From his Washington Park studio, Scott can see the sinister watchman of a nearby church. His model, Tessie, tells him the watchman shares the face of a hearse driver who's been appearing in her dreams. Scott grows more and more unsettled by the watchman, until one day, he hears the man mumble something from a mysterious play that always signals trouble: The King in Yellow. Readers of "The Yellow Sign" will be left questioning the boundaries between reality, dream, and fiction.