An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

“Standing on a bridge with a noose around his neck, a condemned civilian clings fiercely to the possibility of escape.”

During the American Civil War, Peyton Farquhar, a prosperous Southern planter devoted to the Confederate cause, stands bound upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama. With Federal soldiers preparing his execution and a noose drawn tight about his neck, time slows to an agonizing crawl. As the plank beneath him gives way, Farquhar's instincts spark an extraordinary bid for survival. Ambrose Bierce crafts a masterclass in psychological suspense, plunging readers into the heightened perceptions of a man suspended between life and oblivion, where every tick of a watch and rush of water dictates the boundaries of reality.