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The King in Yellow

By Robert W. Chambers
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The King in Yellow is a chilling collection of interconnected stories set in the eerie city of Carcosa. These tales weave a haunting mythology that influenced H. P. Lovecraft, exploring themes of madness, cosmic horror, and forbidden knowledge. Readers enter a world where a mysterious, cursed play foretells doom and despair.
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This collection will appeal to lovers of classic supernatural horror and fans of early weird fiction seeking atmospheric and unsettling tales.

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"Reader, have you ever wondered who struck fear into the heart of H. P. Lovecraft? It was Robert Chambers and The King in Yellow, a wicked link in a terrifying lineage containing tales that have inspired generations of American horror writing. Now, the terror visits you. Edited with notes and introduction by John Edgar Browning"--

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Reader, have you ever wondered who struck fear into the heart of H. P. Lovecraft? It was Robert Chambers. Now, the terror visits you.

A wicked link in a terrifying lineage, the tales contained in The King in Yellow.

Welcome, dear reader, to Carcosa.

Edited with notes and an introduction by John Edgar Browning.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781941360392

Publisher: Lanternfish Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 January 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Lanternfish Press

Illustration: B&W

Contributors:

  • Edited by John Edgar Browning

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 322

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Classic Fiction Fantasy Fiction General Fiction Horror & Supernatural Literary Fiction Robert W. Chambers Sci-Fi & Fantasy

About the Author

John Edgar Browning (Ph.D., SUNY-Buffalo) is visiting lecturer in writing and communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is internationally recognized for his horror and Gothic scholarship, with over a dozen published or forthcoming books and seventy shorter works.

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