Language English Media type Print (Hardback) Originally published 1953 Country United States of America | Publication date 1953 Pages 175 pp | |
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Genres Horror, Short story, Fantasy, Horror fiction, Memoir | ||
The Curse of Yig is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories and essays by author Zealia Bishop. It was released in 1953 and was the author's only collection published by Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 1,217 copies.
Contents
The three stories had originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales and were actually ghostwritten by H. P. Lovecraft. The stories are part of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Contents
The Curse of Yig contains the following tales:
- "The Curse of Yig"
- "Medusa's Coil"
- "The Mound"
- "H.P. Lovecraft: A Pupil's View"
- "A Wisconsin Balzac: A Profile of August Derleth"
Reception
Boucher and McComas, while dismissing the fiction as "three negligible stories from Weird Tales, praised the "two first-rate biographical profiles."
References
The Curse of Yig (book) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA