A book of stories haunted by a rumor: a play so captivating it unravels the mind. In The King in Yellow, Robert W. Chambers moves from Parisian bohemia to shadowed streets and sickly twilight horizons, where beauty and terror share the same frame. With its iconic imagery and uncanny atmosphere, the collection stands at the origin point of an entire tradition of modern horror and strange fiction. This is the English-language hardcover edition of the classic book, following the 1895 text. Robert W. Chambers. The King in Yellow. First published: Chatto and Windus, London 1895. This edition follows the text of the first edition. 2. verb. Auflage, Göttingen 2026.