Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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.

Ambrose Bierce


Image by misterhalloween.

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4 comments:

Heather said...

That's a rather creepy picture. :D

Sara said...

And an even creepier quote.

Rot said...

What's interesting is that the quote is from one of his "tall tales"...meant to be funny when in the context of the story...but out of context, it's very cold and troubling.
LOVE this author.

Sara said...

See? Had no idea. I thought it was really from some professed killer, lol. Well played,author. Well played.