‘I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth—a world which now trembles before the King in Yellow.’


The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories that mostly focuses on supernatural and surrealist horror. The collection is today considered to be one of the greatest books on surrealist horror written in America. Along with the works of Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft, Robert William Chambers’ The King in Yellow is a must read for readers interested in American horror fiction.


Robert William Chambers was an American writer best known for his book The King in Yellow.