...and he'll tour with This Bursted Earth

Matthew Holness is writing a third Garth Marenghi comedy-horror book.

The comedian will also tour the UK  from October with readings from the title, This Bursted Earth.

It is the third to revolve around the horror writer Nick Steen, and now he  is having visions: a sinister black steeple, eerie Catherine wheels in the sky that aren’t remotely Catherine wheels… plus a giant skeleton with a moustache. 

‘Are they omens? Auguries? Portents of things to come?’ says the blurb from publisher Coronet. ‘ Spoiler: yes, they are.’

Marenghi said:  ‘If you possess a brain, you will want to fill that brain with my visions. Specifically, my visions of a Bursted Earth. Said visions can be witnessed via the act of reading my related tome Garth Marenghi’s This Bursted Earth. 

‘The full title, by the way, is Garth Marenghi’s This Bursted Earth. Not Garth Marenghi’s Bursted Earth or Garth Marenghi’s Earth That Was Bursted. It’s Garth Marenghi’s This Bursted Earth.’

The title will be published on October 30 – the day before Halloween – with the tour starting on the 28th  following a preview on the 20th 

His previous Terrortome and Incarcerat tours  sold more than 50,000 tickets between them

Garth Marenghi’s This Bursted Earth  is available to order from Amazon, priced £20 in hardback or £11.99 on Kindle.

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Published: 31 Mar 2025