This collection of short stories assembled together as The King in Yellow is a classic supernatural feast and a superb introduction to that branch of writing then described as 'weird'.
From the foggy streets of Victorian London to the eerie perfection of 1950s suburbia, the everyday is invaded by the otherworldly in this unforgettable collection of new ghost stories from the bestselling author of The Woman in Black.
United by a perfect chilling atmosphere and graceful literary style, these ghostly stories range from the horror of vampires, homicidal ghosts and monstrous spectral worms and slugs (appearing in the classic "e;Negotium Perambulans"e; and "e;And No Bird Sings"e;) to the satire of humorous tales that poke fun at charlatan mediums and fake seances ("e;Spinach"e; and "e;Mr Tilly's Seance"e;).
This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales by writers Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, WI George, Jerome K Jerome and Rudyard Kipling to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers of a most excellent standard.
This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales by writers Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling and joseph conrad to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers of a most excellent standard.