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The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers

1895·224 pages

classics eerie hidden world paranormal fantasy short stories

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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The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers

Year

1895

Pages

224

Fantasy Horror Literary Fiction Mystery

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classics eerie hidden world paranormal fantasy short stories

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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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