Friday evenings set Arthur Wickham free from the Government office in which his weeks were spent. By nature he was made for an active life, but circumstances had headed him off his natural path and tethered him to London. His friends—and he had a good many—said that golf had spoilt him; that they never saw him nowadays; that it was a great pity to be utterly engrossed, body and soul, in one pursuit, and all sorts of things that friends say when
Tag: Ghosts
The place on the east coast which the reader is asked to consider is Seaburgh. It is not very different now from what I remember it to have been when I was a child. Marshes intersected by dykes to the south, recalling the early chapters of Great Expectations; flat fields to the north, merging into heath; heath, fir woods, and, above all, gorse, inland.
Richard Lamb was recently interviewed on the EnCrypted Classic Horror podcast, in conversation with Jasper Lestrange. They talk about Hugh Lamb, his work and legacy unearthing rare vintage ghost stories, but also Hugh Lamb, the father and the man. The conversation also takes in Hugh Lamb’s beginnings as an anthologist, his love of the horror…
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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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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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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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