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The Yellow Sign

short story by Robert W. Chambers
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The Yellow Sign

Summary

The Yellow Sign is a literary work[1].

Key Facts

  • The Yellow Sign authored Robert W. Chambers[2].
  • The Yellow Sign's instance of is recorded as literary work[3].
  • The Yellow Sign's genre is horror literature[4].
  • The Yellow Sign's Commons category is recorded as The Yellow Sign[5].
  • The Yellow Sign's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • The Yellow Sign was published on 1895[7].
  • The Yellow Sign's has edition or translation is recorded as The Yellow Sign[8].
  • The Yellow Sign's published in is recorded as The King in Yellow[9].
  • The Yellow Sign's published in is recorded as Horror Omnibus[10].
  • The Yellow Sign's published in is recorded as Sleep No More[11].
  • The Yellow Sign's published in is recorded as The Seventeenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories[12].
  • The Yellow Sign's published in is recorded as To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare[13].
  • The Yellow Sign's title is recorded as The Yellow Sign[14].
  • The Yellow Sign's first line is recorded as There are so many things which are impossible to explain![15].
  • The Yellow Sign's last line is recorded as I think I am dying. I wish the priest would—[16].
  • The Yellow Sign's copyright status is recorded as public domain[17].
  • The Yellow Sign's copyright status is recorded as public domain[18].
  • The Yellow Sign's epigraph is recorded as Let the red dawn surmise⁠
    What we shall do,
    When this blue starlight dies
    ⁠And all is through.[19].
  • The Yellow Sign's form of creative work is recorded as short story[20].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Yellow Sign authored Robert W. Chambers[2].

Publication

The Yellow Sign was published on 1895[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[6]. Its genre is horror literature[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · TenebrousFox · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Published in → The King in Yellow, Horror Omnibus, Sleep No More +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1433]]: [[Q140452381]]"
  2. 7w ago · TenebrousFox · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Published in → The King in Yellow, Horror Omnibus, Sleep No More +2
    Number of parts of this work → +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1433]]: [[Q140073610]]"
  3. 8w ago · Ringbang · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Epigraph → Let the red dawn surmise⁠<br>What we shall do,<br>When this
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P7150]]: Let the red dawn surmise⁠ what we shall do, when this blue starlight dies and all is through."
  4. 9w ago · Ringbang · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from → —
    Title → The Yellow Sign
    Commons category → The Yellow Sign
    Library of congress authority id → no2018060564
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8179]]: ncf11645677, Added with [[User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers|moreIdentifiers]]"
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