The King in Yellow

About this book

A mysterious play circulates through Paris, and those who read its second act may never see the world quite the same way again. Its king wears yellow, its sign appears in unexpected places, and the people who mention Carcosa seldom seem entirely safe.

Robert W. Chambers builds his most disturbing stories around a drama the reader is never allowed to see in full. The book then wanders into romance, artists' lives and Parisian adventures, revealing a stranger, more varied collection than its famous opening suggests. The gaps around the forbidden play do much of the haunting.