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One of American literature's most intriguing, and most overlooked, luminaries... and a man who scared [[H.P. Lovecraft|Lovecraft]].
Later in his life, when the Mexican Revolution was raging down south, Ambrose Bierce decided to leave the United States and contribute to the war effort in Mexico, hoping to meet up with and fight alongside Pancho Villa. After a couple of months (during which time he did indeed meet up with Pancho Villa), his letters to his friends in the States abruptly ceased. He was never heard from again. He may have had something of a death wish; see the Quotes page. The book (and [[The Film of the Book]]) ''Old Gringo'' speculates on what might have happened to him after his famous disappearance, but no one knows what happened for sure.
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* ''Old Gringo'' by Carlos Fuentes
* In [[Robert Bloch]]'s story "I Like Blondes" (originally published in ''Playboy'', 1956), the alien tells Shirley that "the body I'm using right now. Its name was Ambrose Beers, I believe. [Ril] picked it up in Mexico a long time ago..."
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* ''[[From Dusk till Dawn]] 3: The Hangman's Daughter''. Oddly, the vampires don't get him in the end.
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* [[And I Must Scream]]
* [[Darker and Edgier]]
* [[Humans Are
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] (''overwhelmingly'' on the cynical side)
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* [[Alliterative Family]]: His father gave all the children names starting with "A".
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