These miniature masterpieces all have a central truth and plausibility that seems to vanish in an ending that can be anything from wry, to shocking to hallucinatory. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.Īmbrose Bierce is an author whose words take us one way and then send us another. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking about our choices and about those you would have made. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. Bierce included a brief squib that touches on the theme : ' Professor. Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. The convoluted nature of ' The Boarded Window ' is understandable given the very. Read by Christopher Ragland & Ghizela Rowe (Unabridged: 3hrs 17mins)
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