num_pages: 290
description: There is a tainted play written by a genius who killed himself when it was completed. Any who read it will experience epiphanies beyond endurance. Countless centuries of its malign influence are spanned by the stories in this book. From seventeenth-century buccaneers to twenty-first century soldiers from Victorian slums to modern suburban streets the play and the monarch it tells of have wrought ruination and salvation. Inspired by the weird horror of nineteenth century authors Robert W. Chambers and Ambrose Bierce; get to know the original King in Yellow.
language: English
title: Stars of Black: Contemplations upon the Pale King
publisher: Lizards of the Host Publishing