![]() The family moved to Indiana, where Bierce went to high school he later attended the Kentucky Military Institute. His parents were farmers and he was the tenth of 13 children, all of whom were given names beginning with "A" at their father's insistence. For his sardonic wit and damning observations on the personalities and events of the day, he became known as "the wickedest man in San Francisco."īierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio. In his lifetime, Bierce was famous as a California journalist dedicated to exposing the truth as he understood it, regardless of whose reputations were harmed by his attacks. His bare, economical style of supernatural horror is usually distinguished from the verbally lavish tales of Poe. ![]() ![]() Like Poe, Bierce professed to be mainly concerned with the artistry of his work, yet critics find him more intent on conveying his misanthropy and pessimism. Often compared to the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, these stories share an attraction to death in its more bizarre forms, featuring depictions of mental deterioration, uncanny and otherworldly manifestations, and the horror of existence in a meaningless universe. Ambrose Bierce's literary reputation is based primarily on his short stories about the Civil War and the supernatural-a body of work that makes up a relatively small part of his total output. ![]()
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