There's good news and bad news regarding my monograph 'Short Sharp Shocks', covering the topic of 'short' British horror films from 1897 to the present day.
Bad news: following last week's Festival of Fantastic Films in Manchester, where I did a roaring trade, all copies have now sold out.
Good news: a second edition, very slightly tweaked (I've fixed a couple of errors and have changed about half-a-dozen words), is available at this link for £10 plus postage: http://www.lulu.com/shop/http://www.lulu.com/shop/darrell-buxton/short-sharp-shocks/paperback/product-24299093.html
What the critics said:
"What an invaluable document! Excellent" - John Llewellyn Probert, author of 'The Nine Deaths of Dr Valentine'
"A hearty recommendation for Darrell Buxton's new history of short Brit-horror films, which is an appropriately slim volume and currently available from the man himself. It's a quick read but makes the case for this little-known "crazy realm" rather brilliantly. He goes right from 1897 to the digital and frequently home-made (even phone-shot) productions of today. Well worth a visit" - Jonathan Rigby, author of English Gothic
"I can wholeheartedly recommend it. An enthusiastic, knowledgeable and at times funny trawl through a rather overlooked area of Brit cinema history. The 'where to find the films' section at the end will have you glued to your laptop/tablet/Smart TV" - David Dent, Dark Eyes of London blogger/movie critic
"I'm really enjoying reading 'Short Sharp Shocks' - I had no idea there was so much ground to cover on the shorts front" - David Simpson, Gothique Film Society
"Bloody marvellous" - Paul Cotgrove, Horror-on-Sea Film Festival
"As well researched and detailed as one would expect from Darrell Buxton, an essential purchase filling one of those niches in the serious horror film collector's library" - Ian Taylor, contributor to We Belong Dead fanzine
Darrell has kindly made a PDF version available for free download on his FB page. It's really rather good you know.