The King in Yellow

An illustration of The King in Yellow for a side project I’ve been working on - a custom made anthology of classic horror short stories.

I’ve added some screenshots of my InDesign progress and the list of stories I've decided to include thus far after all of the image variations.

This piece was inspired by Cassilda’s Song from “The King in Yellow” Act I, Scene 2:

“Along the shore the cloud waves break,
The twin suns sink behind the lake,
The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa.

Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies,
But stranger still is
Lost Carcosa.

Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
Where flap the tatters of the King,
Must die unheard in
Dim Carcosa.

Song of my soul, my voice is dead;
Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed
Shall dry and die in
Lost Carcosa.