"Every story of The King in Yellow has something riveting about it ... so perfectly realized, they became the model for much of twentieth-century horror/fantasy." -- New York Press
One of the most important works of American supernatural fiction since those of...
Reading it made men go completely insane. One man demanded that he be made emperor of America, committed a vicious murder, and died in an asylum for the criminally insane. One went to his church in search of absolution but found a temple built to madness in its place. One woman...
One of the most important works of American supernatural fiction since those of Poe, The King in Yellow was among the first attempts to establish the horror of the nameless and the unimaginable. A treasured source used by almost all the significant writers in the American pulp...
A collection of tales by Robert W. Chambers, including the classic horror tales from The King in Yellow, as well as his famous ghost story The Messenger. The King in Yellow is named after a fictional play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories...