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Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce
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Can Such Things Be?

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Narrator Anthony Heald

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Length 6 hours 37 minutes
Language English
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Prepare yourself for the shocking, the strange, and the terrifying in Ambrose Bierceโ€™s 1893 story collection Can Such Things Be? One of the greatest masters of horror brings you twenty-five tales of the supernatural and the unexplained. Whether in stories of ghosts sending desperate warnings to their human counterparts, psychics attempting to bridge unknown dimensions, howling werewolves, or a robot who takes on a life of his own, Bierce plumbs the depths of fear and fascination. Spooky thrills and mind-bending mysteries await all who dare to open the cover of Can Such Things Be?

Ambrose Bierce (1842โ€“ca. 1914) was anย American journalist, short-story writer, and poet. Born in Ohio, heย served in the Civil War and then settled in San Francisco. He wrote for Hearstโ€™s Examiner, his wit and satire making him the literary dictator of the Pacific coast and strongly influencing many writers. He disappeared into war-torn Mexico in 1913.

Anthony Heald, an Audie Awardโ€“winning narrator, has earned Tony nominations and an Obie Award for his theater work; appeared in televisionโ€™s Law & Order, The X-Files, Miami Vice, and Boston Public; and starred as Dr. Frederick Chilton in the 1991 Oscar-winning film The Silence of the Lambs. He has also won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards for his narrations.

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