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    Tentacles...I Must Have Tentacles: In Defense of Horror

    MAY 11, 2012 11:32AM

    By KC Redding-Gonzalez


    Topics: horror fiction, horror writing, creative writing, novice writers, older writers, genre writing, edgar allen poe, ambrose bierce, stephen king, blair witch, death, psychology of writing, psychology of horror writing

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    The Devil’s Dictionary; Revised and Updated

    MARCH 11, 2012 6:47AM

    By Allan Goldstein


    Topics: ambrose bierce, american culture, english language, satire, culture, politics

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    ONE-LINERS, JOKES, FARCES, & WIT

    DECEMBER 12, 2010 5:33PM

    By prismguard


    Topics: nigel hawthorne, william wycherley, the country wife, ronald harwood, all the world's a stage, dick cheney, ambrose bierce, henny youngman, jiggs & maggie, bringing up father, george mcmanus, five toughest questions women ask men, restoration comedy, joe orton, what the butler saw, john cleese, prunella scales, ballard berkeley, andrew sachs, dinsdale landen, tyler butterworth, timothy west, connie booth, fawlty towers, myrna loy, asta, william powell, the thin man, rosalind russell, marjorie main, paulette godard, joan fontaine, claire booth luce, the women, norma shearer, joan crawford, virginia grey, mary boland, george cukor, cole porter, noel coward, let's do it, lee morse, wilbur clark, alice is at it again, stephen sondheim, if ever i should leave you, camelot, oscar wilde, importance of being earnest 1952, anthony asquith, joan greenwood, dorothy tutin, humor, comedy, steven wright

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    December 11, 2010: Giving the Devil His Due

    DECEMBER 11, 2010 7:19AM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: stuff we should better remember, civil war literature, american literature, ambrose bierce

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    IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A Load of Capra!

    DECEMBER 5, 2010 3:54PM

    By prismguard


    Topics: prof grampy, christmas comes but once a year 1936, cartoon, max and dave fleischer, netscape, ghosts of christmas past, agatha christie, midsomer murders, a christmas carol 1951, charles dickens, alistair sim, 1950s tv, media, the nativity, tweens, b&w movies, bad taste, cult favorite, family movies, family values, socialism, populists, marxism, television opera, amahl and the night vistors, gian carlo menotti, ambrose bierce, incident at owl creek bridge, twilight zone, hype, american banks, 2010 elections, tea party, george bailey, dick cheney, gop, mortgage crisis, lionel barrymore, egotism, flunky angel, depressing, sadism, christmas favorites, christmas tradition, suicide, jimmy stewart, tips on choosing a christmas movie for kids

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