{"product_id":"medusa-a-novel-of-mystery-ecstasy-and-strange-horror-volume-60-9780712355728","title":"Medusa: A Novel of Mystery, Ecstasy and Strange Horror Volume 60 (Tales of the Weird) [Visiak, E. H.]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eE. H. Visiak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e...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...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baker \u0026amp; Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780712355728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. H. Visiak\u003c\/b\u003e was the pen name of the British writer and critic Edward Harold Physick, an expert on Milton and celebrated Edwardian poet best known for \u003ci\u003eBuccaneer Ballads\u003c\/i\u003e (1910) and a handful of strange short stories. His novel \u003ci\u003eMedusa \u003c\/i\u003e(1929) is heralded as an important contribution to weird fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baker \u0026 Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45018492502192,"sku":"9780712355728b","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2341\/9361\/files\/img_cce25365-aec5-4ea1-be9b-15a58f490166.jpg?v=1773966852","url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/medusa-a-novel-of-mystery-ecstasy-and-strange-horror-volume-60-9780712355728","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}