A review by rcmulhare
Cassilda's Song: Tales Inspired by Robert W. Chamber's King in Yellow Mythos by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.

5.0

Almost bought this at NecronomiCon 2015 when I spotted some early release dead tree copies and my only regret is that I didn't buy it then and read it sooner! This is an awesome collection of stories, and the ToC practically reads like a Who's Who of the Women of Weird Fiction - Cassilda's Sisters as it were - and every story offers an intriguing take on the mythos of the mysterious King in Yellow. Especially intriguing (for me at least, in my not-so-humble opinion) are Nadia Bulkin's "Pro Patria!", which treats of colonialism intersecting with the play "The King in Yellow"; Anya Martin's "Old Tsah-Hov", featuring an unusual manifestation of the being known as the King in Yellow and a creature's encounter with it; and my favorite "Her Beginning is Her End is Her Beginning" by E. Catherine Tobler and Damien Angelica Waters, in which Cassilda moves between times and places, sharing her mad inspiration with persons great and small over the ages. Joe Pulver, the cartographer of Carcosa, chose an excellent, madly inspired collection of stories, and if you're intrigued by Robert W. Chambers's King in Yellow stories, or weird fiction in general, this is a must-read!