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The Necroscope Series and Beyond

Brian Lumley is a British horror author whose works generally fall into three categories; Vampire Horror, Lovecraft-inspired Cthulhu Mythos based horror and fantasy (which I'm yet to get around to). His writing tends to be very descriptive and inspires a sense of dread.

Discovering Brian Lumley

After years of reading horror, Brian Lumley was the first author since Stephen King's Pet Sematary (and the first as an adult) to make me feel ill while reading a horror novel. I felt so disgusted that I said to myself - "I'll give this book 20 more pages to improve and if it doesn't, I'm putting it down".

It did improve and became my favourite novel of all time (so far). A position it has enjoyed for more than 15 years on my list.

It's probably also worth mentioning that George Underwood's amazing covers really helped to sell the books to me.

The Top Three

Necroscope

The Necroscope Series (Esp 1,3 & 5) is absolutely incredible, riveting and epic reading. Imagine you could speak to the dead, and you found a vampire.

Khai of Khem

Khai of Khem does what Stargate should have done, several years earlier. It's pretty freaky in parts.

Psychmech

The Psychomech trilogy is pretty special, horror, violence, technology and Nazis. What more could you want?

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What I've Read (and what's left)

Anything in boldface is still outstanding (I haven't read it).

The Necroscope Series

  1. Necroscope
  2. Necroscope II: Wamphyri!
  3. Necroscope III: The Source
  4. Necroscope IV: Deadspeak
  5. Necroscope V: Deadspawn
  6. Vampire World 1: Blood Brothers
  7. Vampire World 2: The Last Aerie
  8. Vampire World 3: Bloodwars
  9. Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume 1
  10. Necroscope: The Lost Years Volume 2
  11. Necroscope: Invaders, E-Branch Volume 1
  12. Necroscope: Defilers, E-Branch Volume 2
  13. Necroscope: Avengers, E-Branch Volume 3
  14. Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes!
  15. Necroscope: The Touch
  16. Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates
  17. Necroscope: The Plague-Bearer
  18. Necroscope: The Möbius Murders


The Psychomech Series

  1. Psychomech
  2. Psychosphere
  3. Psychamok


The Titus Crow Series

  1. The Burrowers Beneath
  2. The Transition of Titus Crow
  3. The Clock of Dreams
  4. Spawn of the Winds
  5. In the Moons of Borea
  6. Elysia


The House of Doors Series

  1. The House of Doors
  2. The House of Doors: Second Visit (aka Maze of Worlds)


The Dreamlands Series

  1. Hero of Dreams
  2. Ship of Dreams
  3. Mad Moon of Dreams
  4. Iced on Aran


Primal Lands Series

  1. House of Cthulhu
  2. Tarra Khash: Hrossak!
  3. Sorcery in Shad


Standalone Novels

  1. Beneath the Moors (Novella)
  2. Demogorgon
  3. Fly-By-Nights, The
  4. Khai of Ancient Khem


Short Stories

  1. Brian Lumley's Freaks
  2. Caller of the Black, The
  3. Coven of Vampires, A
  4. Dagon's Bell and Other Discords
  5. Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi
  6. Haggopian and Other Tales: Best Mythos Tales Number 1
  7. Horror at Oakdeene and Others, The
  8. House of Cthulhu and Others, The
  9. Nonesuch and Others, The
  10. Return of the Deep Ones and Other Mythos Tales
  11. Screaming Science Fiction: Horrors from Out of Space
  12. Second Wish and Other Exhalations, The
  13. Taint and other Novellas: Best Mythos Tales Number 1, The
  14. Whisperer and Other Voices, The