The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers First published 1895

About this book

An important early classic of fantasy/sci-fi. [Main story:] The ill effects of a soul-destroying play, to read which brings doom. A discovery that changes living flesh to stone. The mad adherents of a cult of evil powers from beyond. A lost traveler is suddenly 400 years in the past. Great writing; powerful emotions. Chambers wrote mainly conventional stuff, but not here.

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  • american fiction
  • american horror tales
  • american literature
  • american paranormal fiction
  • american short stories
  • cuentos estadounidenses
  • fiction
  • fiction, fantasy, collections & anthologies
  • fiction, fantasy, paranormal
  • fiction, general
  • fiction, horror
  • fiction, short stories (single author)
  • literature