In the Shadow of the King" is the second in a series of collections of short stories and novellas by Shawn M. Tomlinson. The stories included were influenced by Robert W. Chambers' "The King in Yellow, " the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Robert E. Howard, and take their place within the Cthulhu Mythos. Tomlinson recently published the first biography of Chambers, "Robert W. Chambers: Maker of Moons: Author of The King in Yellow Unmasked.