In another stunning historical find, original Essex Terror issue 6 has been found, rotting away in the loft of a recently deceased but unidentified man. In the corpse’s withered claws there was a note reading “DO NOT OPEN THE MAGAZINE”, but no-one could be sure what it was referring to. Possibly it meant the Radio [...]
In the early 1990s there was an ill-fated attempt to adapt and localise Essex Terror for the American market. Alleged to have run for over 200 twice-weekly editions, neither me nor the original Essex Terror editor, David N. Guy (no relation) , had ever seen a single copy of this, despite being willing to [...]
The now defunct Amiga Computing magazine seems a strange patron for Essex Terror, and yet here we have a coverdisk, circa 1992, containing the whole of Issue 12. Possibly Guy was flirting with the idea of moving to digital format (STAMpede magazine also attempted this with about as much success) before his disappearance. Thanks very [...]
Exclusive! Five original Essex Terror issue covers have been found! Many thanks to Martha Bunes for sending these in to us. Martha writes, Dear Essex Terror!, My grandson recently found these in our loft in our house in Halstead and was able to computerise them for me. I am sorry about the poor quality, but I read [...]
A reader sent in this scan of an old copy of NME featuring an advert for the very first issue of Essex Terror, below an article about Jesus Jones written by the late Steven Wells. (thanks to Tanya Gold for sending us this scan)
I went to the library recently. I’d gone to pick up a copy of Project Maldon, a frightening book of Essex-based science fiction. I’d had this book on order for the last three years, but the library’s only copy had been kept out overdue by the previous borrower since 1999. I’d almost given up hope, [...]
Even those of the most passing acquaintance with this publication probably know that to describe our history as ‘rocky’ is akin to saying the ailing Amy Winehouse is ‘at times, a little unprofessional’. The exact origins of the fanzine that was to become Essex Terror! are of course lost to us; having passed into legend in the [...]
