Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An lura da wani abu mai ban sha'awa game da wallafe-wallafen wallafe-wallafe ga aikin Prus, wanda ya dace da na ɗan'uwansa na Amurka, Ambrose Bierce (1842<unk>1914). Kowannensu an haife shi kuma ya girma a karkara kuma yana da haɗin "Polish" (Bierce, an haife shi shekaru biyar kafin Prus, an haife shi a Kosciusko County, Indiana, kuma ya halarci makarantar sakandare a hedkwatar gundumar, Warsaw, Indiana). Kowannensu ya zama wanda aka kashe a yakin basasa tare da raunin da ya faru a kan kansa <unk> Prus a 1863 a Poland
1863<unk>65 Tashin hankali; Bierce a 1864 a cikin Yaƙin Basasa na Amurka. Kowannensu ya fara kuskure a wasu sana'o'i, kuma yana da shekaru ashirin da biyar ya zama dan jarida na shekaru arba'in masu zuwa; ya kasa ci gaba da aiki a matsayin babban edita; ya sami shahararren marubuci a matsayin ɗan gajeren labari; ya rasa ɗa a cikin mummunan yanayi (Prus, ɗa na ɗa; Bierce, 'ya'yansa maza biyu); ya sami sakamako mai ban sha'awa ta hanyar nuna son kai na mutum (Prus musamman a cikin "Fir'auna", Bierce a cikin "The Devil's Dictionary"); ya kasance daga farkon balaga ta hanyar matsalar lafiya (Prus, agoraphobia; Bierce, asma); kuma ya mutu a cikin shekaru biyu na ɗayan (Prus a 1912; Bierce mai yiwuwa a 1914). Prus, duk da haka, ba kamar Bierce ba, ya ci gaba daga gajerun labaru don rubuta litattafai.