First published in 1895 as the opening story in The King in Yellow, Robert W. Chambers' The Repairer of Reputations is a haunting and enigmatic tale that occupies a unique place in the history of speculative fiction. Set in a near-future New York City of 1920, the story blends elements of psychological horror, weird fiction, and early dystopian literature. It offers a deeply unsettling narrative about a society on the edge of transformation, filtered through the increasingly unstable mind of its protagonist, Hildred Castaigne.