The King in Yellow (Polis & Praxis Classics)

THE MASTERPIECE THAT INSPIRED TRUE DETECTIVE AND THE CTHULHU MYTHOS "Achieves a notable height of cosmic fear." - H. P. Lovecraft HAVE YOU FOUND THE YELLOW SIGN? Along the misty shores of the Lake of Hali, the twin suns sink and the shadows of Carcosa lengthen. It is a city of black stars and tattered kings, a place that exists only in the mind until it is too late to escape. In the bohemian quarters of 1890s Paris and the streets of a future New York, artists and dreamers are stalked by a madness born from a single forbidden play. These interconnected tales-including "The Repairer of Reputations," "The Mask," and "In the Court of the Dragon"-revolve around a fictional drama that induces despair and madness in its readers, exploring the terrifying fragility of the human mind when confronted with the unknown. Robert W. Chambers bridged the gap between the gothic romance of Edgar Allan Poe and the cosmic nihilism of H. P. Lovecraft. His mythology of the Pallid Mask and the Yellow Sign has whispered through the nightmares of readers for over a century, influencing everything from the Cthulhu Mythos to the acclaimed first season of HBO's True Detective. This Polis & Praxis Classics edition includes exclusive supplementary material:A New Introduction: An exploration of the book's enduring legacy, tracing its influence from the Cthulhu Mythos to the bayous of True Detective. Curated Further Reading: A guided tour through the lineage of weird fiction, connecting Chambers to his Decadent predecessors and his modern successors. Author Biography: A profile of the artist and writer who unwittingly created one of the most terrifying mythologies in American literature. Enter the world of Carcosa. Read the classic that defined a genre.