This classic short story by Ambrose Bierce was originally published in 1890. It served as the basis for a short film that aired as “Twilight Zone” episode in the United States in 1964. According to Kurt Vonnegut, anyone who hasn’t read it, is a “twerp.”

‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’
by Ambrose Bierce

A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man’s hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck. It was attached to a stout cross-timber above his head and the slack fell to the level of his knees. (more…)

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Written by Heath Lowrance, read by Andy Hoff.

While World War II rages overseas, the house dick at the Carson Hotel fights his own battle against a gang of pasty-faced gunmen, a mysterious woman and the brilliant Dr. Vox.

 

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