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Richard Lamb Interviewed on the EnCrypted Classic Horror podcast

Richard Lamb Interviewed on the EnCrypted Classic Horror podcast

by HughLamb@ILD | Mar 10, 2022 | News

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...
And Midnight Never Come Featured in The Washington Post

And Midnight Never Come Featured in The Washington Post

by HughLamb@ILD | Dec 18, 2021 | Hugh Lamb, News

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...
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...

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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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