Download or read book The Taint and Other Novellas written by Brian Lumley and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Brian Lumley s The Best of the Rest written by Brian Lumley and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2023-11-11 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Introduction: This pretty much is what the title says. Many of the stories/novellas here will have only been done in limited print runs, such as in fanzines, magazines, pamphlets, special editions or online magazines. It’s a mixed genre of stories and these are what Brian considers the best of the rest of the stories in his body of work. We’ve got 111,000+ words in this collection so that means lots of enjoyment in what is likely the last collection coming from Brian. “The Challenge” As some fools do. But do you dare? Yes? Well, don’t! “The Man Who Photographed Beardsley” They should have been pictures from life – or was he simply impatient? “The Cyprus Shell” There are some you can eat, while others have their own pick-me-ups. “Clean Slate” If you’re in debt to the Devil, don’t mess with look-a-like sisters. “The Deep-Sea Conch” Some species build nests; while others are much like the cuckoo.... “The Ugly Act” But what’s a pimple or two – if there’s only you? “Irving’s Story” Her downstairs knew best, every time. “The Running Man” It may be true you can run – but as for finding a place to hide...? “Somebody Calling” The only way she could. He simply had to listen harder. “Vanessa’s Voice” Both beautiful ... and deadly! “The Vehicle” Some might think of him that way, others as a dyadic personality? “Mandraki” Take care who you lie down with ... and where! “Two Stone Tom” Yes, except he was an entire science heavier than that! “The Long Last Night” Was it just a myth – or a Mythos? “The Weird Wines of Naxas Niss” A wizard’s stolen potion is another man’s gateway to Nirvana...maybe! “Stealer of Dreams” Always remember, once they’re gone they might stay gone!

Download or read book Necroscope written by Brian Lumley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instant classic, Brian Lumley's astonishing feat of imagination spawned a universe which Lumley has explored and expanded through more that a baker's dozen of novels and novellas. Millions of copies of Necroscope and its successors are in print in a dozen languages throughout the world. Nominated for the British Fantasy Award, Necroscope has inspired everything from comic books and graphic novels to sculptures and soundtracks. This new edition of Necroscope uses the author's preferred text and includes a special introduction by Brian Lumley, telling how the Necroscope saga came to be. It also includes chapter ornaments by Hugo-Award-Winning artist Bob Eggleton, long identified with Lumley's blood-sucking monsters. As a classic, Necroscope rightfully claims a place in the Orb trade paperback list, for scholars of the field and the dedicated Lumley collector. And also for all the people who have read more than one mass market copy of the book to tatters. Harry Keogh is the man who can talk to the dead, the man for whom every grave willingly gives up its secrets, the one man who knows how to travel effortlessly through time and space to destroy the vampires that threaten all humanity. In Necroscope, Harry is startled to discover that he is not the only person with unusual mental powers--Britain and the Soviet Union both maintain super-secret, psychically-powered espionage organizations. But Harry is the only person who knows about Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire long buried in the mountains of Romania--still horribly alive, in undeath--and Thibor's insane "offspring," Boris Dragosani, who rips information from the souls of the dead in a terrible, ever-lasting form of torture. Somehow, Harry must convince Britain's E-Branch that only by working together can they locate and destroy Dragosani and his army of demonic warriors--before the half-vampire succeeds in taking over the world! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book The Fly By Nights written by Brian Lumley and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2022-01-08 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 150 years ago the world ended. Bombs fell, winter came, and the survivors fled underground in search of safety. Now they struggle to preserve what's left — sleeping by day, and battling fearsome vampiric fly-by-nights after sunset. Resources are scarce and security is scarcer in this fallout-poisoned world, but one subterranean clan of hardy souls clings to life, scavenging and scraping by until their water supply goes catastrophically bad. Forced to seek a new life above, they leave their long-time home to caravan across the stricken planet's surface, where the light is toxic and the night hides unspeakable monsters. It is a difficult existence without promise or direction, until word from a band of fellow refugees fizzes through the choppy radio static. The Kindred promise help, companionship, and a new settlement in a distant valley … if only the clan can reach them. For between the Kindred and the Clan stand a hundred miles of impossible terrain and countless fly-by-nights, and within the Clan itself trouble brews when two very different men fight for the love of one woman who has already made her choice. It's the oldest story ever told, but this time it could mean the end of humanity.

Download or read book Brian Lumley s Necroscope written by Brian Lumley and published by . This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Necroscope is one of the most popular vampire novels of the past twenty years, spawning more than a dozen sequels, and establishing Brian Lumley as a master of edge of your seat, fast-paced horror.

