The King In Yellow

The King In Yellow is a fictional play within a collection of short storiesa metafictional dramatic work that brings despair, depravity, and insanity to anyone who reads it. In this collection of dreamlike short stories, set in Paris and New York, Robert W. Chambers weaves a tapestry of horror, science fiction, and romance, entwined with the menacing thread of The King in Yellow, a play so terrifying and disturbing that to experience it instantly engulfs one in madness and despair. The ruthless heir to a lost kingdom; a sculptor with a horrifying secret; stalking demons; decadent art students; doomed lovers the shadow of The King in Yellow looms over them all. ABOUT THE COVER The hypnotic nature of the vortex echoes encountering the King In Yellow - the horrors and truths of the universe are revealed and the reader finds themselves spiralling into insanity.