One of the Missing -- Yolla Bolly Press -- Short Pictorial Review

When most people think of "Weird Fiction" Lovecraft comes to mind. Yet, by the time Lovecraft had his first short story ("The Alchemist") published in 1916, Ambrose Bierce had already been retired for two years. Truly retired, since 1914 was the last time anyone had seen nor heard of the great author. "Bitter Bierce" as he was known, was bitter for a very good reason. The horrors he saw during the Civil War haunted him. They also gave him nightmares that resulted in some truly amazing and iconic works in the genre. In Supernatural Horror in Literature Lovecraft said that Bierce's stories "stand out as permanent mountain-peaks of American weird writing". Indeed they do. And the most beautiful publication comes from the Yolla Bolly Press. Published in 1991, this gorgeous work contains some of Bierce's most famous and influential stories. In total, 100 copies were offered for sale.

-> Printed on mould-formed Lana Gravure paper imported from France
-> 14 Linoleum cut block illustrations by David Page
-> Original Price of $1185
-> 144 Pages Total
-> Blind Stamp on the cover (all in black)
-> 10 x 14 inches
-> 30 "deluxe" copies were bound in leather and include an extra suite of illustrations
-> Signed by the illustrator and historian Page Smith who wrote the introduction
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_Smith

Other than "Owl Creek," my favorite Bierce short is The Damned Thing, first published in Town Topics, 7 December (!), 1893. Interesting little weird short story.

>2 Glacierman: Off topic but the 1990 movie "Jacob's Ladder" was inspired by Bierce's "Owl Creek". 36 years later and it's still one helluva psychological horror movie.

>3 Sport1963: Love that film. It in turn was an influence on the Japanese series of horror games (and later movies), Silent Hill.

>4 Shadekeep: I purchased a copy of the book of Rubin's script I enjoyed the film so much. I think I still have it.

>3 Sport1963: >4 Shadekeep: Jacob's Ladder is also one of my favorite horror movies -- I very much enjoy horror movies, well, I should say horror movies of that caliber! By the way, the Twilight Zone aired a short French movie which actually won the 1963 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge_(film)