Robert W. Chambers

Robert W. Chambers was an American writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His most notable work is the short-story collection The King in Yellow, published in 1895.

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• Lifetime: 26 May 1865 • 16 December 1933
• Main genre: Supernatural horror
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"The mask of self-deception was not longer a mask for me, it was a part of me. Night lifted it, laying bare the stifled truth below; but there was no one to see except myself."