![]() ![]() The dynastic order at the heart of Chambers’ mythos, the one that lords over everything that the twin suns touch in Carcosa, lends a fairy tale-vibe to the narratives that explore the theme of princesses who have either become lost or have abandoned the tattered courts of their all-seeing father. But seasoned writer and editor Joseph Pulver, Sr., himself the author of his own homages to Chambers, has endeavored to do just that, and he has taken on the additional tact of sourcing stories from some of the genre’s fiercest female writers, lending a stage to the women of Carcosa so that their song may be heard by readers and followers of the Yellow Sign alike.Ī number of discoveries are made upon reading Cassilda’s Song, one being that volumes such as these are not only welcome but immensely valuable in exposing readers to a wide range of talent that might have fallen outside their original purview, and two being that, in spite of their limited numbers, Chambers’ “King in Yellow” stories contain enough potency and mystification to fuel the febrile imaginations of the entire cast of impressive players here. ![]() Chambers consists of only four core texts-two of them only tangential in reference, and all short stories at that-is the notion that someone might endeavor to create an anthology written in tribute to and existing in the same fictional world of that cycle. Perhaps the only thing more surprising than the fact that the “King in Yellow” cycle of author Robert W. ![]()
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