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J. Elliott presents “The Classic Ghost Story Tradition”

J. Elliott presents “The Classic Ghost Story Tradition”

by HughLamb@ILD | Oct 5, 2022 | Event, Ghost Story, Hugh Lamb, News

It’s always a joy to find fellow enthusiasts of vintage chills, so we’re happy to plug author J. Elliot’s upcoming talk on The Classic Ghost Story Tradition, taking place in Gainesville, Florida. In her own words: Many of the ghost stories that...
Out Now! Terror by Gaslight: Memorial Edition

Out Now! Terror by Gaslight: Memorial Edition

by HughLamb@ILD | Jan 10, 2021 | Ghost Story, Hugh Lamb, Mike Ashley, News, Publications, Victorian Tales of Terror

Hugh Lamb Online is delighted to announce the release of Terror by Gaslight: Memorial Edition.  It has been a long time coming, but the new edition is now available at Amazon in Kindle and Paperback. We hope you will enjoy revisiting this classic and that you relish...
Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

by HughLamb@ILD | Oct 31, 2019 | Ambrose Bierce, Erckmann-Chatrian, Event, Ghost Story, Hugh Lamb, Louis Alexandre Chatrian, Mike Ashley, News, Publications, Victorian Tales of Terror

Happy Halloween! To celebrate all things supernatural, we are delighted to announce the release of this new edition of Victorian Tales of Terror. Out of print for 43 years, Hugh Lamb’s third anthology now comes with the addition of an extra story, originally...
Victorian Tales of Terror – New Edition

Victorian Tales of Terror – New Edition

by HughLamb@ILD | Oct 13, 2019 | Erckmann-Chatrian, Event, Ghost Story, Hugh Lamb, Louis Alexandre Chatrian, News, Publications, Victorian Tales of Terror

Victorian Tales of Terror was Hugh Lamb’s third Anthology. First published in 1974 by W. H. Allen, then in 1975 by Taplinger, and finally in 1976 by Coronet, this classic collection is now being republished in a brand new edition. The stories will appear in the...
Four Months On

Four Months On

by HughLamb@ILD | Jul 21, 2019 | Ghost Story, Hugh Lamb, News, Victorian Tales of Terror

Written by Richard Lamb It’s been four and a half months since my father passed away. Seems odd to spell that out. It seems like it was only a couple of weeks ago. The grieving process is not something I knew intimately until now. It has been a revelation, and a...
Tribute to Hugh Lamb on Hypnogoria

Tribute to Hugh Lamb on Hypnogoria

by HughLamb@ILD | Mar 10, 2019 | ACBenson, Ambrose Bierce, Bernard Capes, EFBenson, Erckmann-Chatrian, Ghost Story, HarperCollins, Hugh Lamb, News, Obituary, RHBenson, Robert Chambers

Jim Moon just published a wonderful tribute to Hugh Lamb and his works on the website Hypnogoria. Tracing Hugh’s career, from his initial foray into the anthology up to last year’s HarperCollins editions, Moon explores Hugh’s influence on the genre...
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‘The world of shadows and superstition that was Victorian England was unique. While the foundations of so much of our present knowledge of subjects like medicine, public health, electricity, chemistry and agriculture, were being mapped out, people could still believe in the existence of devils and demons. And why not? A good ghost story is pure entertainment. It was not until well into the twentieth century that ghost stories began to have a deeper significance and to become allegorical; in fact, to lose their charm. At what other point in literary history could a man, standing over the body of his fiancee, say such a line as this:

“Speak, hound! Or, by heaven, this night shall witness two murders instead of one!”

Those were the days.’

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