The curse of Yig by Zealia B. Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft
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"The Curse of Yig" by Zealia B. Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft is a short story written in 1928 and published in 1929. It introduces Yig, a vengeful snake god who punishes those who harm serpents. When a couple settles in Oklahoma, they encounter ancient legends warning of Yig's terrible retribution. The husband's snake phobia intensifies after his wife kills rattlesnakes near their camp. Desperate rituals and mounting paranoia follow, leading to
a night of horror that transforms superstition into monstrous reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bishop, Zealia B. (Zealia Brown), 1897-1968 |
|---|---|
| Author | Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 |
| Title | The curse of Yig |
| Original Publication | United States: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1929. |
| Series Title | Produced from Weird Tales November 1929. |
| Note | Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curse_of_Yig |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 68.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Horror tales |
| Subject | Oklahoma -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 70912 |
| Release Date | Jun 4, 2023 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 460 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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