He wrote a story in which an impromptu inquest rules the death of Hugh Morgan to be the result of a mountain lion attack.
In a story by this author, the section heading "One Does Not Always Eat What Is On the Table" refers to a corpse. The title character of a story by this author writes an incomplete poem ending "At last the viewlessÂ…" in his own blood after being attacked by the zombified spirit of his mother, who is named Catherine Larue. He wrote a story in which an impromptu inquest rules the death of Hugh Morgan to be the result of a mountain lion attack. This man's horror fiction includes "The (*) Death of Halpin Frayser" and "The Damned Thing." A character created by this writer is disturbed by the clanging sound of his own watch, and imagines swimming to the bank of a river and walking home to his plantation while being hanged for treason. For 10 points, name this author of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."
In a story by this author, the section heading "One Does Not Always Eat What Is On the Table" refers to a corpse.
Ambrose Bierce