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Cobwebs from an Empty Skull

by Ambrose BIERCE (1842 - 1914)

Divers Tales 8: Nut-Cracking

Ambrose Bierce's collection of short parables, published under the pen name of Dod Grile, is similar to Aesop's Fables. This compilation is comprised of "Fables of Zambri, the Parsee," "Brief Seasons of Intellectual Dissipation" and the "Divers Tales," all of which were first serialized in the magazine "FUN." A great read for any lover of short stories or poetry with faraway lands, talking animals and supernatural occurrences! Summary by Mary Kay

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Listen next episodes of Cobwebs from an Empty Skull:
Divers Tales 10: Seafaring , Divers Tales 11: Tony Rollo's Conclusion , Divers Tales 12: No Charge for Attendance , Divers Tales 13: Pernicketty's Fright , Divers Tales 14: Juniper , Divers Tales 15: Following the Sea , Divers Tales 16: A Tale of Spanish Vengeance , Divers Tales 17: Mrs. Dennison's Head , Divers Tales 18: A Fowl Witch , Divers Tales 19: The Civil Service in Florida , Divers Tales 20: The Tale of the Bosphorus , Divers Tales 21: John Smith , Divers Tales 22: Sundered Hearts , Divers Tales 23: The Early History of Bath , Divers Tales 24: The Following Dorg , Divers Tales 25: Snaking , Divers Tales 26: Maud's Papa , Divers Tales 27: Jim Beckwourth's Pond , Divers Tales 28: Stringing a Bear , Divers Tales 9: The Magician's Little Joke