Robert W. Chambers - The King in Yellow

He smiled, saying, "Seek her throughout the world." I said, "Why tell me of the world? My world is here, between these walls and the sheet of glass above; here among gilded flagons and dull jewelled arms, tarnished frames and canvasses, black chests and high-backed chairs, quaintly carved and stained in blue and gold." "For whom do you wait?" he said, and I answered, "When she comes I shall know her." On my hearth a tongue of flame whispered secrets to the whitening ashes. In the street below I heard footsteps, a voice, and a song. Robert W. Cambers is an incredible storyteller. His gothic stories are sometimes dark, sometimes charming, all beautifully written. "The King in Yellow" was first published in 1895.