The Auto­bi­og­ra­phy of a Slan­der by Ambrose Bierce is a dark­ly satir­i­cal short sto­ry that gives voice to the con­cept of slan­der itself, explor­ing the con­se­quences and moral impli­ca­tions of mali­cious gos­sip through a humor­ous, cyn­i­cal lens.