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English horror fiction writer (1937–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brian Lumley (2 December 1937 – 2 January 2024) was an English author of horror fiction. He came to prominence in the 1970s writing in the Cthulhu Mythos created by American writer H. P. Lovecraft but featuring the new character Titus Crow, and went on to greater fame in the 1980s with the best-selling Necroscope series, initially centered on character Harry Keogh, who can communicate with the spirits of the dead.
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Brian Lumley | |
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Born | County Durham, England | 2 December 1937
Died | 2 January 2024 86) | (aged
Occupation | Novelist, writer |
Period | 1971–2024 |
Genre | Horror, science fiction |
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Born in County Durham, he joined the British Army's Royal Military Police and wrote stories in his spare time before retiring with the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1 in 1980[1] and becoming a professional writer.
In the 1970s he added to H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos cycle of stories, including several tales and a novel featuring the character Titus Crow. Several of his early books were published by Arkham House. Other stories pastiched Lovecraft's Dream Cycle but featured Lumley's original characters David Hero and Eldin the Wanderer. Lumley once explained the difference between his Cthulhu Mythos characters and Lovecraft's: "My guys fight back. Also, they like to have a laugh along the way."[2]
Later works included the Necroscope series of novels, which produced spin-off series such as the Vampire World Trilogy, The Lost Years parts 1 and 2, and the E-Branch trilogy. The central protagonist of the earlier Necroscope novels appears in the anthology Harry Keogh and Other Weird Heroes. The latest entry in the Necroscope saga is The Mobius Murders.
Lumley served as president of the Horror Writers Association from 1996 to 1997. On 28 March 2010 Lumley was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association.[3] He also received a World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2010.[4]
Lumley's list of his favourite horror stories – "not complete by any means and by no means in order of preference" – included M. R. James' "Count Magnus", Robert E. Howard's "The Black Stone", Robert W. Chambers' "The Yellow Sign" from The King in Yellow, William Hope Hodgson's "The Voice in the Night", and H. P. Lovecraft's "The Haunter of the Dark" and "The Colour Out of Space".[7]
This is a list of Lumley's more notable novels and short story collections. This list of novels and short stories is not exhaustive. Lumley had many pieces published in periodicals and other publications, sometimes as works in progress or partial works, under his own name and jointly with other writers.
Title | Series | Year | Pages | Type | Notes |
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Necroscope | Necroscope Saga | 1986 | 512 | novel | |
Necroscope II: Wamphyri! | 1988 | 496 | novel | US Title: Necroscope II: Vamphyri! | |
Necroscope III: The Source | 1989 | 528 | novel | ||
Necroscope IV: Deadspeak | 1990 | 560 | novel | ||
Necroscope V: Deadspawn | 1991 | 592 | novel | ||
Vampire World 1: Blood Brothers | 1992 | 752 | novel | US Title Blood Brothers | |
Vampire World 2: The Last Aerie | 1993 | 768 | novel | US Title The Last Aerie | |
Vampire World 3: Bloodwars | 1994 | 784 | novel | US Title Bloodwars | |
Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume 1 | 1995 | 483 | novel | US Title Necroscope: The Lost Years | |
Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume 2 | 1996 | 468 | novel | US Title Necroscope: Resurgence, The Lost Years Volume Two | |
E-Branch Volume 1: Invaders | 1998 | 560 | novel | US Title Necroscope: Invaders | |
E-Branch Volume 2: Defilers | 1999 | 672 | novel | ||
E-Branch Volume 3: Avengers | 2000 | 576 | novel | ||
Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes! | 2003 | 320 | collection | ||
Necroscope: The Touch | 2006 | 672 | novel | ||
Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates | 2009 | 416 | collection | UK Title Necroscope: The Lost Years Harry and the Pirates | |
Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer | 2010 | 184 | novella | ||
Necroscope: The Möbius Murders | 2013 | 176 | novella | ||
Psychomech | Psychomech Trilogy | 1984 | 351 | novel | |
Psychosphere | 1984 | 272 | novel | ||
Psychamok | 1985 | 445 | novel | ||
The Burrowers Beneath | Cthulhu Cycle Deities | 1974 | novel | Part of the Titus Crow series | |
The Transition of Titus Crow | 1975 | novel | |||
The Clock of Dreams | 1978 | novel | |||
Spawn of the Winds | 1978 | novel | |||
In the Moons of Borea | 1979 | novel | |||
Elysia | 1989 | novel | Book ties together & concludes Titus Crow, Dreamlands and Primal Land series | ||
Hero of Dreams | 1986 | novel | Part of the Dreamlands series | ||
Ship of Dreams | 1986 | novel | |||
Mad Moon of Dreams | 1987 | novel | |||
Iced on Aran | 1992 | collection | |||
House of Cthulhu | 1991 | collection | Part of the Primal Land series | ||
Tarra Khash: Hrossak! | 1991 | novel | |||
Sorcery in Shad | 1991 | novel | |||
Beneath the Moors | 1974 | novella | |||
Khai of Ancient Khem | 1981 | novel | Khai of Khem in recent editions | ||
Demogorgon | 1987 | 345 | novel | ||
The House of Doors | 1990 | novel | |||
The House of Doors: The Second Visit | 1998 | novel | US title: Maze of Worlds | ||
The Fly-By-Nights | 2011 | novel | |||
The Caller of the Black | 1971 | collection | |||
The Horror at Oakdeene and Others | 1977 | collection | |||
The House of Cthulhu and Others | 1984 | collection | |||
Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi | 1993 | collection | |||
Dagon's Bell and Other Discords | 1994 | collection | |||
Return of the Deep Ones and Other Mythos Tales | Cthulhu Cycle Deities | 1994 | collection | ||
The Second Wish and Other Exhalations | 1995 | collection | |||
A Coven of Vampires | 1998 | collection | |||
The Whisperer and Other Voices | 2001 | collection | |||
Brian Lumley's Freaks | 2004 | collection | |||
Screaming Science Fiction: Horrors from Out of Space | 2006 | collection | |||
The Taint and other Novellas: Best Mythos Tales Number 1 | Cthulhu Cycle Deities | 2008 | collection | ||
Haggopian and Other Tales: Best Mythos Tales Number 1 | 2008 | collection | |||
The Nonesuch and Others | 2009 | collection |
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