Medusa's Coil
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"Medusa's Coil" is a short story
by H. P. Lovecraft
and Zealia Bishop
. It was first published in Weird Tales magazine in January 1939, two years after Lovecraft's death.
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
by H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
and Zealia Bishop
Zealia Bishop
Zealia Brown-Reed Bishop was an American writer of short stories.Her stories appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. However, they were extensively revised by H. P...
. It was first published in Weird Tales magazine in January 1939, two years after Lovecraft's death.