Brian Lumley

Brian Lumley (born 2 December 1937) is an English author of horror fiction. He

Brian Lumley
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.

Contents
Biography
Inspiration
Bibliography
References
Further reading
Born 2 December 1937
External links County Durham,
England
Occupation novelist, Writer
Biography Period 1971–present
Born in County Durham, he joined the British Army's Royal Military Police and Genre Horror, science fiction
wrote stories in his spare time before retiring with the rank of Warrant Officer Class
Website
1 in 1980[1] and becoming a professional writer.
www.brianlumley.comwww
In the 1970s he added toH. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos cycle of stories, including .brianlumley.net
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:
."[2]
"My guys fight back. Also, they like to have a laugh along the way

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 theNecroscope saga is The Mobius Murders.[1]

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]

Inspiration
Lumley's list of his favourite horror stories—"not complete by any means and by no means in order of preference"—includes 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".[5]
Bibliography
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 has 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
Necroscope
Necroscope 1986 512 novel
Saga
Necroscope US Title: Necroscope II:
Necroscope II: Wamphyri! 1988 496 novel
Saga Vamphyri!
Necroscope
Necroscope III: The Source 1989 528 novel
Saga
Necroscope
Necroscope IV: Deadspeak 1990 560 novel
Saga
Necroscope
Necroscope V: Deadspawn 1991 592 novel
Saga
Necroscope
Vampire World 1: Blood Brothers 1992 752 novel US Title Blood Brothers
Saga
Necroscope
Vampire World 2: The Last Aerie 1993 768 novel US Title The Last Aerie
Saga
Necroscope
Vampire World 3: Bloodwars 1994 784 novel US Title Bloodwars
Saga
Necroscope: The Lost Years Necroscope US Title Necroscope: The Lost
1995 483 novel
Volume 1 Saga Years
US Title Necroscope:
Necroscope: The Lost Years Necroscope
1996 468 novel Resurgence, The Lost Years
Volume 2 Saga
Volume Two
Necroscope
E-Branch 1: Invaders 1998 560 novel US Title Necroscope: Invaders
Saga
Necroscope: Defilers, E-Branch Necroscope
1999 672 novel
Volume 2 Saga
Necroscope: Avengers, E-Branch Necroscope
2000 576 novel
Volume 3 Saga
Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Necroscope
2003 320 collection
Other Weird Heroes! Saga
Necroscope
Necroscope: The Touch 2006 672 novel
Saga
Necroscope: Harry and the Necroscope UK Title Necroscope: The Lost
2009 416 collection
Pirates Saga Years Harry and the Pirates
Necroscope
Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer 2010 184 novella
Saga
Necroscope
Necroscope: The Möbius Murders 2013 176 novella
Saga
Psychomech
Psychomech 1984 351 novel
Trilogy
Psychomech
Psychosphere 1984 272 novel
Trilogy
Psychomech
Psychamok 1985 445 novel
Trilogy
Cthulhu
The Burrowers Beneath Cycle 1974 novel Part of the Titus Crow series
Deities
Cthulhu
The Transition of Titus Crow Cycle 1975 novel Part of the Titus Crow series
Deities
The Clock of Dreams Cthulhu 1978 novel Part of the Titus Crow series
 Cycle
Deities
Cthulhu
Spawn of the Winds Cycle 1978 novel Part of the Titus Crow series
Deities
Cthulhu
In the Moons of Borea Cycle 1979 novel Part of the Titus Crow series
Deities
Cthulhu Book ties together & concludes
Elysia Cycle 1989 novel Titus Crow, Dreamlands and
Deities Primal Land series
Cthulhu
Hero of Dreams Cycle 1986 novel Part of the Dreamlands series
Deities
Cthulhu
Ship of Dreams Cycle 1986 novel Part of the Dreamlands series
Deities
Cthulhu
Mad Moon of Dreams Cycle 1987 novel Part of the Dreamlands series
Deities
Cthulhu
Iced on Aran Cycle 1992 collection Part of the Dreamlands series
Deities
Cthulhu
House of Cthulhu Cycle 1991 collection Part of the Primal Land series
Deities
Cthulhu
Tarra Khash: Hrossak! Cycle 1991 novel Part of the Primal Land series
Deities
Cthulhu
Sorcery in Shad Cycle 1991 novel Part of the Primal Land series
Deities
Cthulhu
Beneath the Moors Cycle 1974 novella
Deities
Khai of Ancient Khem 1980 novel Khai of Khem in recent editions
Demogorgon 1987 345 novel
The House of Doors 1990 novel
The House of Doors: The Second
1998 novel US title: Maze of Worlds
Visit
The Fly-By-Nights 2011 novel
The Caller of the Black 1971 collection
The Horror at Oakdeene and
1977 collection
Others
The House of Cthulhu and Others 1984 collection
Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi 1993 collection
Dagon's Bell and Other Discords 1994 collection
Cthulhu
Return of the Deep Ones and
Cycle 1994 collection
Other Mythos Tales
Deities
The Second Wish and Other
1995 collection
Exhalations
 A Coven of Vampires 1998 collection
The Whisperer and Other Voices 2001 collection
Brian Lumley's Freaks 2004 collection
Screaming Science Fiction:
2006 collection
Horrors from Out of Space
Cthulhu
The Taint and other Novellas: Best
Cycle 2008 collection
Mythos Tales Number 1
Deities
Cthulhu
Haggopian and Other Tales: Best
Cycle 2008 collection
Mythos Tales Number 1
Deities
The Nonesuch and Others 2009 collection

