The correct text has recently become available again in an anthology entitled Boy in Darkness and Other Stories, with a foreword by Joanne Harris and a preface by Peake's son Sebastian, as well as Maeve Gilmore's uncorrected introduction from 1976.

Edwin Morgan referred to Boy in Darkness as a "very different" piece, "a nouvelle, a sinister epic incident, a reflection in miniature of Titus Groan and Gormenghast.

The film starred Jack Ryder (of EastEnders fame) as Titus, with Terry Jones (of Monty Python's Flying Circus) narrating.

Boy in Darkness was adapted for the stage by theatre company Curious Directive and performed at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, at Zoo Venues.

[citation needed] Boy in Darkness was again adapted and performed for the stage by Gareth Murphy and produced by the Blue Elephant Theatre, London, in 2015 to great acclaim.