological turmoil that accompanies encounters with incomprehensible phenomena. The story delves into the mysterious circumstances surrounding a man's death in the wilderness and the unsettling events leading up to it. The narrative revolves around the inquest of Hugh Morgan, who is found dead under strange circumstances after a hunting trip with his friend, William Harker. As Harker recounts the events leading to Morgan's demise, he describes encountering a mysterious and unseen force that frightens Morgan to death in a bizarre display of violence. Throughout the harrowing tale, Morgan's peculiar behavior and his obsession with a "damned thing" hint at psychological unraveling. The story climaxes with a revelation of his attempts to comprehend a terrifying experience, ultimately suggesting that the truth about the reality he faced is beyond human understanding, laden with existential dread and fear of the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Horror tales PS Text Horror Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 48117 48118 2024-10-10T07:08:17.927458 2023-09-10T09:57:26.592544 text/html text/html 43881 2013-01-24T14:36:52 text/html; charset=us-ascii 16225 2013-01-24T14:37:44 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 85785 2024-10-10T07:08:22.107696 application/epub+zip 84610 2024-10-10T07:08:19.834469 application/epub+zip 84610 2024-10-10T07:08:18.578489 application/epub+zip 179129 2024-10-10T07:08:23.780434 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170817 2024-10-10T07:08:21.414451 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157276 2022-09-11T04:12:03.163694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 38264 38257 2024-10-10T07:08:17.653441 2023-09-10T09:57:26.413542 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 38223 2007-10-24T09:53:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15093 2007-10-24T09:53:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19851 2024-10-10T07:08:23.904410 application/rdf+xml 13210 2024-10-10T07:08:19.117447 image/jpeg 3434 2024-10-10T07:08:18.844448 image/jpeg 85391 2024-10-10T07:08:17.933450 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Herman, William (Author of The dance of death)