The King in Yellow
Author: Robert W. Chambers
#American 19c#Ip With Derivative Works#Cosmic Horror#Weird Fiction
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A cycle of interlinked stories orbiting a forbidden play, The King in Yellow, said to shatter the sanity of anyone who reads its second act. Chambers moves from a dystopian near-future New York to the studios of American painters in Paris, letting names like Carcosa, Hastur, and the Lake of Hali seep through the pages like a slow contamination. Even the tales that read as tender romance are haunted by an unnameable dread beneath their surface. A foundational work of weird fiction whose shadow falls across Lovecraft and every cosmic horror that followed.
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Robert W. Chambers
1865 – 1933 · United States
American novelist. His story collection "The King in Yellow" (1895), built around a fictional cursed play, is a precursor to cosmic horror and influenced later writers such as Lovecraft.
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| Territory | Language | Format | Status |
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| JP | ja | translation | available |