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The Curse of Yig (book)

1953 collection of short stories and essays by Zealia Bishop


1953 collection of short stories and essays by Zealia Bishop

FieldValue
nameThe Curse of Yig
imageCurse of yig.jpg
image_size200px
captionJacket illustration by Ronald Clyne for The Curse of Yig
authorZealia B. Bishop
cover_artistRonald Clyne
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
genreFantasy, horror
publisherArkham House
release_date1953
media_typePrint (hardback)
pages175

The three stories had originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales and were co-written 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

Sources

References

  1. "Recommended Reading," ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. F&SF]]'', February 1954, p.95.
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