[Buttons12]

While we're on the subject, I recommend Ambrose Bierce most highly. I have at my side a copy of "Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce," and the man was funnier than Twain. Here's the first sentence of his short piece, "An Imperfect Conflagration."

Early one June morning in 1872 I murdered my father -- an act which made a deep impression on me at the time.

Grabs you with the first line and doesn't disappoint.

Complete SS of AB contains 3 categories: Horror, War, and Tall Tales. He fought (when it was unavoidable) in the American Civil War, so those stories are not very amusing, but they're powerful. The horror stories are excellent and I'm no fan of the genre. The tall tales is where you'll LOL the most.

[Tax-chick]

I have his “Civil War Short Stories,” and I’ve read several other collections.