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Who ranked Bierce for his contributions to horror?

  • Stephen King

  • Michael Dirda

  • Margaret Atwood

  • Harold Bloom

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Michael Dirda, a prominent American literary critic, ranked Ambrose Bierce among the top horror writers in his book "On Horror" (1990). Dirda praised Bierce for his mastery of the genre and his ability to create truly terrifying stories that lingered in the reader's mind long after finishing them. Dirda's ranking solidified Bierce's reputation as a master of horror fiction.
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