The Yellow Sign by Robert W. Chambers 

Never before heard of The King In Yellow. A bit like hearing about “snuff movies” for the first time or seeing Psycho at age 13. I think I’ll take an aspirin, some Pepto Bismal, and sleep with the Bible under my pillow tonight. (Your narration was, as usual, superb!)

I appreciate you reading in different accents, according to the Story. You are my favorite Reader.

As an American I thought I had the wrong channel. Very well done

The BEST reading of this I've heard. The book, the King in Yellow, the artist -- with his beloved who fell in Britanny (a soldier, perhaps, he's gay? one can only hope). Wonderfully done!! -- and as always, your end comments, complete with digressions, really feel like a companionable chat with a fellow-reader. Don't change.

It has been way too long since the last time I was in England. After a bit of madness calms down I would love to take my sister there and hopefully when we go we can go and listen to your stories in person. That is currently a goal of mine!

Finally, someone reads this classic horror story right! 👌

A story like this MUST be read aloud--by you! Fantastic! With accents- accurate presentations of each and every one of them-- I had to laugh at the American-hit so close to home I winced (ouch) :0). And the sound effects together with your way of reading enhances this story, much more than merely the written page would do. Very scary! Please continue what you do. Thank you! W.ould like to come over from Denmark. if I win the sweepstakes.:0)

Excellent as always! I have Chambers’ complete weird tales but have to admit I haven’t read them all. I’ll have to give him another look. Thank you!

I’m in the process of prereading for a Horror seminar I’m taking this year and your readings have been an absolute godsend! I swear you’ve covered at least half of the reading list haha! Engaging and enlivening work, thank u!!!

You do an excellent American.

When this first started I thought I had tapped on the wrong story. The accent is great. I loved the story.

Thanks!

Thank you, Tony

Ooooo, spooky!! Well read, Tony. You do accents so well I forgot it was you!!

Thank you for the story.

Thanks Tony. Enjoy your reading. Just started listening to all your ghostly stories. Occurred to me if you would consider doing Ghost Stories from around the world by doing more stories, not just from the Western libraries, but from the often scarier realms of Asian hauntings and horror stories.

Great stuff, thank you Xxx

Had to check I'd opened up the right video the voice is so good.

Excellent.

King in yellow is a fun collection of stories. I own an audio book copy of it. As well as digital copy. I bought your dracula recording and have been listening to it.

Just found your readings of this and The Repairer of Reputations, really good stuff! Your accents were quite seamless I'd say. I will say two things though, one about Chambers himself: he was, apparently, more known for writing romance fiction and suddenly shifted towards weird fiction! And about the King in Yellow itself, there's an idea that it's less a generic "evil book" that magically makes you crazy and summons monsters (an idea thoroughly the invention of writers after HPL), and more that the book itself, or rather the play it is a script for, IS the phenomenon. Even acting it out in your mind is a danger. It undoes your sense of reality vs. fiction, and when these two things become blurred, logic breaks down and you become Castaigne who was the King of America and descended from alien royalty, or this poor artist found with a dead model and decomposing corpse. Whether this is really happening or is a meditation on artistic decadence, unreliable narrators, and the prevalence of yellow as a colour of madness, is up to the reader.

I could have lived my whole life without hearing the words "grave worm." 👀😂 I'm going to hope for a dreamless sleep...

Great story

Tony, you're amazing. Have you any plans to read the King in Yellow?

"A coffin worm". Takes me back many years to when I was a boy fishing on my fathers land. There was an old tree stump beside the pond and i saw the most awful looking huge red worm writhing amongst the wet rotten wood. I know it was one of Gods creatures but I was completely repulsed by it. Just a thought.

26:21 Sometimes its better not to think too much

Greetings from Australia. i sincerely wish i could visit one of your haunted house/ghost story weekend getaways. Maybe oneday!

Your American accent is better than some American that live here. Trust me

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*True Detective* Season One was where I think I heard of this the first time. *The King in Yellow* I'm referring to; although, it has nothing to do w/this story; the part from TD S1 I've yet to find anywhere. Maybe I shouldn't find it...HA!!!🙄😑

I wish the priest would what??? What??? It is cut off on RU-vid music...ack....cut off here, too....arrgh...how did it end???

Yeah, - I hate it when girls I enjoy turn tough or fly as well.

Your choice of stories are too creepy for me. I know associate your voice with horrible stories!

I enjoy Tony's readings,but I hate his commentary.

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