Complex sentence: Critics have offered many readings of the influence of weird and horror fiction on "True Detective" narrative, specifically Robert W. Chambers' short story collection "The King in Yellow" (1895) and Thomas Ligotti, as well as nihilism and pessimism.
Split into simpler sentences: Critics have offered many readings of the influence of weird and horror fiction on "True Detective" narrative. Their analyses, specifically, examine the influence of Robert W. Chambers' short story collection "The King in Yellow" (1895) and Thomas Ligotti, as well as nihilism and pessimism.