For there be divers sorts of death -- some wherein the body remaineth; and in some it vanisheth quite away with the spirit.
An edition of An Inhabitant of Carcosa
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An Inhabitant of Carcosa
by Ambrose Bierce
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"An Inhabitant of Carcosa" is a short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It was first published in the San Francisco Newsletter of December 25, 1886 and was later reprinted as part of Bierce's collections Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Can Such Things Be?
The first-person narrative concerns a man from the ancient city of Carcosa who awakens from a sickness-induced sleep to find himself lost in an unfamiliar wilderness.
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August 11, 2005, BookSurge Classics
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