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Title: The Chromatic Court
Series: The King in Yellow Anthology #11
Author: Peter Rawlik (ed)
Rating: 1 of 5 Stars
Genre: Cosmic Horror Anthology
Pages: 284
Words: 107K
This collection of short stories starts off with some modern sexual perversions and insanities masquerading as personal choices, so while that type of thing usually ends in an immediate DNF, I decided to finish the collection.
Sadly, this was as much a Cthulhu collection as it was a King in Yellow collection. I even hesitated to put this into the King in Yellow side of things, but I did and decided to just call this book a complete loss.
What a way to end the month, sigh.
★☆☆☆☆
From the Publisher and Table of Contents:
The Color of Things © Peter Rawlik
When Lavender is in Bloom © Christine Morgan
Love and Treachery © Joseph S. Pulver Sr.
The Grey Queen © Paul StJohn Mackintosh
The Man in Purple Tatters © Rick Lai
The Green Muse © Jon Black
The Songs of Burning Men © John Linwood Grant
Curse of the White Inferno © Glynn Owen Barrass
The Blues of the Endless Sky © Simon Bucher-Jones
Tatterdemalion in Grey © Micah S. Harris
The Frieze of Helmsly Ainsworth © David Bernard
The Matron in the Wood © Logan Noble
The Duke of Rust © Matt Laughlin
Have you ever been haunted by a work of art?
You may not be merely captured by the craft, but by something that lies in the work’s depths. Something admiring you as you admire it.
Do you know the King in Yellow? The Sepia Prince? The Duke of Rust? Have you heard their whispers coming to you from dried up parchment and faded photographs? Maybe another member of the King’s court has lit upon your life, casting shadows and doubts. Do you worship them, fear them, revere them, or simply seek to understand them? These hallowed nobles who hold court around the King.
Each noble holds an artform in their wavelength. For their color to shine, that art must practiced. There are no older or younger members of the court. Each has existed since before time was a concept they entertained. All of culture has evolved to suit their needs.
Art is in the eye of the beholder, and color is only an abstract concept. The Chromatic Court is very real, you reading this has assured that…
- The King in Yellow & Other Stories (Book 1)
- In the Court of the Yellow King (Book 2)
- The King in Yellow Tales (Book 3)
- A Season in Carcosa (Book 4)
- New Tales of the Yellow Sign (Book 5)
- The Hastur Cycle (Book 6)
- Cassilda’s Song (Book 7)
- The Yellow Sign (Book 8)
- Rehearsals for Oblivion: Act One (Book 9)
- Dedication of the High Priestess (Short Story 10)
