And Midnight Never Come

by Hugh Lamb (Editor), Richard Lamb (Editor/Introduction), Johnny Mains (Afterword)

The diary with a nasty tale to tell. A burglary gone horribly wrong. The sinister woman at the window. A night alone in the waxworks.

And Midnight Never Come brings you 20 haunting tales from the Victorian and Edwardian heyday of supernatural fiction.

Hugh Lamb was one of the world’s leading anthologists of vintage macabre. During his long career he unearthed a host of little-known authors and also brought to light lost works from the more well-known. When he passed away in 2019, Hugh left behind a collection of unused stories and unpublished anthology ideas. Using this material as a starting point, Hugh’s son Richard has compiled And Midnight Never Come, the first brand new Hugh Lamb anthology for 30 years.

Delve, if you dare, into this unique age of ghosts, monsters, killers and fog-enshrouded chills.

Contents

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1 • Introduction (And Midnight Never Come) • essay by Richard Lamb
4 • Marie St. Pierre • (1894) • short story by Hume Nisbet
10 • Eccles Old Tower • short story by Ernest R. Suffling [as by E. R. Suffling]
26 • Mr. Mortimer's Diary • (1919) • short story by Amyas Northcote
44 • Judgement Deferred • (1882) • novelette by Isabella Banks (variant of Judgment Deferred) [as by Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks]
80 • Waxworks • (1933) • short story by André de Lorde (trans. of Figures de cire 1932)
92 • The Vision of Inverstrathy Castle • (1894) • short story by F. Startin Pilleau
113 • The Vision of Inverstrathy Castle Sequel • (1895) • short story by F. Startin Pilleau
129 • The Follower • (1915) • short story by Fred C. Cornell [as by Frederick Carruthers Cornell]
139 • In the Interests of Science • (1892) • short story by Anonymous
149 • The Painted Coin • (1911) • short story by C. Ranger Gull [as by Guy Thorne]
165 • The Corner House • (1913) • short story by Bernard Capes
184 • The Headless Leper • (1933) • short story by Frederick Cowles
191 • Our Scientific Observations on a Ghost • (1878) • short story by Grant Allen
213 • Miracle in Suburbia • (1935) • short story by Thomas Burke
230 • Ego Speaks • (1894) • short story by J. H. Pearce
237 • The Phantom Ship • (1973) • short story by William Hope Hodgson
247 • A Twilight Experience • (2003) • short story by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds [as by G. M. Robins]
258 • Father Martin's Tale • (1907) • short story by R. H. Benson
271 • The Bead Necklace • (1906) • short story by Alice Perrin
285 • Behind the Wall • (1910) • short story by Violet Jacob
296 • Afterword (And Midnight Never Come) • essay by Johnny Mains

Genres: Horror

309 pages, Paperback

Published October 17, 2021

Reviews

[Christie Pardee · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's so difficult to rate short story collections because the stories themselves vary in quality, but I enjoyed the concept and reading the backgrounds of each story!