Mythos Monday: The Curse of Yig by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop

Mythos Monday
The Curse of Yig
H. P. Lovecraft
Zealia Bishop
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[@tonygriego6382]

Always good to see a return from the gentleman of Providence.

[@BookBlather]

Now you’re making me want to squeeze in some Lovecraft for H.M.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

You should!

[@GentleReader01]

Me too. I hadn’t planned to, but it’s not like I lack the complete work of HPL in my Kindle library.

[@BookBlather]

@@GentleReader01 I mean, if only I had a paperback anthology, and an audio version of the Necronomicron on my phone 😉

[@thehashisheater]

What a coincidence! I just finished reading this story no more than a half hour ago. The Curse of Yig is a fantastic story, genuinely creepy!

[@DDB168]

I was bitten on my back recently. Still not sure if it was Yig or a goomarr 🤭🐍 That letter at the end, kinda gives it all away 😉 And yes it's available on Gutenberg.

[@w.adammandelbaum1805]

If Lovecraft were alive today... he'd be kicking and screaming trying to get out of his coffin. And he'd be writing his stuff on a HP printer, about the magic of thinking YIG. On a more literary note, his style is also in evidence in his collaboration with Hazel Heald in OUT OF THE EONS which can be found in the anthology THE SLEEPING AND THE DEAD.

[@TheNineteenthCentury]

Please make a video on "The Mound." That one was truly disturbing! (By the way, I think it's disproportionate to say these revisions were "co-written" by Lovecraft, since all the other author would do was give H.P.L. the idea of the story and maybe a handful of notes; the Old Gent would do the rest of the work. This is certainly true for his "collaborations" with Zealia Bishop, wherein Lovecraft was the one who wrote the whole story.)

[@LeoniFermer-vi4dc]

Love this story and The Mound. I have a phobia against sakes too. Fortunately only Adders here in Britain and they aren't aggressive!

[@woolybooger7770]

I believe Del Rey did an edition called Lovecraft and Others which contained all of his "revisionist" work.

[@CliffsDarkGems]

Great stuff! You make me want to read some Lovecraft this month.

[@GrammaticusBooks]

I think I have this story laying around here somewhere. Sounds like a great read. I’ll have to try and dig it up! Great stuff as always Michael!

[@charliedogg7683]

9 out of 10 of the world's most poisonous snakes live here in Australia. Just thought I'd mention this. I return to HPL every few years to re-read his oeuvre, a truly timeless author. And his revisions, which he could have just coasted through and taken the money, are very good stories in themselves - as Lovecraft tells Derleth, he employed the many skills he possessed in the craft of writing to make "The Curse Of Yig" work very well as a piece of weird fiction.

[@danieltenney1896]

I had a friend tell me the Mound was really good. Ill have to check out Yig as well. I onky have a Complete Fiction of Lovecraft that doesn't include the revisions that he did, so ill try Guttenberg for these. Thanks for connecting it to his letter about the story. That really completed the picture and was really informative! Also, love your reading! You should do more of that. I was just reading The Black Stone today by REH. I believe that also connects to the Mythos, and the comics are referencing it as well. Its another story where you can really see the influence that Lovecraft had on Howard. Cool stuff, and great video.

[@gingerbibliophile]

Very fun! Love your creepy intro!

[@BookChatWithPat8668]

Brilliant, Michael! Great research!😊

[@jasonsantos3037]

You know in Robert E Howard's Conan story there's a snake God calls Set. 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍

[@tonette6592]

I have to check this out.

[@dylantindall5573]

Yagh! You gave away the ending. I was enjoying your reading, you said you wouldn't give away the ending, then you gave away the ending - you owe me the whole story! So read me The Curse of Yig entire. I like it when you read from the text. Also, and more civilly, regarding native American indians, did Lovecraft, Howard, or other writers of the turn of the (19th) century seek and use source material ?

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

I did give away that the man died, but that was inevitable. The actual ending I didn’t give away.

[@redwawst3258]

😊

[@bigaldoesbooktube1097]

You should offer your services to audible 👌

[@robpetersen87]

This is, in my opinion, the very best of all of Lovecraft's collaborations and ghost writings. A story that can stand with the best of his solo fiction.

[@GentleReader01]

I put The Mound ahead of it, but there’s certainly something about Bishop’s story ideas that good work out of HPL.

[@robpetersen87]

@@GentleReader01 I appreciate several things about The Mound, but I didn't find the K'n-yan people very interesting -- and that's what most of the story focuses on. I felt most of its ideas about alien civilizations on earth were better executed in Atmom and The Shadow Out of Time. The early parts of The Mound are excellent though, it really only falls apart for me when the narrator reaches the city.

[@KyleMaxwell]

Agreed, this is one of Lovecraft's most horrifying stories in the way he humanizes the actual consequences.

[@freelivefree7221]

It's interesting for me to think of Lovecraft writing about Pioneers in the West since he was such a Northeasterner. You know I haven't read much of his collaborations. I probably should. You mention that the story is told by an anthropologist who is a recurring character. Gene Wolfe wrote a series about a professor of folklore who either encountered or related tells stories of the supernatural. One of which, Lord of the Land, is Cthulhu Mythos tell. The most famous of these is The Nebraskan and the Nereid which involves Greek Mythology.