Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome: Dreamweaver, Doomsage, Sunday Times bestseller

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My review may be slightly biased as I am a massive fan of the original Gareth Marenghi's Darkplace television show. Can he and Roz, his frequently incorrect female editor, hunt down these incarnate denizens of Nick's rampaging imaginata before they destroy Stalkford, outer Stalkford and possibly slightly further? So sit back, relax on a sofa - or on a beanbag, if that's how you choose to live your life - and delve into the murky depths of Garth Marenghi's fear-soup.

The legend, the master, the man - Marenghi is sure to deliver chills that will scare you to your bone jelly. Despite my fame, I knew I’d be unable to claim ancient antiquities against tax (I’ve tried several times, but no joy), meaning I’d need to make my savings elsewhere.They’re horror cliches, but cliches work for a reason and in the hands of a good author these stories could work. Back then, with first Fright Knight and then Netherhead – and Darkplace, in due course – Holness wasn’t alone, but working with an estimable gathering of stage talent.

Though it should be said that the hardback (quite poorly typeset and copy-edited too) isn't much more than a souvenir, seeing as the audiobook is for surely the canonical version. Darkplace handled this desire to see Garth suffer by adding a bevy of behind-the-scenes “interviews” showing what a pathetic failure Garth’s life really is. Ostensibly a connected series of 3 novellas, the first Type-Face is the best and it works on many many levels, but there are joys throughout. I know the joke is centred in Garth's obvious "talent," that or not so much talent, but the biggest joke is having to struggle through almost 300 pages worth of it. A sound like a walking pile of twigs, or a loosened bag of discarded rubble that had somehow suddenly developed the ability to move.

Now this shocking, radical, visionary author finally has his chance to shine, excel, surpass, outdo his already prescient work.