Download or read book Fruiting Bodies and Other Fungi written by Brian Lumley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1996-04-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Large helpings of old-fashioned atmospheric terror in tales that recall H. P. Lovecraft and the Weird Tales authors” from the Grand Master of Horror (Library Journal). Brian Lumley, best known for his national bestselling Necroscope series, has crafted a short story collection in the true tradition of H. P. Lovecraft. Spanning nearly twenty years in Lumley’s career, this “witch’s dozen” of his best, most frightening tales includes “The Viaduct,” where two young boys learn the truth about fear and death. The title story, “Fruiting Bodies,” in which a small village disappears, won the British Fantasy Award. Also included in this terrifying collection is an introduction by Lumley in which he discusses violence in horror fiction. This collection of frightening tales is sure to keep even the bravest reader awake at night. “Lumley aligns himself with the old school of horror . . . [His] well-crafted tales are satisfying entertainments.” —Publishers Weekly “A most enjoyable romp in the grue.” —School Library Journal “Witch’s dozen of 13 horror tales by Lumley, largely mainstream with just a touch of Lovecraft in the night . . . Outstanding here is the title piece, a tale that’s enough to make a collection like this worthwhile, not to say must-have.” —Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book Return of the Deep Ones and Other Mythos Tales written by Brian Lumley and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Lumley, author of the bestselling Necroscope and Vampire World series of novels, has for many years been a devotee' of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, by such nightmare fables as Dagon, The Call of Cthulhu The Shadow Over Innsmouth, Lovecraft’s legendary Deep Ones have taken their place in terror fiction alongside the vampire and the werewolf. Now they are given the Lumley treatment in—RETURN OF THE DEEP ONES! But the Mythos was not restricted to tales of oceanic horror; nightmares out of space and time—and inner earth—abound in Lovecraft’s fiction. Thus, with the addition of Beneath the Moors, Inception, and the novella, Lord of the Worms, Brian Lumley offers his latest homage to Lovecraft the Master. Now, from forbidden depths of dream and ocean, the RETURN OF THE DEEP ONES! In the field of no-holds-barred terror fiction, there’s Brian Lumley—and then there’s the rest …

Download or read book The Whisperer and Other Voices written by Brian Lumley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lumley, winner of the British Fantasy Award for short fiction, presents a collection of nine of his best short works, including the short novel "Return of the Deep Ones, The Disapproval of Jeremy Cleave, Aunt Hester, " and the title story "The Whisperer."

Download or read book The Transition of Titus Crow written by Brian Lumley and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 1999-01-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Transition of Titus Crow is the second book in the Titus Crow series from bestselling horror novelist Brian Lumley The Titus Crow novels are adventure horror, full of acts of nobility and heroism, featuring travel to exotic locations and alternate planes of existence as Titus Crow and his faithful companion and record-keeper fight the gathering forces of darkness wherever they arise. The menaces are the infamous and deadly Elder Gods of the work of H.P. Lovecraft. Chthulu and his dark minions are bent on ruling the earth--or destroying it. A few puny humans cannot possibly stand against these otherworldly evil gods, yet time after time, Titus Crow defeats the monsters and drives them back into the dark from whence they came. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Harry Keogh Necroscope and Other Heroes written by Brian Lumley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the fertile mind of Brian Lumley: Weird heroes and weirder worlds! Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes! Vampires. Elder Gods. Nightmares. Mysterious elixirs. Wines capable of transporting the drinker-literally-to another world. Fossils that dream of rending flesh between their teeth. These wonders, and many more, spring from the fertile imagination of Brian Lumley. Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes! collects eight long tales of four of Lumley's most popular creations; Titus Crow, David Hero and his companion, Eldin the Wanderer; and the original Necroscope himself, Harry Keogh, who is featured in three completely new stories, one of them a short novel. The other stories in this collection have previously only been published in the United Kingdom. Titus Crow: Psychic detective, master magician, destroyer of the ancient Cthulian gods. In "Inception," we see the infant Titus at the moment his destiny falls upon him. In "Lord of the Worms," a simple secretarial job lands Crow on a sacrificial altar. And in "Name and Number," Henri Laurent de Marigny details a battle between Titus Crow and malevolent, occult winds that can rip living flesh from bone. David Hero and Eldin the Wanderer: once men of the waking world, now agents for King Kuranes of the Dreamlands. Sips of "The Weird Wines of Naxas Niss" send the pair on a tumultuous journey from a buxom beauty's bed to the depths of a wizard's dungeon. Then, seeking his missing friend, David Hero boards an ill-fated airship that is home to "The Stealer of Dreams." Harry Keogh, Necroscope: vampire killer without peer, capable of conversing with the dead. A sudden windfall brings Harry to Las Vegas, where he meets "Dead Eddy," a gambler who can't resist the temptation of one last big win-from beyond the grave! In "Dinosaur Dreams," Harry's interest in fossils leads him to uncover the truth behind the death of a young amateur paleontologist . . . and to discover that it's not just dead people he can call on in a crisis.... Harry's undying love for his mother leads him down a dangerous path in the brief "Resurrection." Four of Lumley's greatest heroes. Three of his most popular worlds. Tales to chill and to delight. Open the book and be swept away. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Necroscope Defilers written by Brian Lumley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-05-19 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake wants revenge against the Italian mobsters who killed the woman he loved. Vampire hunting can wait until his own bloodlust is satisfied. And then Jake discovers that the gangsters he's trying to kill are vampire-spawn hidden for two generations in human guise.

