A biography of Herbert Van Thal, stalwart of the Pan Book Of Horror series, by Johnny Mains - limited to only 100 hardback copies.
The book, with a cover by renowned horror artist Les Edwards, contains a revised and extended biography of the enigmatic and influential editor (an earlier version of this biography appeared in Back From The Dead - The Legacy Of The Pan Book Of Horror Stories published by Noose & Gibbet in 2010). In addition there is a complete van Thal bibliography, interviews with authors from the Pan Book of Horror Stories and reproductions of letters from van Thal to Pan Horror authors.
INTRODUCTION
LEST YOU SHOULD SUFFER NIGHTMARES
LETTERS: 1971 - 1980
HERBERT VAN THAL CHECKLIST
AUTHOR INTERVIEWS WITH Alex Hamilton, Conrad Hill, David A. Riley, Francis King, Gee Williams, James Jauncey, David Case and John Burke
SFX ARTICLE – FEBRUARY 2010
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
