The King in Yellow: CCLaP's new introduction

As part of the promotion for CCLaP's new re-release of the 1895 horror collection The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, I thought I'd post here at the blog the new scholarly introduction I wrote for this edition. Find it in its entirety below.

It's the hit HBO show from the 21st century, True Detective, that has brought Robert W. Chambers' 1895 book of "weird" stories back into the mainstream public eye for the first time in 120 years; but those in the know have been aware of The King in Y...