

It was then that Brian Lumley began writing, and his career in fiction began. He included some of his writing along with the letter and Derleth asked Lumley if he had anything solid that could be a part of a novel he was readying for publishing called Tales of the Cthulu Mythos.

This eventually ended with him contacting Lovecraft’s publisher Derleth to see whether he could purchase some volumes he was still missing.

Once he found a collection of Lovecraft stories, Lumley began to search for every piece of work by the author that he could find. Lumley went to serve with the RMPwhile young in Germany. Lumley became interested in science fiction and macabre fiction by reading a short story by Robert Bloch in a British science fiction magazine. Interested in horror classics in his pre-teens, he always liked science fiction best. He was born December 2, 1937, near Newcastle. He is best known for his works within the science fiction and horror genre. Brian Lumley is an English author of fiction.
