"Cobwebs from an Empty Skull" by Ambrose Bierce is divided into three sections: "Fables of Zambri, the Parsee," an assortment of over 100 fables; "Brief Seasons of Intellectual Dissipation," discussions between a fool and a philosopher, a doctor and a soldier, respectively; and "Divers Tales," 28 different stories of an eclectic nature. These tales are all magical and fantastic in nature and wish to impart a moral lesson on readers of any age.