The Subterranean Press edition

Necroscope (novel)
Brian Lumley's Freaks

Introduction
In the Glow Zone
Mother Love
Problem Child
The Ugly Act
Somebody Calling
A Coven of Vampires (1998)

What Dark God?

Back Row
The Strange Years
The Kiss of the Lamia
Recognition
The Thief Immortal
Necros
The Thing from the Blasted Heath
Uzzi
Haggopian
The Picknickers
Zack Phalanx is Vlad the Impaler
The House of the Temple
Screaming Science Fiction: Horrors from Out of Space

"Snarker's Son"
"The Man Who Felt Pain"
"The Strange Years"
"No Way Home"
"The Man Who Saw No Spiders"
"Deja Viewer"
"Feasibility Study"
"Gaddy's Gloves"
"The Big 'C'"

The Taint and other novellas: Best Mythos T

ales, Volume One (2007)

"Introduction"
The Horror at Oakdeene
Born of the Winds
 The Fairground Horror
The Taint
Rising with Surtsey
Lord of the Worms
The House of the Temple
Haggopian and other stories(2008)

Introduction
The Caller of the Black
Haggopian
Cement Surroundings
The House of Cthulhu
The Night Sea-Maid Went Down
Name and Number
Recognition
Curse of the Golden Guardians
Aunt Hester
The Kiss of Bugg-Shash
De Marigny's Clock
Mylakhrion the Immortal
The Sister City
What Dark God?
The Statement of Henry Worthy
Dagon's Bell
The Thing from the Blasted Heath
Dylath Leen
The Mirror of Nitocris
The Second Wish
The Hymn
Synchronicity or Something
The Black Recalled
The Sorcerer's Dream
The Nonesuch and Others(2009)

Introduction
"The Thin People"
"Stilts"
The Nonesuch
The Fly-by-Nights (2011)

References
1. "Brian Lumley's website"(http://www.brianlumley.com/bio/). Brianlumley.com. 2 December 1937. Retrieved 11 June
2012.
2. Brian Lumley, "Mail-Call of Cthulhu",Black Forbidden Things, p. 194.
3. Scott, Sifu (29 March 2010)."Horror Writers Association Presents 2009 Stoker Winners" (http://www.dreadcentral.co
m/news/36648/horror-writers-association-presents-2009-stoker-winners). Dreadcentral.com. Retrieved 11 June
2012.
4. World Fantasy Convention (2010)."2010 World Fantasy Award Winners & Nominees"(https://web.archive.org/web/2
0121027005155/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/). Archived from the original (http://www.worldfantasy.org/award
s/) on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
5. "An Interview with Brian Lumley", Robert M. Price,Nightscapes No. 5.

http://www.brianlumley.net
Further reading
Leigh Blackmore. Brian Lumley: A New Bibliography. Sydney: Dark Press, 1994. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press,
1987.
Brian Lumley and Stanley Wiater (eds). The Brian Lumley Companion. NY: Books, 2002.

External links
Official website Official website
"An Interview with Brian Lumley", by Robert M. Price, Nightscapes No. 5
Brian Lumley at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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