Project Gutenberg 2023-06-02 Public domain in the USA. 250 Bishop, Zealia B. (Zealia Brown) 1897 1968 Bishop, Z.B. Bishop, Z. B. Bishop, Zealia Brown-Reed Bishop, Zelia B. Reed, Zealia Brown Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips) 1890 1937 Lovecraft, Howard Phillips Littlewit, Humphrey Lovecraft, H.P. Medusa's coil $aUnited States :$bWeird Tales, $c1939. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusa%27s_Coil Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Medusa's Coil" by Zealia B. Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft is a horror novelette written during the early 20th century. The narrative follows a stranger who, while driving to Cape Girardeau in southern Missouri, encounters a dilapidated plantation home. Inside, he meets an enigmatic old man, who recounts a chilling tale involving his son, Denis, his wife Marceline, and the dark forces linked to Marceline's hair, suggesting a blend of horror with elements of folklore and the supernatural. The story begins with the narrator seeking shelter from an approaching storm at the derelict house of Antoine de Russy, who slowly unveils a family legacy of anguish and dark secrets. De Russy's son Denis becomes infatuated with Marceline, a woman linked to ancient magical rites. Their marriage leads to catastrophic consequences, as Denis becomes aware of Marceline's darker nature, culminating in a horrific confrontation that reveals her true, monstrous self intertwined with supernatural powers. The tale escalates into tragedy and madness, rooted in themes of possession, decay, and the primordial fear of the unknown, leaving a lingering dread that haunts both the characters and the reader. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV33N01193901/page/n3/mode/2up 20230309064541bishop 1939 US Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Horror tales Missouri -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: American Literature 119527 2025-06-28T06:38:49.451314 text/html 118628 2023-06-04T12:37:27 text/html 384939 2025-06-28T06:38:52.829267 application/epub+zip 385503 2025-06-28T06:38:50.751363 application/epub+zip 180918 2025-06-28T06:38:49.948257 application/epub+zip 981317 2025-06-28T06:38:54.423258 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 973451 2025-06-28T06:38:52.322258 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111691 2025-06-28T06:38:49.032321 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111420 2023-06-04T12:37:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19401 2025-06-28T06:38:54.559237 application/rdf+xml 27734 2025-06-28T06:38:50.308306 image/jpeg 4698 2025-06-28T06:38:50.127257 image/jpeg 43953 2023-06-04T12:37:29 application/octet-stream application/zip 1562899 2023-06-04T12:37:29 application/octet-stream application/zip 1574781 2025-06-28T06:38:49.479308 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia