COLLECTING AMBROSES. Thanks to Robert Pohle for reminding me about this. Fans of the weird tale sometimes forget about paranormal writer CHARLES FORT (1874-1932). In Chapter Two of his fourth and final book, “Wild Talents” (1932), Ford raises an intriguing question: Was somebody collecting Ambroses? This came about because some years after Bierce’s disappearance in Mexico, a Canadian businessman named Ambrose Small also vanished without trace. Fort writes: “And Id not say that my question, as to what the disappearance of one Ambrose could have to do with the disappearance of another Ambrose, is so senseless. The idea of causing Ambrose Small to disappear may have had origin in somebodys mind, by suggestion from the disappearance of Ambrose Bierce. If in no terms of physical abduction can the disappearance of Ambrose Small be explained, Ill not say that that has any meaning, until the physicists intelligibly define what they mean by physical terms.” A resourceful Fort fan known only as “X” has made “Wild Talents” available on the Internet (it’s also a Kindle book). Bierce makes his appearance in Chapter Two: resologist.net/talent02.htm In the September 1971 issue of “Fantasy and Science Fiction,” Arthur Jean Cox expanded on the Charles Fort theme with a short story called “A Collector of Ambroses,” later published in book form, which can be read here: books.google/books?books.google/books?id=effzAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT9&lpg=PT9&dq=charles+fort+collecting+ambroses&source=bl&ots=TZMhx5OcZ9&sig=DxIplvNBah7MDk27pneG2w0zGZU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6cEAVNzHNcLwgwTZ54GIDA&ved=0CE4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=charles%20fort%20collecting%20ambroses&f=false This Facebook post about Fort and Bierce is a preview. There’ll be a more elaborate entry on The Ambrose Bierce Site as time permits. The photo below is that of Fort.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:12:00 +0000
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