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The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
3.0

The first four stories in this book had me googling Robert Chambers and "The King in Yellow" to find out how Lovecraft influenced his writing. It turns out, the influence was the other way around: Chambers predates Lovecraft. If the whole book had been stories about the madness and horror brought on by the King in Yellow, I would have given this book a 4+ and wanted more more more. But the rest of the stories turned out to be less engrossing, so they dragged the average down.

This is the first book in my late September/all October "spooky and creepy" book read. It was a good way to start.