The King in Yellow is a collection of ten short stories, four them tales of supernatural horror that are connected by the theme of a fictitious drama of the same title. The play within the stories drives those who read it to illness and possible insanity and leaves them in a dazed state, speaking about unexplained mythological terms. The first season of True Detective frequently alluded to The King in Yellow, spurring renewed interest in this touchstone paragon of the genre.
This Warbler Classics edition includes an excerpt from H. P. Lovecraft’s critical study Supernatural Horror in Literature in which he comments on this enduring work of imagination, as well as a detailed biographical note.
Table of Content
Contents
The Repairer of Reputations
The Mask
In the Court of the Dragon
The Yellow Sign
The Demoiselle d’Ys
The Prophets’ Paradise
The Street of the Four Winds
The Street of the First Shell
The Street of Our Lady of the Fields
Rue Barrée
Supernatural Horror in Literature by H. P. Lovecraft
About the Author
About the author
H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) is regarded as one of the most significant twentieth-century writers of weird and horror fiction. He has had a primarily influence on such modern writers in the genre as Alan Moore, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Neil Gaiman.
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