The King in Yellow (Haunted Library Horror Classics)

Chambers, Robert W

ISBN 10: 1464213712 / ISBN 13: 9781464213717

Published by Poisoned Pen Press, 2021

About this Item

Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 238 p. Haunted Library Horror Classics. Audience: General/trade.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1788453570843

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The King in Yellow (Haunted Library Horror Classics)
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1464213712
• ISBN 13: 9781464213717
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 5.51W x 8.5H x 0.63D inches 5.51 inches width by 8.5 inches height by 0.63 inches depth
• Weight: 271 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • scifi/fantasy

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Synopsis

Who dares to read The King in Yellow?

A man pursued by a church organist who wants his soul. An artist plagued by repeated sightings of a watchman who looks like a coffin worm. Ghosts, wayward cats, and scientific dabblings with dire consequences. Each of these ten tales is chilling in its own right, but taken together, they weave a wickedly eerie spell that is sure to enthrall.

United by vague references to a play with the same name, which never appears in the book―a play that "induces despair or madness in those who read it"―The King in Yellow is undoubtedly Robert W. Chambers' finest work. The book quickly gained an influence over generations of writers of "weird tales," long before there was even a name for them. H. P. Lovecraft greatly admired the book, hailing it as achieving "notable heights of cosmic fear."

Chambers' genius will take readers to the most horrifying place of all―their own imaginations.

This beautiful new reprint includes an introduction by creator and writer of True Detective, Nic Pizzalatto.

About the Authors

Robert W. Chambers was an American novelist and short story writer. His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of Art Nouveau short stories published in 1895. E. F. Bleiler described The King in Yellow as one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction. It was also strongly admired by H.P. Lovecraft and his circle, and has inspired many modern authors, including Karl Edward Wagner, Joseph S. Pulver, Lin Carter, James Blish, Nic Pizzolatto, Michael Cisco, Ann K. Schwader, Robert M. Price, Galad Elflandsson and Charles Stross.

LESLIE S. KLINGER is the two-time EdgarŽ winning editor of New Annotated Sherlock Holmes and Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s. He has also edited two anthologies of classic mysteries and, with Laurie R. King, five anthologies of stories inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon. Klinger is the series editor of Library of Congress Crime Classics, a partnership of the Library of Congress and Poisoned Pen Press/Sourcebooks. He is a former Chapter President of the SoCal Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and lives in Malibu, California.