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 (71 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Damned Thing authored Ambrose Bierce[3].
  • The Damned Thing's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Damned Thing's genre is horror literature[5].
  • The Damned Thing's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • The Damned Thing's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • The Damned Thing was released on December 7, 1893[8].
  • The Damned Thing's main subject is invisibility[9].
  • The Damned Thing's work available at URL is recorded as https://absolutehorror.fandom.com/wiki/The_Damned_Thing_by_Ambrose_Bierce[10].
  • The Damned Thing's work available at URL is recorded as https://shortstories.fandom.com/wiki/The_Damned_Thing[11].
  • 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[12].
  • The Damned Thing's described by source is recorded as Everipedia[13].
  • The Damned Thing's described by source is recorded as Q55075031[14].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as Town Topics[15].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as Tales of Soldiers and Civilians[16].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as Bar the Doors[17].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as 65 Great Spine Chillers[18].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as The Dark Descent[19].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as Weird Tales, vol. 2, no. 2[20].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as Famous Monster Stories[21].
  • The Damned Thing's published in is recorded as The Second Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories[22].
  • The Damned Thing's title is recorded as The Damned Thing[23].
  • The Damned Thing's copyright status is recorded as public domain[24].
  • The Damned Thing's copyright status is recorded as public domain[25].
  • The Damned Thing's form of creative work is recorded as short story[26].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Damned Thing authored Ambrose Bierce[3].

Publication

The Damned Thing was released on December 7, 1893[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[6]. Its genre is horror literature[5].

Subject and Themes

The Damned Thing's main subject is invisibility[9].

Why It Matters

The Damned Thing ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 1d ago · TenebrousFox · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work short story
    Image Weird Tales, September 1923 - The Damned Thing.jpg
    Language of work or name English
    Described by source Everipedia, Q55075031
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1433]]: [[Q140073610]]"
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