The Damned Thing

short story by Ambrose Bierce
VisualArtwork literary_work Q7728792
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The Damned Thing

Summary

The Damned Thing is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Damned Thing authored Ambrose Bierce[3].
  • The Damned Thing's image is recorded as Weird Tales, September 1923 - The Damned Thing.jpg[4].
  • The Damned Thing's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Damned Thing's genre is recorded as horror literature[6].
  • The Damned Thing's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • The Damned Thing's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • The Damned Thing's publication date is recorded as +1893-12-07T00:00:00Z[9].
  • The Damned Thing's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/051zs9x[10].
  • The Damned Thing's main subject is recorded as invisibility[11].
  • The Damned Thing's work available at URL is recorded as https://absolutehorror.fandom.com/wiki/The_Damned_Thing_by_Ambrose_Bierce[12].
  • The Damned Thing's work available at URL is recorded as https://shortstories.fandom.com/wiki/The_Damned_Thing[13].
  • The Damned Thing's work available at URL is recorded as https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Weird_Tales/Volume_2/Issue_2/The_Damned_Thing[14].
  • The Damned Thing's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 68759[15].
  • The Damned Thing's described by source is recorded as Everipedia[16].
  • The Damned Thing's described by source is recorded as Q55075031[17].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as Town Topics[18].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as Tales of Soldiers and Civilians[19].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as Bar the Doors[20].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as 65 Great Spine Chillers[21].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as The Dark Descent[22].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as Weird Tales, vol. 2, no. 2[23].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as Famous Monster Stories[24].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories[25].
  • The Damned Thing's title is recorded as The Damned Thing[26].
  • The Damned Thing's copyright status is recorded as public domain[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

The Damned Thing authored Ambrose Bierce[3].

Why It Matters

The Damned Thing ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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