Howard Phillips Lovecraft was a prolific author whose works sit at the heart of the Cthulhu Mythos. His famous creation, the Necronomicon, has some similarity to The King In Yellow, and it has been suggested that he was influenced by the work of Robert W. Chambers, although it is generally agreed that he did not read The King In Yellow until quite late in his career, after which he added elements of the Yellow Mythos to his burgeoning mythos. Since his premature death, his work has been expanded upon by many subsequent authors.
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