The Hour of the Tortoise

"The Hour of the Tortoise" is a Lovecraftian short story by American author Molly Tanzer, which forms part of her Ivybridge Twins series of Cthulhu Mythos fiction. It was first published in the collection of her works A Pretty Mouth (2012, Lazy Fascist Press) Title: "The Hour of the Tortoise" at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
==Synopsis==
An illegitimate scion of the Calipash family falls foul of a pair of evil twins upon her return to the family home in the nineteenth century. Imprisoned in the family mausoleum with only a mute supernatural entity as company, she realises that she is not long for this world…
==Publication History ==
*A Pretty Mouth (2012, Lazy Fascist Press)
*The Book of Cthulhu II (2012, 2022, Night Shade Books)
==References==
Category:Molly Tanzer works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works