Brian Lumley

Brian Lumley (born December 12, 1937) is a writer of horror fiction. Born in northeast England, he joined the British Army and wrote stories in his spare time before retiring from the military in 1980 and becoming a professional writer.

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December 12 - 1937 - Horror fiction - England - British Army - 1980

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He added to H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos cycle of stories with several works of his own. The most notable of them featured the character Titus Crow. Others of them were pastiches of Lovecrafts's Dream-Cycle and featured the characters David Hero and Eldin the Wanderer. 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. There is also a follow-up anthology of short stories Harry Keogh and Other Weird Heroes.

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H. P. Lovecraft - Cthulhu Mythos - Titus Crow - Dream-Cycle - Necroscope - Spin-off

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