
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Collected Stories of the Supernatural
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Narrated by:
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Mark Hammer
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By:
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Ambrose Bierce
American journalist, short story writer, and poet, Ambrose Bierce is best known for his formidably vicious wit - given free rein in his famous column, "The Prattler." But his stories were elegantly crafted, with a compelling blend of realistic detail, clever plot twists, and his own sardonic humor. These 8 macabre stories, read here by Mark Hammer, establish Bierce as a master of the genre. Included are "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "The Damned Thing," "A Watcher by the Dead," "An Inhabitant of Carcosa," "The Famous Gilson Bequest," "The Eyes of the Panther," "The Secret of Macarger's Gulch," and "The Night-Doings at 'Deadman's'."
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Narrator Mark Hammer's clear and authoritative tone allows the telling of these gripping stories of the macabre to be even more engaging and terrifying. Hammer uses vocal gymnastics to turn these carefully crafted stories into mini-movies that play in the listener's mind. His rendition of the most famous story in the collection, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," is both chilling and heartbreaking. The production sounds as if Hammer were narrating from "the other side," making these tales even more appealing.
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--and his own death is something of a legend.
Bierce influenced Hemingway, Crane, Vonnegut.
He also introduced the fictional city of Carcosa, a locale later used by Chambers, Lovecraft, Karl Edward Wagner, Lin Carter, Marion Zimmer Bradley, James Blish and many others--and is still used by modern weird fiction writers.
Poe-like with more of a Western writers style
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Very satisfying!!
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These stories are all set in a pre-industrial, America. (Perhaps 1750-1800)
I enjoyed every story presented with one or two of the endings leaving me suddenly surprised with my mouth open in aghast! Even the other stories left me with some remaining feelings and thoughts that pleasantly stuck with me.
To me, the stories had a feel of a more realistic "Twi-light Zone" set in the early west.
I usually always enjoy an author who is elequent with his prose and this author's script gave this excellent narrator/voice actor some very meaty characters and twisty plots to work with. It was undoubtedly a pleasure to listen to,
Supremely Enjoyable
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A Classic
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Well Read!
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The performance gets better as the stories progress. In the first, there are dead spots where it seems perhaps the recording was stopped and restarted. Associated with these pauses, or perhaps in addition to them, one can hear the performer taking a breath.
That being said, the performers voice and narration are both pleasant to listen to, appropriate for the tales, and once the pauses and breaths stop, well done.
Recommended.
Fun Stories But A Learning Performer
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