Horror author Nick Steen is having visions… A sinister Black Steeple; eerie lights in the sky that look like a Catherine wheel but are not remotely a Catherine wheel… Plus a giant skeleton with a moustache. Are they omens? Auguries? Portenderings of things to come? (Spoiler – yes, they are).
For Nick Steen’s imagination is bursting out of his brain and threatening to burst in turn the entirety of Stalkford.
Can Nick stop the aforesaid bursting? Or have things already slightly burst regardless? And will there ultimately be a grand finale to this three-book series (aka a trilogy) or a more open-ended conclusion in order to leave potential room for further sequels? (That, btw, will ultimately be Garth’s decision.)
From the fevered imaginata of Horror Fiction’s Grand Frightener Garth Marenghi, author of Sunday Times-Bestselling Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome and Garth Marenghi’s Incarcerat, come three freshly rancid tales of…
…THIS BURSTED EARTH…
“So dense with brilliant jokes that it cannot safely be read while drinking hot liquid” -Inews.co.uk
“puts the ‘boo’ into book tour” – The Guardian
“had the crowd hooting and hanging, insatiably, on every line.” -The Telegraph
“Seriously, buy this book.” – ThisisHorror.co.uk
“A pitch-perfect parody of terrible genre writing” – Chortle
2025 Dates
08-Oct City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds
29-Oct Quays Theatre, The Lowry, Salford
30-Oct Quays Theatre, The Lowry, Salford
31-Oct Tyne Theatre & Opera House, Newcastle Upon Tyne
01-Nov Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
02-Nov Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
06-Nov Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
07-Nov Grand Theatre Lancaster, Lancaster
08-Nov Plowright Theatre, Scunthorpe
09-Nov Memorial Hall, Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield
13-Nov Corn Exchange, Ipswich
14-Nov Lyceum Theatre, Crewe
15-Nov Bristol Beacon, Bristol
16-Nov The Concert Hall, Reading
2026 Dates
07-Jan Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
08-Jan Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
04-Feb Taunton Brewhouse, Taunton
05-Feb Komedia, Bath
06-Feb Fareham Live
07-Feb Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
11-Feb MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
12-Feb MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
20-Feb Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone
21-Feb Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
27-Feb Castle Theatre, Wellingborough
28-Feb Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
07-Mar Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea
13-Mar Grand Opera House, York
14-Mar Garrick Theatre, Lichfield
18-Mar The Atkinson, Southport
19-Mar Old Fire Station, Carlisle
20-Mar Caird Hall, Dundee
27-Mar Dome, Brighton
28-Mar The Stables, Milton Keynes
09-Apr Opera House, Cork
10-Apr 3 Olympia Theatre, Dublin
11-Apr Ulster Hall, Belfast
18-Apr Town Hall, Birmingham
24-Apr New Theatre, Cardiff
25-Apr The London Palladium, London
03-May Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow
2025 Dates
08-Oct City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds
29-Oct Quays Theatre, The Lowry, Salford
30-Oct Quays Theatre, The Lowry, Salford
31-Oct Tyne Theatre & Opera House, Newcastle Upon Tyne
01-Nov Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
02-Nov Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
06-Nov Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
07-Nov Grand Theatre Lancaster, Lancaster
08-Nov Plowright Theatre, Scunthorpe
09-Nov Memorial Hall, Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield
13-Nov Corn Exchange, Ipswich
14-Nov Lyceum Theatre, Crewe
15-Nov Bristol Beacon, Bristol
16-Nov The Concert Hall, Reading
2026 Dates
07-Jan Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
08-Jan Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
04-Feb Taunton Brewhouse, Taunton
05-Feb Komedia, Bath
06-Feb Fareham Live
07-Feb Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
11-Feb MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
12-Feb MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton
20-Feb Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone
21-Feb Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
27-Feb Castle Theatre, Wellingborough
28-Feb Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
07-Mar Palace Theatre, Southend-on-Sea
13-Mar Grand Opera House, York
14-Mar Garrick Theatre, Lichfield
18-Mar The Atkinson, Southport
19-Mar Old Fire Station, Carlisle
20-Mar Caird Hall, Dundee
27-Mar Dome, Brighton
28-Mar The Stables, Milton Keynes
09-Apr Opera House, Cork
10-Apr 3 Olympia Theatre, Dublin
11-Apr Ulster Hall, Belfast
18-Apr Town Hall, Birmingham
24-Apr New Theatre, Cardiff
25-Apr The London Palladium, London
03-May Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow