Project Gutenberg 2003-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 700 Bierce, Ambrose 1842 1913 Grile, Dod Can Such Things Be? David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org from the 1918 Boni and Liveright edition "Can Such Things Be?" by Ambrose Bierce is a collection of supernatural tales written during the late 19th century. The stories delve into themes of death, the afterlife, and the intersection of reality with the paranormal, showcasing Bierce’s dark humor and philosophical musings on life and mortality. The opening story, "The Death of Halpin Frayser," introduces the titular character, who awakens in a forest, haunted by a sense of dread and memories intertwined with both the living and the spectral. The beginning of the collection sets the tone with Halpin Frayser waking in a mysterious forest and uttering a name he barely remembers—Catherine Larue. His journey leads him into a nightmarish dream where he encounters blood and shadowy whispers, evoking a palpable sense of terror and guilt tied to a potential crime he cannot recall. As the narrative unfolds, Frayser confronts chilling apparitions, including a spectral vision of his mother, adding layers of familial tension and horror. Through vivid imagery and a brooding atmosphere, Bierce engages readers with a narrative that blurs the line between reality and the spectral realm, promising unsettling revelations as the tales progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories, American Paranormal fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Fiction 391416 391297 2024-10-02T12:16:49.426549 2023-10-02T10:31:38.132229 text/html text/html 408932 2022-03-29T14:54:22 text/html 328446 2024-10-02T12:16:54.392035 application/epub+zip 332283 2024-10-02T12:16:50.151086 application/epub+zip 221122 2024-10-02T12:16:49.771573 application/epub+zip 450509 2024-10-02T12:16:58.100029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416422 2024-10-02T12:16:54.004065 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306241 2022-09-02T14:19:56.164644 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370732 370664 2024-10-02T12:16:48.824620 2023-10-02T10:31:37.615215 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 370968 2022-03-29T13:20:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19892 2024-10-02T12:16:58.225023 application/rdf+xml 12244 2024-10-02T12:16:49.882062 image/jpeg 2237 2024-10-02T12:16:49.826551 image/jpeg 145862 2022-03-29T13:20:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 307170 2022-03-29T15:52:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 316998 2024-10-02T12:16:49.469556 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)