Youth and the Bright Medusa is a collection of short stories by Willa Cather, published in 1920. Several were published in an earlier collection, The Troll Garden. This collection contains the following stories:"Coming, Aphrodite!" a.k.a. "Coming, Eden Bower!""The Diamond Mine""A Gold Slipper""Scandal""Paul's Case""A Wagner Matinee""The Sculptor's Funeral""A Death in the Desert"