Lacuna and Other Trips contains novelisations of three episodes from Season One, as well as three original short stories.
Script Writer
Tom de Ville
Television DetailsTom de Ville
30 Minutes / Channel 5 / Colour
07/06/00 Lacuna
09/08/00 Boys Club
23/08/00 Thirteen
Archive Details / DVD Releases
All episodes of Urban Gothic have been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK (Amazon.co.uk / HMV.com). Season One of Urban Gothic has been released on Region 1 DVD in the United States (Amazon.com).
Urban Gothic: Lacuna and Other TripsThe City is alive.
Behind the facades of London's shiny dockside developments, its designer boutiques and coffee bars lie long-forgotten dark corners and darker secrets. It's a city where anything can happen and being young and pretty won't always save you.
Publisher Telos Publishing Ltd Format Paperback Publication Date 2001 ISBN 1-903889-00-9 Original Price £9.99 Country UK
Urban Gothic: Lacuna and Other TripsThe City is alive.
Behind the facades of London's shiny dockside developments, its designer boutiques and coffee bars lie long-forgotten dark corners and darker secrets. It's a city where anything can happen and being young and pretty won't always save you.
Publisher Telos Publishing Ltd Format Hardback Publication Date 2001 ISBN 1-903889-01-4 Original Price UNKNOWN Country UK
Book Contents
- Introduction — Richard O'Brien
- The City — David J Howe
- The Look — Christopher Fowler
Original short story. - Lacuna — Debbie Bennett
- The Scrawler — Graham Masterton
Original short story. - Boys Club — Paul Finch
- Goblin City Lights — Simon Clark
Original short story. - Telling the Tale — Steve Lockley and Paul Lewis
Novelisation of Thirteen - Treading on the Tracks
Afterword by Tom de Ville, creator and writer of Urban Gothic. - Behind the Scenes: Going Underground
Interview with Tom de Ville.
First published in Shivers, Issue 77. - Behind the Scenes: Going For the Jugular
Interview with Urban Gothic producer Steve Matthews.
First published in Shivers, Issue 78.
In the Press
SFX
Issue 81 — Review (4/5)
General Notes
- Urban Gothic was a thirty-minute horror anthology which ran for two seasons on Channel 5 between 2000 and 2001. All twenty-two episodes were written by Tom de Ville. Lacuna and Other Trips was the only book based on the series to be published.
- A two-part sequel to Thirteen, Dollhouse Burns, was produced in 2000 to end Season Two, and tied up a number of threads which had developed throughout the series.
- Goblin City Lights won the 2001 British Fantasy Society award for Short Fiction.
