Forgotten Ghosts: The Supernatural Anthologies of Hugh Lamb

by Barbara Roden, Christopher Roden, Mike Ashley

The first in a series of Ash-Tree Press Occasional Booklets looks at the major contribution which anthologiser Hugh Lamb has made to the genre of the supernatural story. Beginning with his anthology A Tide of Terror' in 1972, Hugh rescued from obscurity many authors who are now acknowledged as masters of the genre. This card-covered booklet contains five of the rare stories he rescued in the early 1970s, and also includes a lengthy introduction by Mike Ashley in which he looks at, and assesses, Hugh's anthologies. There is also a complete listing of Hugh's books.

68 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1996

Reviews

[Paul Barnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

[Ash-Tree Press] (27 April 1996). PB. 67 Pages. n/350. Purchased from Cold Tonnage Books.

Contains Mike Ashley’s superb sketch of Hugh Lamb’s extensive and innovative anthology work. It was previously published in “The Scream Factory” 14 (Summer 1994) and is well worth seeking out as a reading guide.

Five interesting short stories are also included, with original introductions and annexed 1996 updates:

“Only a Dream” (1905) - H. Rider Haggard
“The Ship That Saw a Ghost” (1902) - Frank Norris
“The Trapdoor” (1936) - C. D. Heriot
“Kentucky's Ghost” (1975) - Elizabeth Stuart Phelps*
“Waxworks” (1922) - W. L. George

(*Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward)