Robert W. Chambers: King in Yellow (2021, Independently Published)
English language
Published Nov. 12, 2021 by Independently Published.
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.
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.
The first half of the collection has some good, weird tales. The second half was a bit dull, and not at all "weird tales" or related to the King in Yellow mythos.
The first half of the collection has some good, weird tales. The second half was a bit dull, and not at all "weird tales" or related to the King in Yellow mythos.
