However, he may be best-known for a story about the hanging of Peyton Farquhar and a satire originally published as the Cynic's Word Book.
This author's only poetry collection includes the poems "J.F.B." and "Nanine," and in one of this author's short stories, the title character is killed by a chess-playing robot. In addition to A Vision of Doom and "Moxon's Master," this author wrote stories about Herman Brayle's death and a six-year-old who encounters defeated Confederate soldiers, "Killed at Reseca" and "Chickamauga."  However, he may be best-known for a story about the hanging of Peyton Farquhar and a satire originally published as the Cynic's Word Book. For 10 points, name this author of "An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge" and the Devil's Dictionary.
This author's only poetry collection includes the poems "J.F.B." and "Nanine," and in one of this author's short stories, the title character is killed by a chess-playing robot.
Ambrose {Bierce}