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The King in Yellow, Deluxe Edition: An early classic of the weird fiction genre

Full title: The King in Yellow, Deluxe Edition: An early classic of the weird fiction genre
ISBN: 9781782273769
ISBN 10: 178227376X
Authors: Chambers Robert W.
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Num. pages: 160
Binding: Hardcover
Language: en
Published on: 2018

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Synopsis

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. 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.