The Sacred House

"The Sacred House" is a short story by American author Brian Barr. It it the second of his King in Yellow stories, and was first published in the anthology Home Invasion by J. Ellington Ashton Press in March 2017.
==Synopsis==
A drug-addicted criminal steals a copy of The King in Yellow while committing a home invasion which results in the death of the targeted family. After reading the play he is visited by the spirits of the family, devoted to the King, who tear his body apart before his soul is brought into the service of their master.
==Publication History==
Since its first appearance in 2017, "The Sacred House" has also appeared in an independently-published chapbook to which it lends its name (2018), and the collection Brian Barr's King in Yellow (2019).
Category:Brian Barr works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works