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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge — Opening

Specificity Over Vagueness

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge — Opening

A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck. It was attached to a stout cross-timbe...

— Ambrose Bierce

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