Download or read book Necroscope Invaders written by Brian Lumley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-05-15 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake wants revenge against the Italian mobsters who killed the woman he loved. Vampire hunting can wait until his own bloodlust is satisfied. And then Jake discovers that the gangsters he's trying to kill are vampire-spawn hidden for two generations in human guise.

Download or read book Necroscope written by Brian Lumley and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Keogh is moving on. Though the search for his missing wife and child continues, his heart now lies in Edinburgh with Bonnie Jeana beautiful Scottish werewolf whose friendly pack and flourishing pub have given him a place he can almost call home. But from the rocky heights of Sicily, the diabolical Francezci brothers plot the wolf-pack's destruction; and down in the terrible Pit beneath Le Manse Madonie, an ancient evil schemes. The vampires conspire. They reach a decision. They choose a vector. Mafia thug Mike Milazzo is no good to anyone, anytime, anywhere]]which makes him perfect. Disposable. The brothers infect him with a deadly poisonan engineered plague that even a werewolf could never surviveand they offer him a terrible bargain: successfully contaminate the wolf-pack, and receive the antidote. Fail, and die! Mike has everything to lose. So does Harry Keogh. But the Necroscope lost everything once before, and he isn't about to do it again]]

Download or read book The House of Cthulhu written by Brian Lumley and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House of Cthulhu is classic Lovecraftian horror from one of the masters of the form, British Fantasy Award-winner Brian Lumley. Readers are introduced to the weird and wonderful world of Theem'hdra, an island continent of wonders and terrors, where brave men die terrifying deaths, awe-inspiring sorcerers hurl powerful magic at each other, and monsters abound. The volcanic eruption that created the island of Surtsey in 1967 also revealed a long hidden cache of documents that told the fantastic history of Theem'hdra as written by the sorcerer Teh Atht. Building on translations begun by the scholar Thelred Gustau-who vanished under mysterious, some say magical, circumstances-Brian Lumley brings the saga of the Primal Land to readers of today. Here, the wizard Mylarkhrion-most powerful of the terrible magicians who walked the earth in those long-ago days-battles sorcerers jealous of his knowledge, power, and wealth. His own apprentice, thinking he knows all of his master's secrets, challenges him-but Mylarkhrion has one final trick up his sleeve . . . . When the assassin Humbuss Ank, who specializes in killing wizards, makes Mylarkhrion his target, he avoids or destroys nearly all of the sorcerer's traps, forcing Mylarkhrion to a final, desperate gamble for survival. But even Mylarkhrion has a weakness, a lust for power that drives him to summon the Great One, Cthulhu, and so call doom upon himself! The fabled riches of the House of Cthulhu draw thieves and warriors from throughout the civilized-and uncivilized lands, but none escape with so much as a single gemstone, for they discover that Cthulhu's House is not a temple but a dwelling-place. Surely the Elder God lives there still, waiting for an unwary person to open the portal between his world and ours . . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Necroscope III The Source written by Brian Lumley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1989-09-15 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available for the first time in hardcover, the third book in the Necroscope series traces the battle between Harry Keogh and the horrifying Vamphyri on their home ground, an alien landscape of looming towers, impossible cliffs, and ravenous vampire-beasts. Russia's Ural Mountains hide a deadly secret: a supernatural portal to the country of the vampires. Soviet scientists and ESP-powered spies, in a secret military base, study the portal--and the powerfully evil creatures that emerge from it, intent on ravaging mankind. When Jazz Simmons, a British agent sent to infiltrate the base, is captured by the KGB espionage squad and forced through the portal, his last message tells Harry Keogh, the Necroscope, that the vampires are preparing for a mass invasion. Harry has only one option--to strike first. He must carry the human-vampire war to the vampire's own lands. But his strongest psychic power will be useless there. What good is the power to summon the dead in a country where nothing ever dies, where every man, woman, and child become half-dead servants of the Vamphyri? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Demogorgon written by Brian Lumley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1992-02-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No stranger to violence, professional thief Charlie Trace is still unprepared for an encounter with the Demogorgon, a disciple of Satan sent to earth in the guise of a man.

Download or read book Bloodwars written by Brian Lumley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1995-11-15 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly-anticipated conclusion to the blood-chilling Vampire World trilogy, begun in Blood Brothers and continued in The Last Aerie. At the height of their powers, twin brothers Nathan and Nestor Keogh are locked in mortal combat, determined to destroy each other. The outcome of their battle will determine the fates of two worlds and countless humans.