I’m starting to see reports that Brian Lumley has died. There’s nothing on the Locus or Blackgate websites yet, but Twitter/X, the ISFDB and other sources are confirming the news.
Lumley has written Lovecraftiain horror in both long and short forms. He was also the author of the Necroscope series.
I’ve not read much of his work, just a few short stories, although I’ve picked up several of his non-Necrsoscope titles, including Titus Crow. I’ve liked what little I’ve read by him. I just haven’t gotten a lot of his work.
I’ll raise a glass tonight in his memory and read something of his.
I read a collection of his horror fiction one October and liked it.
Yup. 🙁
His wife announced it yesterday. He died earlier this month.
http://paulmcnamee.blogspot.com/2024/01/brian-lumley-has-journeyed-to-dreamlands.html
One of his stories was in Dennis Etchison’s “Masters Of Darkness” decades ago, a collection (originally three smaller anthologies) that I really enjoyed. The book and the author’s intros (including Lumley’s) as to why they picked their story to include helped push me into becoming a writer.
I have that book…in a box…somewhere.