The Medusa

By Walter Lazo

Five friends, exploring ancient ruins in Greece, find an enormous rock mountain that is not in any of their maps. Imbued with an adventurous spirit they decide to explore it and find a door built into the mountain. The door is slightly ajar. They step through it and find themselves in another world, one which is both beautiful and deadly, for she dwells in it - the Medusa.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Walter Lazo
• Release date: Jun 6, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476275307

Walter Lazo

“Our free short stories are intended as a doorway to our more mature premium works. Their purpose is to showcase the author’s writing style and use of evocative imagery. Although these are his earlier works—he has gotten much better since—they serve as a nice introduction to his thematic concerns as well as to his belief that a story has to be believed in to be effective. Therefore, what he presents in these stories are situations and the reactions of characters within those situations.”Walter Lazo was born in Cambridge, MA, and now lives in North Carolina. As a child he discovered his love of Weird Fiction and large, epic, heroic stories, as well as German and Greek mythology, devouring the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen King, the Grimm brothers, Bram Stoker, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Walter grew up reading the short stories of Richard Matheson, and later discovered the works of the great science fiction writers of the 20th century; namely, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov.He enjoys writing horror and science fiction stories with an occasional martial arts story thrown in for good measure. He is currently obsessed with the short story form and hopes that it will make a comeback in popularity. As an adult he has tried to create his own mythos, writing about the Demon World and other creatures that torment men’s dreams.He is a longtime fan of Stephen King and of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.! ! ! A T T E N T I O N ! ! !Our Forums Are Now OPEN!Join us at: http://werewolfwinter.com/forum/

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The Medusa

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Walter Lazo

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ISBN 978-1476275307

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THE MEDUSA

Hey, that’s not in the map, said Cynthia, pointing at an enormous rock mountain.

What’s not on the map? asked Francine, coming up behind her.

Cynthia, a petite blonde wearing khaki shorts and shirt, pointed again at the mountain.

Oh, said Francine, that’s not supposed to be there.

I know. That’s what I just said. We should totally go and investigate.

Francine, tall and dark haired, wearing a similar hiking outfit as Cynthia’s, looked at the strange mountain that was where the map clearly stated flat prairie land and noticed a door, slightly