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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 – circa 1914).
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Bierce in later years. Portrait by J.H.E. Partington.
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George Sterling (1869-1926). Bierce mentored Sterling, a celebrated California poet who never gained much fame in the rest of the United States. Sterling is seen here shortly before his death in 1926.
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Bierce in 1892.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007). Vonnegut declared "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" to be the "greatest American short story" and a work of "flawless... American genius."
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A filmed version of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" aired in 1964 on American television as one of the final episodes of the television series The Twilight Zone.
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Frank M. Pixley, founder & editor of The Argonaut. Bierce wrote
