A stunning new paperback edition of the supernatural horror cult classic of weird fiction that
inspired H.P. Lovecraft and HBO's True Detective --featuring gorgeous sprayed edges and an art
deco design. 4 unforgettably unsettling tales about a play that drives its audiences to madness
as it explores themes of the supernatural spirituality and the potentially corrosive
influence of belief in the afterlife. I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the
heavens where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon... I pray God will curse
the writer as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful stupendous creation
terrible in its simplicity irresistible in its truth -- a world which now trembles before the
King in Yellow. Uncanny macabre and unsettling the 4 tales contained in this beautiful new
edition of Robert W. Chambers's supernatural classic are arguably the greatest ever written in
the weird fiction genre. They are linked together by a play The King in Yellow whose second
act reveals truths so terrible and beautiful that it drives all who read it to bitter despair.
Across each story the book spreads like an infectious disease from city to city from
continent to continent. Its wicked pages violate no definite principles or doctrine. It cannot
be judged by any known standard. Yet although all acknowledge The King in Yellow as a supreme
achievement of art all feel that human nature cannot bear the strain nor thrive on words
which in which the essence of purest poison lurks. Influencing generations of writers since
their first publication in 1895 from the renowned master of cosmic horror H.P Lovecraft to the
creators of HBO's True Detective these stories are a rediscovered classic of weird fiction
and supernatural horror.
