Fantastic Fables
55 stories by Ambrose Bierce

A Call to Quit
1 min

A Fatal Disorder
1 min

A Forfeited Right
1 min

A Hasty Settlement
1 min

A Protagonist of Silver
1 min

A Smiling Idol
1 min

A Transposition
1 min

A Treaty of Peace
2 min

A Valuable Suggestion
1 min

AESOPUS EMENDATUS
16 min

An Invitation
1 min

At Heaven’s Gate
1 min

Fortune and the Fabulist
1 min

OLD SAWS WITH NEW TEETH
8 min

Physicians Two
1 min

Revenge
1 min

Six and One
1 min

The Ashes of Madame Blavatsky
1 min

The Australian Grasshopper
1 min

The Broom of the Temple
2 min

The Bumbo of Jiam
1 min

The Catted Anarchist
1 min

The City of Political Distinction
2 min

The Critics
1 min

The Fabulist and the Animals
2 min

The Faithful Cashier
1 min

The Fogy and the Sheik
1 min

The Good Government
1 min

The Humble Peasant
1 min

The Ingenious Blackmailer
1 min

The Ingenious Patriot
2 min

The Judge and the Plaintiff
1 min

The Lassoed Bear
1 min

The Legislator and the Citizen
1 min

The Lion and the Rattlesnake
1 min

The Man and the Wart
1 min

The Mine Owner and the Jackass
1 min

The Mirror
1 min

The Moral Principle and the Material Interest
1 min

The Mourning Brothers
1 min

The Nightside of Character
1 min

The Noser and the Note
1 min

The Party Manager and the Gentleman
1 min

The Party Over There
1 min

The Poet and the Editor
1 min

The Poetess of Reform
1 min

The Poet’s Doom
1 min

The Politicians
1 min

The Prerogative of Might
1 min

The Rainmaker
2 min

The Return of the Representative
1 min

The Statesman and the Horse
1 min

The Unchanged Diplomatist
1 min

The Various Delegation
1 min

Uncalculating Zeal
1 min