Trade paperback. First published in 1895, 'The King in Yellow' has since inspired many writers of fantasy and horror fiction. None other than H. P. Lovecraft said of the book: “The King in Yellow, a series of vaguely connected short stories having as a background a monstrous and suppressed book whose perusal brings fright, madness, and spectral tragedy, really achieves notable heights of cosmic fear...” American writer and editor Lin Carter considered the book “an absolute masterpiece, probably the single greatest book of weird fantasy written in this country between the death of Poe and the rise of Lovecraft.” This new ‘Forbidden Inversion’ edition reframes this classic series of decadent tales, and a special introduction by Chase Griffin shines new and unsettling light on Robert W. Chambers’ jaundiced masterpiece.