“She rose, and down about her in a cascade fell the squirming scarlet of–of what grew upon her head. It fell in a long, alive cloak to her bare feet on the floor, hiding her in a wave of dreadful, wet, writhing life. She put up her hands and like a swimmer she parted the waterfall of it, tossing the masses back over her shoulders to reveal her own brown body, sweetly curved. She smiled, exquisitely, and in starting waves back from her forehead and down about her in a hideous background writhed the snaky wetness of her living tresses. And Smith knew that he looked upon Medusa.”
| Alias Shambleau |
| Real Names/Alt Names |
| Characteristics Pulp Characters, Weird Tales Universe, Extra-terrestrial, Monster Mash, Vampire, Hypnotist, The Future |
| Creators/Key Contributors C. L. Moore |
| First Appearance “Shambleau” in Weird Tales (November 1933) |
| First Publisher Popular Publications [Internet Archive] [LUM] |
| Appearance List Reprinted: Avon Fantasy Reader #7 (Avon, 1948) — Shambleau included in anthology series; Shambleau and Others (Gnome Press, 1953); The Best of C. L. Moore (Edited by Lester del Rey, Doubleday/Ballantine, 1975); Scarlet Dream (Donald M. Grant, 1981). |
| Sample Read “Shambleau” (1933) [Internet Archive] |
| Description “She rose, and down about her in a cascade fell the squirming scarlet of–of what grew upon her head. It fell in a long, alive cloak to her bare feet on the floor, hiding her in a wave of dreadful, wet, writhing life. She put up her hands and like a swimmer she parted the waterfall of it, tossing the masses back over her shoulders to reveal her own brown body, sweetly curved. She smiled, exquisitely, and in starting waves back from her forehead and down about her in a hideous background writhed the snaky wetness of her living tresses. And Smith knew that he looked upon Medusa.” |
| Source Shambleau – Wikipedia |
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