The Damned Thing vs The Dark Descent: Which Should You Read?

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.

The Dark Descent David G. Hartwell · 1987 ★★★★☆ 3.9 1011 pages · ≈ 18 h 43 m · Challenging

pt. 1. The color of evil. The reach / Stephen King -- Evening primrose / John Collier -- The ash-tree / M.R. James -- The new mother / Lucy Clifford -- There's a long, long trail a-winding / Russell Kirk -- The call of…