The Damned Thing: 1898, From "In the Midst of Life"

Ambrose Bierce's chilling tale of an unseen menace, told at a coroner's inquest over a mangled corpse. A pioneering weird-horror story about a creature no human eye can perceive.

At a glance A jury sits around a lamplit table beside a dead man's body, listening to testimony… What it's about The Damned Thing is a short horror story built around an inquest into a… As the witness gives his account, the narrative reconstructs the fatal encounter with an… Bierce withholds and reveals with cold precision, leading toward an explanation grounded…

The Damned Thing is a short horror story built around an inquest into a violent, inexplicable death. As the witness gives his account, the narrative reconstructs the fatal encounter with an unseen force in the wild.