Medusa - (Tales of the Weird) by E H Visiak (Paperback)

Name: Medusa - (Tales of the Weird) by E H Visiak (Paperback)
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...a little on one side of me, I spied something that moved along upon the verge with a sliding writhing motion, seeming like the extremity of a sort of trunk; like the body of a huge serpent... Drawn by horror's fearful traction, I moved to the verge of the parapet and looked down... Somewhere around the early eighteenth century, young Will Harvell joins a sea voyage in search of a mariner's missing son which gradually finds itself drawn towards an ancient and indescribable terror of the ocean in E. H. Visiak's classic novel, which returns to print featuring a new introduction by horror expert Aaron Worth.
About the Author: E. H. Visiak was the pen name of the British writer and critic Edward Harold Physick, an expert on Milton and celebrated Edwardian poet best known for Buccaneer Ballads (1910) and a handful of strange short stories.
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Series Name: Tales of the Weird

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...a little on one side of me, I spied something that moved along upon the verge with a sliding writhing motion, seeming like the extremity of a sort of trunk; like the body of a huge serpent... Drawn by horror's fearful traction, I moved to the verge of the parapet and looked down...

Somewhere around the early eighteenth century, young Will Harvell joins a sea voyage in search of a mariner's missing son which gradually finds itself drawn towards an ancient and indescribable terror of the ocean in E. H. Visiak's classic novel, which returns to print featuring a new introduction by horror expert Aaron Worth.

Combining elements of Conradian sea adventure with Atlantean mythology and a uniquely unsettling brand of metaphysical, sublime horror--all delivered in Visiak's high literary style--Medusa remains a distinctive, influential and still exciting work in the history of early twentieth-century weird writing.

About the Author

E. H. Visiak was the pen name of the British writer and critic Edward Harold Physick, an expert on Milton and celebrated Edwardian poet best known for Buccaneer Ballads (1910) and a handful of strange short stories. His novel Medusa (1929) is heralded as an important contribution to weird fiction.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.5 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W)

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 288

Genre: Non-Classifiable

Series Title: Tales of the Weird

Publisher: British Library

Format: Paperback

Author: E H Visiak

Language: English

Street Date: May 5, 2026

TCIN: 1007433430

UPC: 9780712355728

Item Number (DPCI): 247-52-7291

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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