The narrator of a story by this author of "The Hypnotist" is haunted by the phrase "Consciousness is the creature of Rhythm" and watches a fez-wearing creature strangle his friend after losing a (*) game of chess.
In a story by this author, the title character causes a prison warden to eat a doorknob and his parents to think that they are battling broncos. In a story by this author, the protagonist is shocked to find that he lives in "so wild a region" when he sees no roads for an entire day. The narrator of a story by this author of "The Hypnotist" is haunted by the phrase "Consciousness is the creature of Rhythm" and watches a fez-wearing creature strangle his friend after losing a (*) game of chess. In a story by this author, the protagonist is tricked by a disguised scout, who tells him about some burnable driftwood. The protagonist of that story jumps into a river to avoid gunshots, but feels a "stunning blow upon" his neck just as he goes to embrace his wife. For 10 points, name this author of "Moxon's Master" who wrote about Peyton Farquhar in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."
In a story by this author, the title character causes a prison warden to eat a doorknob and his parents to think that they are battling broncos.
Ambrose Bierce