Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer. “A Young Man in a Hurry” is a collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers, author of The King in Yellow. A collection of light romantic tales in which Chambers' love of fishing and hunting and natural scenery prevails. The stories are all set in America. The title story is a comedy of coincidence with an atmospheric setting of nocturnal snow in New York.