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Duels, death and chicanery all cavort with cynical discipline in two stories by the devil\\u2019s lexicographer. Ambrose Bierce, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.

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And now for something completely different. Ambrose Bierce is kind of like Mark Twain without a filter. His gift for writing is undeniable, but his stories always have a biting wit that sometimes can bite pretty deep.

For the month of March, we\\u2019ll be having Moonlight March, where we\\u2019ll be featuring writers who have a distinct proficiency in the medium of the ghost story. Today we\\u2019ll have first a bit of a jocular tale called \\u201cThe City of the Gone Away\\u201d, followed by the chiller, \\u201cThe Middle Toe of the Right Foot\\u201d.

H.P. Lovecraft said of Bierce, \\u201cVirtually all of Bierce\\u2019s tales are tales of horror; and whilst many of them treat only of the physical and psychological horrors within Nature, a substantial proportion admit the malignly supernatural and form a leading element in America\\u2019s fund of weird literature\\u201d.\\xa0

And now, The City of the Gone Away, and The Middle Toe of the Right Foot, by Ambrose Bierce.

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