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 thrilled Victorian and Edwardian audiences were lost and forgotten. But the classic ghost-story…
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Podcaster Jasper L’Estrange has just done a wonderful reading of Thomas Burke’s Miracle in Suburbia, which features in And Midnight Never Come. L’Estrange has a gift for bringing stories to life, so why not check out his podcast, EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast, either at his YouTube Channel, Blogspot or Patreon account. Meanwhile, here are…
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The reception to And Midnight Never Come has been overwhelmingly positive, we are pleased to say. Fans and enthusiasts of Hugh Lamb’s work, and of the genre in general, have been extremely supportive of the posthumous anthology. This week saw the book mentioned in none other than The Washington Post! Michael Dirda, the newspaper’s weekly…
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Things have been a little quiet on the website for a while. This has been another tumultuous year for us all, filled with real-life horrors. So how about some good news? We are extremely proud to announce the release of a brand new Hugh Lamb anthology! And Midnight Never Come will be the first truly…
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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 the additions! About this edition: The village cursed…
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We hope you enjoyed The Treasure of Abbot Thomas, or rather, we hope the now terrified family are looking over their shoulders and wondering if they really want to listen to the next story. For Christmas Day, why not treat them to a reading of The Lady of Rosemount by Sir T. G. Jackson. Sir…
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Christmas, as everyone worth their salt knows, is a time for ghost stories. Dickens thought so, and who is going to argue with him! No-one enjoyed this tradition more than Hugh Lamb. The highlight of his Christmases during the 70’s was A Ghost Story for Christmas, the BBC’s series of short films adapted from famous…
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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 planned for the first edition, as well as a new introduction. In…
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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 same order as they originally appeared, together with Hugh’s…
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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 terrible one. Volumes have…
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Things That Wait in the Dark Featured in The Washington Post
J. Elliott presents “The Classic Ghost Story Tradition”
Richard Lamb Interviewed on the EnCrypted Classic Horror podcast
Miracle in Suburbia on the EnCrypted Classic Horror Podcast
And Midnight Never Come Featured in The Washington Post© 2023 Hugh Lamb.
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