Editing Brian Lumley

{{Short description|English horror fiction writer (1937–2024)}}
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'''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.

==Biography==
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 (United Kingdom)|Warrant Officer Class 1]] in 1980<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brianlumley.com/bio/ |title=Brian Lumley's website |publisher=Brianlumley.com |date=2 December 1937 |access-date=11 June 2012}}</ref> 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 [[pastiche]]d 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."<ref>Brian Lumley, "Mail-Call of Cthulhu", ''Black Forbidden Things'', p. 194.</ref>

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 last entry in the ''Necroscope'' saga is ''The Mobius Murders''.<ref>http://www.brianlumley.com/books/necroscope/</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Scott |first=Sifu |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36648/horror-writers-association-presents-2009-stoker-winners |title=Horror Writers Association Presents 2009 Stoker Winners |publisher=Dreadcentral.com |date=29 March 2010 |access-date=11 June 2012}}</ref> He also received a [[World Fantasy Award]] for Lifetime Achievement in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|author=World Fantasy Convention|year=2010|title=2010 World Fantasy Award Winners & Nominees|url=http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/|access-date=4 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027005155/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/|archive-date=27 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Lumley died on 2 January 2024, at the age of 86.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brian Lumley.com Home Page {{!}} The Undead, Undying, Unforgettable Worlds |url=https://brianlumley.com/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=brianlumley.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Brian Lumley (1937–2024) |url=https://locusmag.com/2024/01/brian-lumley-1937-2024/ |access-date=29 January 2024 |work=Locus |date=29 January 2024}}</ref>

==Inspiration==
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 (short story)|The Voice in the Night]]", and H. P. Lovecraft's "[[The Haunter of the Dark]]" and "[[The Colour Out of Space]]".<ref>"An Interview with Brian Lumley", Robert M. Price, ''Nightscapes'' No. 5.</ref>

==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 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.

{| class="wikitable sortable" align="center"
|-
! Title !! Series !! Year !! Pages !! Type !! Notes
|-
| ''[[Necroscope (novel)|Necroscope]]'' || rowspan=18 | [[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 || 
|-
| ''[[Blood Brothers (novel) (Brian Lumley)|Vampire World 1: Blood Brothers]]'' || 1992 || 752 || novel || US Title ''Blood Brothers''
|-
| ''[[The Last Aerie|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]]'' || rowspan=3 | Psychomech Trilogy || 1984 || 351 || novel || 
|-
| ''Psychosphere'' || 1984 || 272 || novel || 
|-
| ''Psychamok'' || 1985 || 445 || novel || 
|-
| ''The Burrowers Beneath'' || rowspan=14 | Cthulhu Cycle Deities || 1974 || || novel || rowspan=5 | 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 || rowspan=4 | 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 || rowspan=3 | 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'' || rowspan=2 | Cthulhu Cycle Deities || 2008 || || collection || 
|-
| ''Haggopian and Other Tales: Best Mythos Tales Number 1'' || 2008 || || collection || 
|-
| ''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 Tales, 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==
{{Reflist}}

==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==
{{Commons category|Brian Lumley}}
* {{Official website|http://www.brianlumley.com }} (.com—newer) {{Official website|http://www.brianlumley.net }} (.net—older)
* [http://www.epberglund.com/RGttCM/nightscapes/NS05/ns5nf1.htm "An Interview with Brian Lumley"], by [[Robert M. Price]], ''Nightscapes'' No. 5
* {{isfdb name|id=Brian_Lumley|name=Brian Lumley}}

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