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Part 2 of our interview with A THRILLER in Every Corner author Martin Marshall. The darker side of the Brian Clemens’ anthology series, and novel tie-ins.
MARTIN MARSHALL’s recent book, A THRILLER in Every Corner, is a meticulously researched valentine to the Brian Clemens’ series that captivated TV audiences in the 70s. In the first of two posts, fellow Thriller fan JENNIFER WALLIS speaks to Martin about the book and what it is that gives the series its enduring appeal.
Scouring the Headpress shelves, Jennifer Wallis falls down the rabbit hole with probably the only book to bring together Clark Kent, Queen Victoria, and Alice in Wonderland.
Stuck indoors, David Kerekes finds the time to do the little things, like revisit Joe Lansdale’s The Drive-In and consider ‘video nasties’ as an art form.
The increased affordability of cars in the 1960s meant that retail businesses had to supply enough parking spaces. Gareth E. Rees’s book is about those spaces.
From a Victorian gentleman fascinated with working women to a pageant for barb wire, here are five top picks in History books by Jennifer Wallis.
As many of us find solace in ‘comfort reading’, Jennifer Wallis revisits teen horror fiction of the 1980s and 90s, from Point Horror to ‘spooky’ anthologies.
Originally published in 1934, Elizabeth Jenkins’ Harriet is an unsettling account of murder, one that foregrounds victims rather than perpetrators.
The premise: a phantom witch, her lips and eyes sewn shut, haunts the small town of Black Spring. Read Paul Miller’s review of Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s HEX.
Gothic Tourism is one of several books published as part of the ‘Palgrave Gothic’ series, aimed not only at academics but a more general readership. Review by Jennifer Wallis.
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
