![]() ![]() The King in Yellow was penned by Robert William Chambers (1865 – 1933), an American author and artist whose life was as fascinating as his work. To explain further would not be fair for it will rob you of the surprises and the creeping horror found in these unusual stories. The premise behind this fascinating collection of stories is that the title tale ‘The King in Yellow’ is in fact a printed play script, which takes a hypnotic malevolent hold on all of those who read it. Bleiler called it, ‘the most important volume in American supernatural fiction between Poe and the moderns.’ There can be no doubt that the book is a classic of the fantasy/supernatural genre and yet in recent years it has been neglected by publishers and readers alike, but now there is a smart edition published by Wordsworth ready to be devoured. The King in Yellow is a mysterious book, but perhaps the greatest mystery surrounding it is why it is so little known today. ‘Achieves notable heights of cosmic fear.’ H. ![]() David Stuart Davies looks at a book once described as ‘the most important volume in American supernatural fiction between Poe and the moderns.’ ![]()
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