tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post7720653303016316316..comments2024-03-09T00:19:36.011-08:00Comments on Reading the Short Story: Short Story Month 2015--Ambrose Bierce, "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"Charles E. Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11642048806407593585noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3161136885462262525.post-84512504477593472912015-05-19T16:06:40.690-07:002015-05-19T16:06:40.690-07:00I first heard this story many years ago, read alou...I first heard this story many years ago, read aloud on an NPR program which would start after the alarm on my clock radio in the early a.m. It took several days for the reader to work his way through the story, and I listened in a liminal state, slowly waking up. I was so relieved that the captured man had escaped (as my sleepy consciousness informed me) and the shock at the end was stunning. I've never forgotten that story or the effect of the ending. I enjoyed your analysis, particularly your last couple of setences.Frances Pickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12125725138705135925noreply@blogger.com