An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge vs Tales of Terror [12 stories]: Which Should You Read?

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Cover of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce · 1980 ★★★★☆ 4.0 28 pages · ≈ 31 min · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of Tales of Terror [12 stories]

Tales of Terror [12 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1971 296 pages · ≈ 5 h 29 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

The verdict

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 5 for Tales of Terror [12 stories].

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