Can Such Things Be? [24 stories] vs The Damned Thing: Which Should You Read?

Can Such Things Be? [24 stories] Ambrose Bierce · 1924 ★★★★☆ 3.8 205 pages · ≈ 3 h 48 m · Demanding

The Damned Thing Ambrose Bierce · 2007 ★★★★☆ 4.2 24 pages · ≈ 27 min · Moderate

“By THE light of a tallow candle, which had been placed on one end of a rough table, a man was reading something written in a book.”

"The Damned Thing" is a horror short story written by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It first appeared in Town Topics on December 7, 1893.