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Has anyone here read this?  It's awesome!  I'm sure at least some people have...

I was talking my friend yesterday about books, dreams... lot's of stuff really, and he brought up An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, a short story by Ambrose Bierce.

If you haven't read it, and want to, I won't spoil the ending, but I liked it.

It's about a Confederate civilian from the times of the civil war, and he's being hanged. He has a short talk with an officer, and he tells the main character about Owl Creek bridge, and how if it were to fall, the Federal officers would pretty much be screwed... It's a bit more then that, but it's got a good twist at the end... So check it out if you want.

http://fiction.eserver.org/short/occurrence_at_owl_creek.html

If anyone's read it, what do you think?

Just read it. I love the authors style and its very well written.

Awesome!  I love the descriptions and especially the ending. 

Writing from that perspective is not easy either.

Hmm, I didn't notice.  That's a good observation. 

Third person present, I find it difficult to stay in.

Yeah, Bierce is a good writer.

Prior to this, I'd never heard of him :P

My friend to me about this story, because I'd told him that I was trying to write a story where the main character would be dead throughout the whole story, but the reader wouldn't find out until the end.  I thought it was original, but then again, it's really hard to be original nowadays.  Everything's been done. 

Thats actually quite commonly used.

The movie "The sixth sense" is a great example.

i believe shakespeare once said that there are only 10 stories to tell, but 10 billion ways to tell them. so yes, in many ways there are no original stories really. however, adding different elements can create a unique feel to it.

Agreement. Combination is the way to go.

Hehe... Awww... There goes my ideas.  Hahah.

I'm sure you'll come up with something.

Thanks... mabye a story about a fish... Yeah!  A clown fish who... Gets lost?  Yeah, and his father travels the whole ocean in order to find him! Yeah!

They'll never see it coming.  I'll call it.... Searching for Momo.  This is gonna be great! :P

At first I thought you actually thought that was original ahahahahah.

Hahah, aww... I feel kinda disappointed about myself now. Hahah.

Why? It was funny.

Hehe, no, disappointed in the fact that you thought I was serious about being original.  Well, I was only joking anyways.  Just messin' around all day.