The King in Yellow, Deluxe Edition

ISBN: 9781782273769
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A beautiful gift edition of this cult classic of supernatural fiction.

The weird tales in this slim volume are all linked by a play, the second act of which reveals truths so terrible and beautiful that it drives all who read it to despair: The King in Yellow.

These four macabre, uncanny and unsettling stories are some of the most thrilling ever written in the field of weird fiction, and since their first publication in 1895 have become a cult classic, influencing many writers from the renowned master of cosmic horror H.P Lovecraft to the creators of HBO's True Detective.

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Chambers, Robert W.
  • ISBN: 9781782273769
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.90 x 0.70
  • Number Of Pages: 160
  • Publication Year: 2018
Language: English

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  • Gothic Weird Tales That Still Send Shivers Down Spines

    David D. - 10 months ago

    Robert W. Chambers is most famous for four particular horror stories: "The Repairer of Reputations", "The Mask", "In the Court of the Dragon", and "The Yellow Sign" are classics of paranoid supernatural horror. But more crucially, these otherwise unconnected stories all make reference to a book called THE KING IN YELLOW, a playscript so cursed that it drives the reader mad with obsession and dread. All four stories are memorable examples of Gothic horror, with "The Repairer of Reputations" being particularly inventive. By the end of "The Yellow Sign", you too may find that you can't stop thinking of Carcosa and the Yellow King. The KING IN YELLOW stories are in public domain, so there are many different printings. Most books reproduce the original 1895 collection, which also includes three non-Carcosan ghost stories and three bohemian stories that are non-horror entirely. If you want the four KING IN YELLOW stories by themselves, be sure to go for this stylish little hardcover from Pushkin Press (ISBN 9781782273769). For the full ten-story collection, I recommend the Heathen Edition (9781948316019) or the Lanternfish Press edition (9781941360392). Just make sure to avoid the overpriced straight-from-the-internet printings.

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