Audience with the Ghost Finder

by Matt Boothman, writing as M. J. Starling

An original weird tale featuring characters, settings and concepts remixed from the works of William Hope Hodgson and H. P. Lovecraft.

The free ebook contains the full playtext, an interview with Matt, and six of the original tales of Carnacki, the ghost finder, by William Hope Hodgson. With a foreword by Ellie Pitkin and biography of Hodgson by Sam Gafford.

having been raised on a diet of 70s sci-fi and repeats of The Devil Rides Out, I had a whale of a time
— A Younger Theatre

Production history

  • The Selkirk, Wandsworth Arts Festival and Fringe 2013 (world premiere)

  • Etcetera Theatre, London Horror Festival 2013

  • The Blackshaw Arts Hour, 2015 (audio drama adaptation)

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Left to right: Alexander Pankhurst as Carnacki and Ceridwen Smith as Dodgson Photography by Nivine Keating. Cover design by Bruce Asher.

Left to right: Alexander Pankhurst as Carnacki and Ceridwen Smith as Dodgson
Photography by Nivine Keating. Cover design by Bruce Asher.