{"product_id":"the-king-in-yellow-annotated-illustrated-edition-the-weird-classic-behind-true-detective-and-the-cthulhu-mythos-9798950343902","title":"The King in Yellow: Annotated \u0026 Illustrated Edition - The Weird Classic Behind True Detective and the Cthulhu Mythos","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHave you seen the Yellow Sign?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a play that no one can read twice. Its first act is harmless. Everyone who reads into the second act is ruined - driven mad, damned, or changed forever. It is called \u003cem\u003eThe King in Yellow\u003c\/em\u003e, and the genius of Robert W. Chambers' 1895 masterpiece is that he never lets you read it. You only meet the wreckage it leaves behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1895, \u003cem\u003eThe King in Yellow\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most influential works of weird fiction ever written. Its cursed play, its lost city of Carcosa, and its dread symbol the Yellow Sign haunted H. P. Lovecraft, seeded the Cthulhu Mythos, and returned to shock a new generation through HBO's \u003cem\u003eTrue Detective\u003c\/em\u003e. This is the source - complete, unabridged, and newly brought to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis Annotated \u0026amp; Illustrated Edition includes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- All ten original stories, complete and unabridged\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- An original introduction tracing Chambers' strange genius and the Bierce → Chambers → Lovecraft → True Detective lineage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A headnote before every story to guide first-time readers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- A Glossary of the Yellow Mythos - Carcosa, Hastur, Hali, the Pallid Mask, the Yellow Sign, and more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Twelve original illustrations in the decadent fin-de-siècle style of the Yellow Nineties\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the disorienting future-New York of \"The Repairer of Reputations\" to the pure terror of \"The Yellow Sign,\" this is weird fiction's founding nightmare, presented as it deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe scolloped tatters of the King in Yellow are waiting.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carrier Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798950343902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d","brand":"Robert W. Chambers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934258950325,"sku":"9798950343902","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-king-in-yellow-annotated-illustrated-edition-the-weird-classic-behind-true-detective-and-the-cthulhu-mythos-9798950343902","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}