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Title: The Middle Toe of the Right Foot
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Narrator: Markham Anderson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 19 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-03-14
Publisher: Spoken Realms
Genres: Classics, American Literature
Publisher's Summary:
Ambrose Bierce dabbled very often in stories about ghosts. This story starts with a duel, a bet of sorts, to stay in a haunted house, and ends up a tragic joke. People regularly die of fear in Bierce stories, so beware as you listen to this story masterfully told by Markham Anderson.
Members Reviews:
Public domain horror
A tale of human and ghostly revenge. Two men set to duel, but, in the end, there appears to be a more other-wordly cause to the final outcome. It all relates to the sad but minor disfigurement of a young woman, which led to her husband deciding to do away with the imperfect creature.
The story does feel a bit slow and disjointed, with the first scenes coming near the end of the tale, and then jumping back and then far forward. Bierce might have been trying to get readers to start with the action, but it just comes out messy. I feel I'd have given an extra story if there was a slightly more logical passage of time.
This story is in the public domain. I listened to the free audio production from Librivox's 13th Ghost and Horror Collection.