published in 2002, is an adapted retelling of the Lambton Worm legend. Sarah Hindmarsh's "The Worm," a short story published in The Forgotten and the Fantastical 2, edited by Teika Bellamy, is based on the Lambton Worm story. The modern fantasy novel The Green Man's Heir (2018) by Juliet E. McKenna features a surviving juvenile specimen and the urgent need to counter the threat it presents. In 2018, Mike Mignola & Ben Steinbeck produced a short comic titled "Return of the Lambton Worm," which features a confrontation between the monster and Hellboy. Opera The Lambton Worm (1978) is an opera in two acts by the composer Robert Sherlaw Johnson with a libretto by the Oxford poet Anne Ridler. There are eleven solo roles (four of them major), a chorus and orchestra. Film The 1988 film The Lair of the White Worm is based on Stoker's novel. Leumane's song is recast in the film as the "d'Ampton Worm", arranged by Emilio Perez Machado and Stephan Powys, and performed by them and Louise Newman. In 1989, screenwriter Anthony Shaffer wrote a film treatment for The Loathsome Lambton Worm, a direct sequel to his 1973 film The Wicker Man. The sequel would have involved the original film's protagonist, a Scottish police officer, battling the Lambton Worm. However, it was never officially produced. A fan-made full-cast audio drama adaptation of Shaffer's The Loathsome Lambton Worm treatment was eventually released in 2020. See also Sockburn Worm The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh Worm of Linton English folklore Jabberwocky Mongolian death worm References Bibliography External links A version of the story by Philip Atkinson A version of the story by Herrington Heritage A version of the story by Claire Russell The Lambton Worm and Penshaw Hill (Mysterious Britain) Serene Dragon version The Lambton Worm – a cantata The History of the Lambton and Sockburn Worms, Records of Early English Drama: North East Project English folklore English folk songs Songs about fictional characters English legendary creatures Culture in Tyne and Wear European dragons City of Sunderland Northumbrian folklore Northumbrian folkloric beings County Durham folklore Music based on European myths and legends