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Can Such Things Be?

by Ambrose Bierce

Level C1 · AdvancedFantasy26 chapters
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CEFR level
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Length
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About this book

A man lost in a dark forest awakens from a dreamless sleep to utter a mysterious name, then embarks on a haunting journey through a bloodstained, shadowless landscape where unseen forces conspire against him—his past and guilt shrouded in terrifying mystery.

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Contents

26 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02p. 13THE DEATH OF HALPIN FRAYSER
03p. 44THE SECRET OF MACARGER’S GULCH
04p. 58ONE SUMMER NIGHT
05p. 62THE MOONLIT ROAD
06p. 81A DIAGNOSIS OF DEATH
07p. 88MOXON’S MASTER
08p. 106A TOUGH TUSSLE
09p. 121ONE OF TWINS
10p. 134THE HAUNTED VALLEY
11p. 155A JUG OF SIRUP
12p. 169STALEY FLEMING’S HALLUCINATION

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