Brian Lumley is a writer of horror fiction. He was born in County Durham, England, on December 2, 1947. He currently resides in Torquay, Devon, England with his wife, Barbara Ann.

While serving with the British Army’s Royal Military Police, Brian Lumley wrote stores in his off time.

In 1980, after 22 years of service in the RMP, Brian Lumley retired with the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1 and became a writer full time.

Heavily influenced by H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos and Dream cycle stories, Brian Lumley added to both of these mythos with stories of his own, several of them featuring characters such as Titus Crow, David Hero and Eldin the Wanderer.

Brian Lumley’s Breakthrough Novel

In 1984, Brian Lumley created the Necroscope series of novels, starting with Necroscope. These novels led to three series of spin-offs: The Vampire World Trilogy, The Lost Years duology, and the E-Branch trilogy (a.k.a. The Invaders trilogy) respectively.

The main character, Harry Keogh, also appears in the anthology Harry Keogh and Other Weird Heroes.

The Necroscope series came to its conclusion with the publication of Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer. Please note: this novel is pricey as it was published in limited and special hard cover editions only through Subterranean Press. 

Brian Lumley’s Achievements

• Served on the board of the Horror Writers Association – President (1996 to 1997)
• Received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Horror Writers Association (2010)
• Received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement (2010)

Brian Lumley’s Necroscope Saga spawned in other mediums . . .

Necroscope – The Comic Books

The World of Necroscope – The Role-Playing Game

Brian Lumley’s Bibliography

The following list is Brian Lumley’s more notable novels and short story anthologies. The list is not complete as he has had many articles and short stories published in periodicals and other publications. Sometimes these pieces were in progress or partial articles/stories written under his own name as well as in collaboration with other writers.

Necroscope Saga

Books 1-5 of the saga

Necroscope (1986)
Necroscope II: Wamphyri! (1988) / US Title: Necroscope II: Vampyri!
Necroscope III: The Source (1989)
Necroscope IV: Deadspeak (1990)
Necroscope V: Deadspawn (1991)

Books 6-8 of the saga

Vampire World I: Blood Brothers (1992) / US Title: Blood Brothers
Vampire World II: The Last Aerie (1993) / US Title: The Last Aerie
Vampire World III: Bloodwars (1994) / US Title: Bloodwars

Books 9-10 of the saga

Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume 1 (1995) / US Title: Necroscope: The Lost Years
Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume 2 (1996) / US Title: Necroscope: Resurgence, The Lost Years Volume Two

Books 11-13 of the saga

E-Branch 1: Invaders (1998) / US Title: Necroscope: Invaders
E-Branch 2 : Defilers (1999) / US Title: Necroscope: Defilers
E-Branch 3: Avengers (2000) / US Title: Necroscope: Avengers

Book 14 of the saga

Necroscope: The Touch (2006) – US only

Book 15 of the saga

Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer (2010)

Short Story Collection of the Necroscope

Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Heroes! (2003)

Novellas and Short Story Collection

Necroscope: The Lost Years Harry and the Pirates (2009) / US Title: Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates

The Psychomech Trilogy

Psychomech (1984)
Psychosphere (1984)
Psychamok (1985)

Cthulhu Cycle Deities Novels

Titus Crow/Henri De Marigney:

The Burrowers Beneath (1974)
The Transition of Titus Crow (1975)
The Clock of Dreams (1978)
Spawn of the Winds (1978)
In the Moons of Borea (1979)

Elysia (1989) – in which the characters of the Titus Crow series meet characters from Lumley’s two other series, Dreamlands and Primal Land, for a grand confrontation with the Dark Forces. The completing novel for Titus/Dreamlands/Primal Lands series

Dreamlands Novels (2009, all five from Full Moon Press)
Hero of Dreams (1986)
Ship of Dreams (1986)
Mad Moon of Dreams (1987)
Iced on Aran: Collection of Dreamland tales featuring David Hero and Eldin the Wanderer (1992)

Primal Land Novels

House of Cthulhu (1991, 2005)
Tarra Khash: Hrossak! (1991, 2006)
Sorcery in Shad (1991, 2006)

Other Novels

Beneath the Moors (1974 – Arkham House)
The House of Doors (1990)
House of Doors: The Second Visit (1998) / US Title: Maze of Worlds
Demogorgon (1987)
Khai of Ancient Khem (or Khai of Khem in a recent reprint) (1980)

Short Stories

Brian Lumley has written many original tales, as well as some reminiscent of Richard Matheson and H. P. Lovecraft. Here is a selected bibliography of his short story collections.

The Caller of the Black (1971 – Arkham House)
The Horror at Oakdeene and Others (1977 – Arkham House)
Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi (1993)
Dagon’s Bell and Other Discords (1994)
The Second Wish and Other Exhalations (?)
The House of Cthulhu and Others (1984) – Collection of Primal Land tales
A Coven of Vampires (Fedogan & Bremer, 1998)
Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes! (2003) – US only; features two new stories featuring Harry Keogh, the
Necroscope, as well as previously published short stories of some of Brian Lumley’s more enduring heroes, Titus Crow plus
David Hero and Eldin the Wanderer
The Whisperer and Other Voices (2001)
Screaming Science Fiction: Horrors from Out of Space
Brian Lumley’s Freaks
Dark Delicacies (2005) – “My Thing Friday”

The Subterranean Press Editions

Necroscope (novel)
Brian Lumley’s Freaks
A Coven of Vampires (1998)
Screaming Science Fiction: Horrors from Out of Space
The Taint and others novellas: Best Mythos Tales, Volume One (2007)
Haggopian and other stories (2008)
The Nonesuch and Others (2009)
The Fly-by-Nights (2011)