This author collected various ghost stories in his work Present at a Hanging. This author wrote about Burt Lassister finding out his house has been burned down a year ago despite having visited it the day before in one story, while another story details a robot killing its owner after being defeated at chess. In addition to "Three and One are One" and "Moxon's Master," he 
This author collected various ghost stories in his work Present at a Hanging. This author wrote about Burt Lassister finding out his house has been burned down a year ago despite having visited it the day before in one story, while another story details a robot killing its owner after being defeated at chess. In addition to "Three and One are One" and "Moxon's Master," he also wrote a story in which an Alabaman planter rushes home before the reader is informed that "Peyton Farquhar was dead." For 10 points, name this American author of "An Occurrence of Owl Creek Bridge" and The Devil's Dictionary.
This author collected various ghost stories in his work Present at a Hanging.
Ambrose {Bierce}