Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
by Ambrose Bierce
Although Bierce is a collection of short tales and short stories written under his pseudonym Dod Greeille and one of his first published books, he still exhibits the wit and cynicism that colored his writings. The book is divided into three sections: Tales of Zambri, Parsi, an assortment of more than 100 fairy tales; Brief seasons of intellectual dispersal , respectively, arguments between the fool and the philosopher, the doctor and the soldier; and Divers' Tales, 28 different stories of eclectic nature, including "Grateful Bear," "Dr. Deadwood," "I Suppose," "Mrs. Dennison's Head," and "Jim Beckworth's Pond."
