Christian Dunn, commissioning editor for Solaris, has concluded a deal with literary agent Dorothy Lumley for the world mass market rights to Brian Lumley’s latest Lovecraftian story collection, The Taint and Other Novellas: Best Mythos Tales Volume One. The book will be published in late 2008. The deal also includes a second, as yet untitled volume, to be published the following year.

Commissioning Editor Christian Dunn said “Here at Solaris we’re all massive fans of Brian Lumley and the Cthulhu Mythos so this book was a perfect fit for our list.”

Brian Lumley is the author of the bestselling Necroscope series, as well as one of the most prolific and popular writers to have worked in the Lovecraftian genre. His work is published worldwide to critical acclaim.

Praise for Brian Lumley
“Lumley excels at depicting heroes larger than life and horrors worse than death.” — Publishers Weekly

“Lumley is not only the subgenre’s most prolific practitioner but also arguably its most
imaginative... Lumley’s knack for nightmarish scenarios and chilling language puts his
writings at the forefront of contemporary horror fiction.” — Booklist

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