"An Unfinished Race" is a short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce.
The story, dealing with a mysterious disappearance of a man, was first published in The San Francisco Examiner on October 14, 1888, and was included in Bierce's collection Can Such Things Be?
"An Unfinished Race" was collected in the third volume of Bierce's complete works, which included the ghost stories from his earlier book Can Such Things Be?
James Worson, a shoemaker who lived in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, undertook a bet, while under the influence of liquor.
Several miles into the run, Worson stumbled, fell "with a terrible cry", and vanished before he hit the ground.