The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer Robert W.
The Yellow Sign inspired a film of the same name released in 2001..
There are ten stories, the first four of which (The Repairer of Reputations, The Mask, In the Court of the Dragon, and The Yellow Sign) mention The King in Yellow , a forbidden play which induces despair or madness in those who read it.
The first half of the book features highly esteemed weird stories, and the book has been described by critics as a classic in the field of the supernatural.
The book is named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories.
Chambers, first published in 1895.
The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer Robert W