Ambrose Bierce's "The Boarded Window" Commentary by Karen Bernardo In addition to ironic stories of war, Ambrose Bierce also excelled in ironic stories of horror. In "The Boarded Window," he draws from the same well as his mentor Edgar Allan Poe. "The Boarded Window" tells the tale of an elderly, taciturn man who lived in a desolate cabin in Ohio, back in the days when Ohio formed a part of America’s western frontier. Old …showed first 75 words of 626 total…

…showed last 75 words of 626 total…he had bound [his wife’s] wrists was broken; the hands were tightly clenched. Between [her] teeth was a fragment of the animal’s ear." Apparently Murlock had performed his wife’s funeral rites a little too soon. If you’d like to read this story online, go to http://www.bluerider.com/Gothic/bierce/theboardedwindow.htm If you'd like to purchase it, together with other wonderful stories, click here! Ghosts of the Heartland: Haunting,...