who wrote the occurrence at owl creek bridge
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", a short story by American author Ambrose Bierce, is "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature".[1] Originally published by The San Francisco Examiner on July 13, 1890, it was first collected in Bierce's 1891 book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. The story is set during the American Civil War, in which Bierce himself was a soldier.