The Fiends Delight

Professor Dramer conducted a side-show in the wake of a horse-opera, and thesame sojourned at Colusa. Enters unto the side show a powerful young man of theColusa sort, and would see his money's worth. Blandly and with conscious pride theProfessor directs the young man's attention to his fine collection of living snakes.Lithely the blacksnake uncoils in his sight. Voluminously the bloated boa convolvesbefore him. All horrent the cobra exalts his hooded head, and the spanning jaws flyopen. Quivers and chitters the tail of the cheerful rattlesnake; silently slips out theforked tongue, and is as silently absorbed. The fangless adder warps up the leg ofthe Professor, lays clammy coils about his neck, and pokes a flattened headcuriously into his open mouth. The young man of Colusa is interested; his feelingstranscend expression. Not a syllable breathes he, but with a deep-drawn sigh heturns his broad back upon the astonishing display, and goes thoughtfully forth intohis native wild. Half an hour later might have been seen that brawny Colusan, emerging from an adjacent forest with a strong faggot

The Fiend's Delight by Ambrose Bierce.

The Fiend’s Delight [1872] is Ambrose Bierce’s first collection, spanning fiction, essays, poems, and personal reflection. The pieces demonstrate his combative, often darkly humorous journalistic style, showcasing his witty satire and biting sarcasm. Perfect for aficionados of gothic fiction and supernatural tales, this anthology remains a testament to Bierce's enduring legacy as a master of the eerie and the unsettling. AMBROSE BIERCE [1842-1914] was an American author, journalist, and war veteran. He was one of the most influential journalists in the United States in the late 19th century and alongside his success as a horror writer he was hailed as a pioneer of realism. Among his most famous works are The Devil's Dictionary and the short story »An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.«

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The atrocities constituting this "cold collation" of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals. They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility. If they shall prove incomprehensible on this side of the Atlantic, the reader can pass to the other side at a moderately extortionate charge. In the pursuit of my design I think I have killed a good many people in one way and another; but the reader will please to observe that they were not people worth the trouble of leaving alive.