Can Such Things Be? is a spine-chilling collection of tales of the uncanny and of the effects of supernatural horror; several are concerned with episodes of the American Civil War and the California Frontier. Ambrose Bierce, a skillful manipulator of sensational effects, uses a medium in The Moonlit Road and An Inhabitant of Corcosa, whilst One Summer Night and John Mortonson's Funeral are brief essays in pure terror. The tales are filled with a psychological realism which accentuates Bierce's sardonic humour.
- ISBN10 0368713385
- ISBN13 9780368713385
- Publish Date 1 May 2019 (first published 22 November 1971)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Blurb
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 170
- Language English