Soon, his mind is swept up with images of marble creatures, of the King in Yellow and Carcosa, the Hyades and Hastur. During that time, all he can recall is an allusion to the Pallid Mask, a character alluded to in an excerpt before the story. That night, Alec falls prey to the same illness. In its course, she declares her love for Alec, who she rejected two years prior.
For as soon as Alec stumbles across the book in Boris’s possession, Genevieve is caught up in a fit and a fever. But Boris is a sculptor, not a fussy chemist, and so leaves large quantities of his petrification formula out and open.Įnter The King in Yellow. All from an obsession with the chemical processes of fossilization, mixed with a dash of the ancient and mysterious art of alchemy. But there is no doubt that, from this innocent start, something more sinister shall grow. In truth, the excellent audio performance of “The Mask” by HorrorBabble, hammers this dread home harder than a perusal of the text. Worse still, her doom might be accidental. No matter how many declarations by Boris that the formula will die with him, the idea that the next time that Genevieve may sit as a model for sculpture might be her last persists. But suspicion turns to dread as soon as Genevieve enters the conversation. Suspicion sets in early, as an uneasy tie between the chemical’s effects and Boris’s sculptures can be made. But what other horrible secrets lay in its pages, waiting for the unsuspecting student?įor that, we must go to Paris, to the time before the French confiscated the copies, to the story of “The Mask.” Boris, a renowned sculptor, reveals to his friend Alec the existence of a new chemical that can turn living flesh into exquisite marble stone. Chambers together, the play known as The King in Yellow is infamous for causing madness among its readers, performers, and audiences. The yellow ribbon binding the eponymous collection by Robert W.
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