Moxon’s Master ♦ By Ambrose Bierce ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook

Moxon’s Master ♦ By Ambrose Bierce ♦ Science Fiction ♦ Full Audiobook



Title: Moxon’s Master



Author: Ambrose Bierce



Genre(s): Science Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Winston Tharp



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"Moxon's Master" is a short story by American writer Ambrose Bierce, which speculates on the nature of life and intelligence. It describes a chess-playing automaton that murders its creator.



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The Moonlit Road ♦ By Ambrose Bierce ♦ Supernatural Horror Short ♦ Full ...

The Moonlit Road ♦ By Ambrose Bierce ♦ Supernatural Horror Short ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  The Moonlit Road



Author:  Ambrose Bierce



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Louise J. Belle



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Summary:

"The Moonlit Road" is a gothic horror short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It first appeared in a 1907 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, illustrated by Charles B. Falls. This story is presented in three parts and relates the tale of the murder of Julia Hetman from the perspective of her son, a man who may be her husband, and Julia herself, through a medium.

The first part is narrated by Joel Hetman Jr. He is summoned home from college by his father, because his mother, Julia, has been found strangled. His father claims that he returned from a business trip and saw the figure of a man fleeing the home. Upon entering the house, he found his wife lying dead in her bedroom. Months later, the father and son are walking down a moonlit road when the father sees something and suddenly turns pale and disappears into the night.



The second part of the story is narrated by a man who describes himself as a wandering outcast, wracked by guilt. He recounts a dream in which he suspects his wife is being unfaithful and he returns from a business trip early to find a strange man leaving his house. When he finds his wife cowering in her room, he murders her in a fit of jealous rage. In another dream, his wife's ghost confronts him on a moonlit road at night and the strangulation marks are still visible on her neck.



The third and final section is the statement of the murder victim, Julia Hetman, delivered through a medium. She describes the night she was murdered. Alone in the house, she heard frightening noises and believed she was being hunted by some creature of the night. While she cowered in the corner of her room, a man entered and strangled her, but she never saw his face. Later, upon seeing that her husband and son were sad, she tried to communicate with them from the spirit world and offer them comfort. She was finally able to appear to them on the moonlit road, but only her husband could see her and he fled in fear. Summary by Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moonlit_Road



A popular, classic haunted-house story, "The Empty House" can be found in many anthologies.



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The Middle Toe of the Right Foot ♦ By Ambrose Bierce ♦ Supernatural Horr...

The Middle Toe of the Right Foot ♦ By Ambrose Bierce ♦ Supernatural Horror ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  The Middle Toe of the Right Foot



Author:  Ambrose Bierce



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  John Van Stan



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Plot:

A man named Manton has horribly killed his two children and his wife, the latter of whom lacked the middle toe of the right foot. Ten years later he returns much altered to the neighborhood; and, being secretly recognized, is provoked into a bowie-knife duel in the dark, to be held in the now-abandoned house where his crime was committed.



When the moment of the duel arrives a trick is played upon him; and he is left without an antagonist, shut in a night-black ground floor room of the reputedly haunted edifice, "with the thick dust of a decade on every hand".[3] No knife is drawn against him, for only a thorough scare is intended.



On the next day Manton is found crouched in a corner with distorted face, dead of sheer fright at something he has seen. The only clue visible to the discoverers is one having supernatural implications:



In the dust of years that lay thick upon the floor — leading from the door by which they had entered, straight across the room to within a yard of Manton's crouching corpse — were three parallel lines of footprints — light but definite impressions of bare feet, the outer ones those of small children, the inner a woman's. From the point at which they ended they did not return; they pointed all one way. Summary By Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middle_Toe_of_the_Right_Foot



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The Boarded Window ♦ By Ambrose Bierce ♦ Supernatural Horror ♦ Full Audi...

The Boarded Window ♦ By Ambrose Bierce ♦ Supernatural Horror ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  The Boarded Window



Author:  Ambrose Bierce



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Tony Scheinman



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Summary:

The Boarded Window' is the story about a frontiersman named Murlock and the death of his wife, or the secret to why the only window in Murlock's cabin is boarded. The story is told by an unknown narrator who originally heard the story from his grandfather. One day, Murlock finds his wife has become ill.



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A Jug of Syrup ♦ By Ambrose Bierce ♦ Supernatural Horror ♦ Full Audiobook

A Jug of Syrup ♦ By Ambrose Bierce ♦ Supernatural Horror ♦ Full Audiobook



Title:  A Jug of Syrup



Author:  Ambrose Bierce



Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction



Language: English



Read By:  Liz Van Kleeck



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The death of the local merchant, Silas Deemer is felt by the entire community because of his faithful presence at the general store where everyone bought their goods.  Well after his death and despite the store being closed, one evening, Alvan Creede, running on essentially automatic pilot, stopped in and bought a jug of sirup from the store.  Upon coming home, he misplaced it and couldn't seem to find it.  When his wife asks him about this, he explains that he bought it at Deemer's place.  It's at this point that he remembers that Deemer is dead.  He is just about feeling he is going crazy, especially since he can't find the jug when his child brings it into the room.  The next evening, people gather around the shop.  They watch and wait for something to happen but it doesn't seem to occur.  Eventually, as night sets in, there is a dim light coming from the store. The light became brighter and eventually, one could see Deemer in the store.  At this sight, many people ran away, but a few stayed and eventually entered the store.  Eventually, everyone begins to storm into the store with the exception of Creede and he watches from outside as chaos ensues until the last person enters and then the light went out.  He leaves immediately and only returns the next day with others.  They check the salesbook and find that the last sale was on the day of Deemer's death.  The final comment remarks that had the men not mobbed the store, Deemer might have continued to do business in the afterlife. 



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