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The King in Yellow
- 228 pages · about 4 hours
- First published 1895
- 479 editions
- Free to read
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1 About this book
An important early classic of fantasy/sci-fi. [Main story:] The ill effects of a soul-destroying play, to read which brings doom. A discovery that changes living flesh to stone. The mad adherents of a cult of evil powers from beyond. A lost traveler is suddenly 400 years in the past. Great writing; powerful emotions. Chambers wrote mainly conventional stuff, but not here.
Good for readers who want: horror, short stories, the supernatural, and a book they can read free online.
- Horror
- Fantasy, collections & anthologies
- Fantasy, paranormal
- Short stories
- Paranormal fiction
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