UPDATE: In addition to the essays already solicited, The Ambrose Bierce Project (http://www.ambrosebierce.org) is seeking literary briefs on the following short stories:

"A Son of the Gods"
"One Kind of Officer"
"A Tough Tussle"
"The Coup de Grâce"
"One Officer, One Man"
"Parker Adderson, Philosopher"
"An Affair of Outposts"
"Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General"
"A Horseman in the Sky?
"Killed at Resaca"
"The Damned Thing"
"Moxon's Master"
"The Man and the Snake"

Each brief should offer a critical perspective on the featured Bierce story. Published examples can be found at http://www.ambrosebierce.org/journal.html . Briefs should not exceed 2,000 words, but should include scholarly notes. All submissions will undergo a blind peer review. Accepted briefs will appear in the fall issue.

Deadline: 8/15/06.

Please submit queries and completed briefs to the editor at bierce_at_psu.edu. Correspondence may also be directed to:

Craig A. Warren, Editor
The Ambrose Bierce Project
School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Irvin Kochel Center
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
5091 Station Rd.
Erie, PA 16563

         ==========================================================
              From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List
                        CFP_at_english.upenn.edu
                         Full Information at
                     http://cfp.english.upenn.edu
         or write Jennifer Higginbotham: higginbj_at_english.upenn.edu
         ==========================================================
Received on Thu Jun 15 2006 - 07:46:56 EDT