We thought that we had seen the last of Garth Marenghi, but the fictional author made a surprise appearance via publisher Hodder & Stoughton’s Twitter account, to announce a brand new book called “Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome” which is a real book written by Holness in Marenghi’s distinct egotistical voice that will be published November 10, 2022.

An important message from Garth Marenghi: coming in November in hardback, ebook and audio: three dark tales from his long-lost multi-volume epic: TerrorTome.

Pre-order an exclusive signed copy from @ForbiddenPlanet : https://t.co/rEEoBYT9in pic.twitter.com/4a7SSQrTG1

— Hodder & Stoughton (@HodderBooks) August 17, 2022

The plot sounds about as bonkers as you’d expect from the crazed mind that brought you “Darkplace.” 

“When horror writer Nick Steen gets sucked into a cursed typewriter by the terrifying Type-Face, Dark Lord of the Prolix, the hellish visions inside his head are unleashed for real. Forced to fight his escaping imagination – now leaking out of his own brain – Nick must defend the town of Stalkford from his own fictional horrors, including avascular-necrosis-obsessed serial killer Nelson Strain and Nick’s dreaded throppleganger, the Dark Third.”

Holness returning to this character is out of left field and very exciting for us die hard fans of “Darkplace.” Holness has given us some good stuff since putting Garth Marenghi to rest, like the bizarre horror movie “Possum,” but you better believe I’ll be pre-ordering this book. Heck, I might even spring for the audiobook, especially if Garth Marenghi is the one narrating it.