Groping about, I set my foot on something soft, which snarled and spit, and I aimed a murderous blow at the cat, but my cane shivered to splinters against the balustrade, and the beast scurried back into Mr.
We sat down in the sunshine on the bench at the foot ofthe equestrian status of General Sheridan.
Constance tipped her sunshade to shield her eyes, and she and Louis began a murmuring conversation which was impossible to catch.
This book contains all the immortal tales of Robert W. Chambers, including "TheRepairerofReputations", "The Yellow Sign", and "The Mask".
Chambers is considered a landmark author in the field of horror literature for his King in Yellow collection, which itself represents but a small portion of his weird fiction work.
In addition to the six stories reprinted from The Yellow Sign (1895) this book also offers more than two dozen other stories and episodes, about 650 pages in all.
The first tale, the futuristic (set in 1920) "TheRepairerofReputations," has to be one ofthe "best and most grotesque" delusional first person stories of paranoia, outdistancing even Poe's master works.
The pieces from The King in Yellow are followed by two tales from The Maker of Moons (1896): the title novella, which many critics call Chambers' last truly great story, and "A Pleasant Evening," a story of a vow that causes its maker to return from the dead.
But for readers who wish to not only experience Chambers' forays into the realms of horror and dark fantasy, but also get a full understanding of one writer's growth from the weird, to the humorous, and then to the romantic, this compendium of his short works is a step in the right direction.
The first tale in The King in Yellow, "TheRepairerofReputations," is one ofthe greatest and weirdest tales of delusions of grandeur and paranoia ever written.
In "The Yellow Sign" a man dreams of a mysterious hearse and is obsessed with a loathsome man who inhabits the steps ofthe church outside his apartment window.
However, The Yellow Sign and Other Stories is intended to only collect Chambers' short fiction, and at close to 650 pages of small type, The Hidden Children would have close to doubled the bulk ofThe Yellow Sign and Other Stories.
I think this story has a very good background "feel", but it cramps its subject, which is the "kingship ofthe world" vibe from "TheRepairerofReputations".
Now, the mentioned beaten up guest did the following: Just in the moment when the film began, he cried out loud: "And for those who do not know it yet: The big surprise ofthe movie is......" And then he got kicked in the arse.
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Lethal Chamber, Miss Staverton, Yellow Sign, RepairerofReputations, Miss Seaton, Spencer Brydon, Alice Staverton, Imperial Dynasty of America, Bleecker Street, Doctor Archer, South Fifth Avenue, Sir Simon, The Colour Out of Space, Washington Square, Ammi Pierce, Lady Avelin, Fourth Street, Supernatural Horror, Called April, Sir Rowland, North River, Somburg Head, Pell Street
The Colour Out of Space: Tales of Cosmic Horror, selected by D. Thin, collects a dozen otherworldly stories by authors ranging from Edgar Allan Poe ("MS.
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In "TheRepairerofReputations" it serves as a recognition symbol for the secret followers ofThe Imperial Dynasty, while in "The Yellow Sign" it is a jewled clasp that brings doom to an unsuspecting painter and his new-found love.
The King In Yellow is a set of loosely linked stories centering around a book ofthe same title, containing an ambiguous and dreamlike play of such beauty and sadness that it drives many of its readers to madness or dispair.
I was deeply moved by the aesthetic of vague and dimly recalled yet tragic loss in The King In Yellow, particularly in those passages dealing with the play.
"The Yellow Sign", "The Mask", "TheRepairerofReputations", "In The Court ofthe Dragon", "The Demoiselle D'Ys", "The Prophet's Paradise", "The Street ofthe Four Winds", "The Street ofthe First Shell", "The Street of Our Lady ofthe Fields", "Rue Barree".
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The first tale in The King in Yellow, "TheRepairerofReputations," is one ofthe greatest and weirdest tales of delusions of grandeur and paranoia ever written.
In "The Yellow Sign" a man dreams of a mysterious hearse and is obsessed with a loathsome man who inhabits the steps ofthe church outside his apartment window.
Similarly, in "In the Court ofthe Dragon" a man is stalked through the narrow streets of Paris by an emissary ofthe Yellow King.
From the genius of 'TheRepairerofReputations', thescientific adventures of 'Into the Unknown' and the Holmseque 'TheFinder of Lost Persons', Robert Chambers shows why he was one of thepre-eminent mystery/horror writers of his era.
Chambers undoubtedly could create real chills, but how the author ofthe King in Yellow short stories could descend into such pap is beyond me--what a disappointment and what a bore.
Despite editor Joshi's disclaimers in the introduction that Chambers wasted a lot of his talent pandering to popularity, I don't think his comments adequately criticized the awfulness of much of this massive volume.
This book contains all the immortal tales of Robert W. Chambers, including "TheRepairerofReputations", "The Yellow Sign", and "The Mask".
Chamber's is considered a landmark author in the field of horror literature for his King in Yellow collection, which itself represents but a small portion of his weird fiction work.
This massive collection brings together the entire body of Robert W. Chamber's Weird fiction works including material unprinted since the 1890's.
Through the trees the Washington Memorial Arch glistened like silver in the sunshine, and beyond, on the eastern extremity ofthe square, the gray-stone barracks ofthe dragoons and the white-granite artillery stables were alive with color and motion.
It was, I remember, the 13th day of April, 1920, that the first Government Lethal Chamber was established on the south side of Washington Square, between Wooster Street and South Fifth Avenue.
He rattled on about his wedding and the graces of Constance and their future prospects, calling my attention to his captain's shoulder-straps and the triple gold arabesque on his sleeve and fatigue cap.
From the genius of 'TheRepairerofReputations', thescientific adventures of 'Into the Unknown' and the Holmseque 'TheFinder of Lost Persons', Robert Chambers shows why he was one of thepre-eminent mystery/horror writers of his era.
Chambers undoubtedly could create real chills, but how the author ofthe King in Yellow short stories could descend into such pap is beyond me--what a disappointment and what a bore.
Despite editor Joshi's disclaimers in the introduction that Chambers wasted a lot of his talent pandering to popularity, I don't think his comments adequately criticized the awfulness of much of this massive volume.
In Chambers's The King in Yellow, a fin-de-siècle collection of horror stories, Hastur is the name of a city (in "TheRepairerofReputations") and the name of a potentially supernatural servant (in "The Demoiselle D'Ys").
Hastur is a fictional character from the Cthulhu Mythos of H.
In Bierce's short story Haita the Shepherd, Hastur is the god of shepherds, a far more benevolent entity than would later appear in August Derleth's Mythos stories.
You said it was impossible to succeed as a RepairerofReputations; that even if I did succeed in certain cases, it would cost me more than I would gain by it.
Through the trees the Washington Memorial Arch glistened like silver in the sunshine, and beyond, on the eastern extremity ofthe square, the gray-stone barracks ofthe dragoons and the white-granite artillery stables were alive with color and motion.
It was, I remember, the 13th day of April, 1920, that the first Government Lethal Chamber was established on the south side of Washington Square, between Wooster Street and South Fifth Avenue.
