The King in Yellow is one of the most brilliant–and one of the most disappointing–collections of short stories I have ever read. The first five stories were tremendous, transcendent, stunning. I could not look away. The last few stories were woefully disappointing. It is clear to me that they were added solely to fill out a word count. It’s disappointing, but it does not diminish the power of those five stories. Pick the book up and read those stories. You will not be disappointed.
Beware The Shadows 