Yes, friends. It’s that time once again.
This month we’re going to take a trip in the
WABAC Machine and examine a story that was first published in 1890: Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge.” Why did we choose this story? For one, we’ve never talked about
brother Bierce on this site. And for another, this particular story contains
one of the all-time great, swift-kick-to-the-crotch endings.
Here’s how it begins:
“A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck. It was attached to a stout cross-timber above his head and the slack fell to the level of his knees.”
Click here to read the full story, and then get yourself
back here tomorrow for the discussion. Tucker’s making his world famous bruschetta,
you won’t want to miss it.