Editing Paul Magrs (section)

===The Brenda and Effie Mysteries===
Magrs' current ongoing novel series is ''The Brenda and Effie Mysteries'', starring Brenda, the [[Bride of Frankenstein]], who has now retired and runs a [[Bed and breakfast|B&B]] in [[Whitby]].<ref name="brenda">{{cite web |url=http://www.paulmagrs.com/brenda.php |title=Brenda and Effie |last=Magrs |first=Paul |work=paulmagrs.com |access-date=24 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113200640/http://www.paulmagrs.com/brenda.php |archive-date=13 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Something Borrowed, By Paul Magrs |first=Paul |last=Burston |author-link=Paul Burston |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=21 October 2007 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/something-borrowed-by-paul-magrs-397309.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/something-borrowed-by-paul-magrs-397309.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=25 June 2010}}</ref> She and her friend Effie, a local white witch, investigate spooky goings-on in the town.<ref name="brenda" />  {{As of|2020|11}}, there have been nine books in the series, the latest being ''A Game of Crones'' from Snowbooks. The fourth book, ''Hell's Belles'', features characters from Magrs' early Phoenix Court books, while the fifth features characters from Magrs' ''Doctor Who'' audio, ''The Boy That Time Forgot''. A short story collection, ''A Treasury of Brenda and Effie'' (Obverse Books) and a seventh novel, ''Fellowship of Ink'' (snowbooks) were both released in 2017. An eighth novel, ''Beyond the Veil'', was released in 2023 by Obverse Books.

The characters have also appeared in two audio adaptations: a 3-part series for BBC Radio 4, starring [[Joanna Tope]] and Monica Gibb,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dq0jc|title = BBC Radio 4 Extra - Paul Magrs - Never the Bride}}</ref> and then a series of award-winning<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/worldsbestradio/2015/pieces.php?pid=1&iid=491164 | title=New York Festivals - 2015 World's Best Radio Programs™ Winners | access-date=28 June 2017 | archive-date=5 May 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505023238/http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/worldsbestradio/2015/pieces.php?pid=1&iid=491164 | url-status=dead }}</ref> audios from Bafflegab. These starred [[Anne Reid]] and included:

* 1. The Woman in a Black Beehive
* 2. Bat Out of Hull
* 3. Spicy Tea and Sympathy
* 4. Brenda Has Risen from the Grave

In 2020, it was announced Free@Last TV, who produced the [[Sky1]]/[[Acorn TV]] series ''[[Agatha Raisin (TV series)|Agatha Raisin]]'', were developing a television series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.c21media.net/agatha-raisin-firm-reveals-development-slate/|title = Agatha Raisin firm reveals development slate}}</ref>