The Middle Toe of the Right Foot The Middle Toe of the Right Foot "The Middle Toe of the Right Foot" is a ghost story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It was first published in "The San Francisco Examiner" on April 17, 1890 and was reprinted the following year as part of "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians". The plot was apparently inspired by the front page "Examiner" news story from November 14, 1888 which described "an improbable duel with bowie knives in a suitably darkened room". A man named Manton has horribly killed his two children and his wife, the latter of
Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed Humans! 2". Cryptosporidium 138 and his mentor, Orthopox 13, attempt to support the popularity of Big Willy, a fast food restaurant Orthopox owns. Pox reveals that the Big Willy food franchise is actually a scheme to dispose of the human bodies Crypto leaves lying around. Crypto and Pox are watching TV in Harbor City and happen upon the evening news. Bill Kincaid, a news reporter, announces that the Big Willy Corporation has opened its five-hundredth restaurant, and that President Huffman has resigned, implying that Crypto gave up on controlling the American Government. The news is then interrupted by the missing