The King in Yellow: Tales of a Play That Maddens Its Readers
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A play in two acts circulates through Europe; those who finish reading it go mad. Chambers gathered his linked tales around that idea in 1895, invented the Yellow Sign, borrowed lost Carcosa from Ambrose Bierce, and then — having built the vocabulary that Lovecraft and half of modern horror would borrow — turned to writing romances for the rest of his life. The first four stories are why the book endures. Ninety-six plates, from Goya to Redon, chart the same haunted European imagination the play feeds on, with storms, duels and uneasy portraits crowding the page.
A play in two acts circulates through Europe; those who finish reading it go mad. Chambers gathered his linked tales around that idea in 1895, invented the Yellow Sign, borrowed lost Carcosa from Ambrose Bierce, and then — having built the vocabulary that Lovecraft and half of modern horror would...
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Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) was an American writer born in Brooklyn who trained as an artist in Paris before turning to fiction. He is remembered now for one early book of weird tales, The King in Yellow, and was known in his lifetime for society romances and wartime thrillers. His works include The King in Yellow, The Dark Star, The Fighting Chance, and The Slayer of Souls.
Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) was an American writer born in Brooklyn who trained as an artist in Paris before turning to fiction. He is remembered now for one early book of weird tales, The King in Yellow, and was known in his lifetime for society romances and wartime thrillers. His works inclu...
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